Astronomers have seen the first neutron-star jet with an S shape. The jet is part of…
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Does phosphine on Venus mean … life?
View larger. | There’s yet more evidence this week for phosphine in the atmosphere of Venus. On Earth,…
Apollo 11 landing and footsteps on the moon 55 years ago
The world watched on television as Neil Armstrong from Apollo 11 was the first human to…
It’s more than visible light
The light we can see with our eyes is part of a range of radiation known…
Evidence for intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri
Omega Centauri is the largest and brightest globular cluster in our sky. A new study of…
Dark comets could make up 60% of near-Earth objects
The University of Michigan posted this original article on July 10, 2024. Edits by EarthSky. Dark…
Eternal sunrises, sunsets viewed on distant exoplanet
Exoplanets are worlds orbiting distant stars. Astronomer Néstor Espinoza of Space Telescope Science Institute spoke with…
1st lunar lava tube discovered by NASA moon orbiter
Artist’s concept of the lunar lava tube in Mare Tranquillitatis. This image depicts the Lunar Reconnaissance…
JUICE mission to Jupiter to flyby moon and Earth
View full image. | Here’s a timeline and the path the JUICE mission will take as…
This desert moss could grow on Mars, no greenhouse needed
View larger. | The desert moss is Syntrichia caninervis, also known as steppe screw moss. Researchers…