This ringed galaxy with 9 rings – known previously as LEDA 1313424 – has been nicknamed…
Category: Earth Sky
KA-BOOM! Mars shakes when meteors hit its surface
A rock from space slammed into Mars in February 2021, causing seismic waves that reached NASA’s…
Possible smallest exoplanet found … and it orbits a pulsar
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the 3-star system containing the pulsar called PSR J0337+1715. New…
Lightsails, and the audacious plan to reach the stars
In recent decades, technological advances have opened up the possibility of light-powered space travel at a…
Is the moon geologically dead? Maybe not, says new evidence
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this mosaic image of the far side of the moon. For…
The mass of a star is determined from binary star systems
Artist’s concept of the binary star system of Sirius A and its small blue companion, Sirius…
Powerful cosmic explosion could be a new class of event
This artist’s concept illustrates the shredded remains of a star after a tidal disruption event. Scientists…
Asteroid Bennu reveals conditions for life, but with twist
Technicians carrying the precious sample of asteroid Bennu in 2023. The sample was headed for a…
Using exploding white dwarfs to measure the universe
Artist’s illustration of the Rubin Observatory scanning the night sky for white dwarf supernovae. These are…
Juno spots most extreme volcanic activity on Io to date
This image, taken by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) infrared imager aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft…