This artist’s impression shows the brown dwarf twins Gliese 229 Ba and Gliese 229 Bb. For…
Category: Earth Sky
A large fireball blazed over Lake Erie last night
Ryan Connor from North Royalton, Ohio, was one among many people who captured a large fireball…
Could microbial life on Mars be hiding under ice?
View larger. | Gullies in Terra Sirenum on Mars. Scientists say the white patches are dusty…
A dynamic duo with geyser-like eruptions
Hubble captured a colorful close-up of R Aquarii, a bright binary star surrounded by a large…
First 1% of new cosmic atlas reveals millions of galaxies
With the Euclid mission, scientists hope to gain insight about our expanding universe by learning more…
Is there a volcanic exomoon orbiting this giant exoplanet?
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the possible volcanic exomoon. A new study study suggests the…
Searching for alien signals sent between exoplanets
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system, lined up in order…
The moon illusion makes the moon look huge!
The moon illusion is a trick of the mind We’ve all seen a full moon looming…
A steam world exoplanet with an Earth-like atmosphere?
View larger. | Artist’s concept of exoplanet GJ 9827 d. Astronomers believe it is a steam…
Ice on the moon is widespread, new study shows
View larger. | Moon-orbiting spacecraft from various nations confirmed the presence of water ice at the…