Watch an artist’s concept of a black hole shredding a star and the resulting debris hitting…
Category: Earth Sky
How likely is a doomsday asteroid swarm from Comet Encke?
Here’s Comet Encke – whose orbit lasts only 3.3 years – riding along its pebbly trail…
Europa Clipper will explore Jupiter’s ocean moon
Watch a video about Europa Clipper. Our fall fund-raiser is going on now. Please help EarthSky…
A clue to possible life?
View larger. | Artist’s illustration of Cassini flying through the water vapor plumes of Enceladus. A…
Is this white dwarf exoplanet a preview of Earth’s fate?
This video depicts a possible fate for Earth when the sun expands into a red giant…
Centaur jets? Webb detects jets of gas on distant icy body
Artist’s concept of Centaur 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 as viewed from the side against a dark, swath of…
1st planet orbiting a sunlike star discovered 29 years ago |
Astronomers discovered the 1st planet orbiting a sunlike star in 1995. Here is a comparison showing…
Dwarf planet Ceres might have been a muddy ocean world
Here’s a view of dwarf planet Ceres in false color. This view makes it easy to…
Puffy exoplanet WASP-107 b has an asymmetric atmosphere
Artist’s illustration of WASP-107 b, with its asymmetric atmosphere, as it transits (passes in front of)…