Pale blue Uranus as seen by Voyager 2 in 1986. Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft…
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Jupiter’s moon Ganymede is coated in salts and organics
View larger. | NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Ganymede on June 7, 2021. New…
Seasons of Uranus, a sideways world
NASA released this new Uranus image on April 6, 2023. It’s from the mighty Webb space…
Record-breaking black hole found in the early universe
Astronomers found the most distant black hole ever detected in X-rays (in a galaxy dubbed UHZ1)…
And then there were 3!
The first images from the Lucy spacecraft of the asteroid Dinkinesh showed 2 asteroids, but newer…
Halley’s Comet is Edmond Halley’s namesake. Happy birthday, Edmond!
Portrait of Edmond Halley circa 1687 by Thomas Murray. Halley is famous for discovering that comets…
Comet Halley soon to reach its farthest point from the sun
Here’s Comet Halley when it visited the inner solar system in 1986. The comet will reach…
1st science images from Euclid! Dr. Becky explains why we love them
Hear Dr. Becky describe what’s exciting about the 1st science images from ESA’s Euclid mission. The…
Rover spies rock features on Mars with odd circular shapes
View larger. | This is one of the unusual round rock features on Mars that the…