View larger. | The Hubble Space Telescope view of Earth-sized bruises on Jupiter, caused by Comet…
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Eyeball ocean world? Webb reveals an intriguing super-Earth
View larger. | Artist’s depictions of what LHS 1140 b might look like. Earth is on…
Will the scientific definition of a planet change … again?
Join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd and astronomer Michael Brown LIVE at 12:15 p.m. CDT (17:15 UTC). Brown…
‘I killed Pluto. Now I’m searching for Planet 9’
Join EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd and astronomer Michael Brown LIVE at 12:15 p.m. CDT (17:15 UTC). Click…
Comet 13P/Olbers will be closest to Earth on July 20
View larger. | Comet 13P/Olbers makes its closest approach to Earth on July 20, 2024. Astrophotographers…
Falling Starlink satellites, Falcon 9 failure and grounding
A Starlink satellite launch on a Falcon 9 on July 3, 2024, from Florida. On July…
Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS may be disintegrating
Efrain Morales captured this image of Comet A3 Tsuchinshan-ATLAS from Puerto Rico on July 8, 2024.…
Do dark matter collisions on Jupiter glow in the infrared?
This image of Jupiter’s atmosphere from the Webb telescope – and its NIRCam camera – shows…
Odd swirls on the moon may be from subsurface magma
View larger/ full image. | Here’s a view from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) of one…
Giant stinky exoplanet smells like rotten eggs
Artist’s concept of HD 189733 b. A new study from researchers at Johns Hopkins University found…