Uranus mysteries solved with Voyager data

NASA’s Voyager 2 captured this image of Uranus while flying by the ice giant in 1986.…

New! Measure black holes with light echoes

In this artist’s concept, a black hole’s intense gravity distorts the light coming from the Milky…

Ancient outer solar system had a weak magnetic field

View larger. | Artist’s concept of the gas and dust in a newly-forming planetary system such…

A Fermi Paradox solution with Alan Stern

Join us LIVE Monday, November 11, to hear planetary scientist Alan Stern – leader of the…

Do the giant rings of exoplanet J1407b rotate backward?

View larger. | Artist’s concept of the giant exoplanet J1407b and its immense ring system. A…

Jupiter doesn’t have a surface. How is that possible?

NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this image of Jupiter in 2020. How is it possible that Jupiter…

Black hole went on a feeding frenzy in the early universe

In this 1-minute video, EarthSky’s Will Triggs tells you about a newly discovered black hole that’s…

Hera spots Earth and the moon from space. See it here!

That’s Earth in the center. And the little object completing part of an orbit around us…

Giant craters on Venus ‘hiding in plain sight’

View larger. | Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) image of Haasttse-baad Tessera, cut by a set of…

Final Parker Solar Probe flyby of Venus today

The Parker Solar Probe has been studying the sun since its launch in 2018. The mission…