New Cloud Atlas of Mars for cloudspotting on the red planet

View larger. | The Mars Express orbiter saw this elongated cloud streaming away from the Arsia…

Dark matter black holes could make Mars wobble

An artist’s depiction shows a black hole (at left) flying past Mars (right). If dark matter…

Scientists recreate exotic Martian ‘spiders’ for 1st time

View larger. | Martian ‘spiders‘ in the south polar region. NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) took…

Space junk with Jonathan McDowell

At 12:15 p.m. CDT (17:15 UTC) on Monday, September 16, 2024, we’ll talk live about space…

Black hole duo will merge in a distant galaxy

Artist’s concept of 2 active supermassive black holes at the heart of 2 merging galaxies. Each…

Why are Mars’ polar caps different from each other?

View larger. | Perspective view of Mars’ north polar ice cap from ESA’s Mars Express orbiter.…

Question mark galaxy? Gravity lens creates cosmic graffiti

When, where, how? The cosmos is full of questions. Still, astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space…

Jupiter’s moon Io has a new volcano! See pics here

Here’s an image of Jupiter’s moon Io from February 2024. The black-and-white inset shows the same…

Earth to get an asteroid mini-moon for 2 months

Newly-discovered #asteroid 2024 PT5 is about to undergo a “mini-moon event” when its geocentric energy becomes…

See the most-detailed star bubbles yet in new video

Watch the motion of star bubbles on the surface of the star R Doradus in the…