The Lucy spacecraft, en route to the Trojan asteroids around Jupiter, first has its sights set…
Category: Earth Sky
Our 1st 3D weather map from a distant exoplanet
Here it is! Our 1st 3D weather map for an exoplanet 900 light-years away. Video via…
Thousands of new black holes just found!
Using the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) at Kitt Peak in Arizona, astronomers have discovered thousands…
The Milky Way’s black hole flickers and flares
This artist’s concept portrays the Milky Way‘s black hole. This supermassive black hole sits at the…
Speediest exoplanet found near Milky Way center?
View larger. | Artist’s visualization of stars near the center of the Milky Way. The longer…
Why won’t the Blaze Star explode? (and how YOU can see it when it does)
The Blaze Star isn’t one star but 2. It’s a binary system with a white dwarf…
Pale Blue Dot 35 years later: Earth in a sunbeam
View larger. | In this image from Voyager 1 – acquired on February 14, 1990, from…
Signs of life on Enceladus might remain hidden in its ocean
View larger. | Artist’s illustration of Cassini spacecraft flying through the water vapor plumes of Enceladus.…
Highest energy neutrino observed by undersea telescope
This is the optical module of the telescope KM3NeT that has captured the highest energy neutrino…
Einstein ring spotted around a nearby galaxy
Look closely. Can you spot the ring of light around the center of this galaxy, NGC…