New exoplanet catalog unveils 126 exotic worlds

The new NASA exoplanet catalog contains 126 newly discovered worlds of a wide variety. It will…

Gravity between Mars and Earth drives climate and currents

Global ocean circulation. Mars and Earth are relatively tiny worlds, located far from one another in…

Pluto’s ocean is super salty, scientists say

View larger. | NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft captured this view of Sputnik Planitia as it flew…

Gliese 12 b, an intriguing Earth- or Venus-sized world

Meet Gliese 12 b. It’s a world, orbiting a distant sun. It’s portrayed in this artist’s…

Webb solves mystery of puffy exoplanet WASP-107 b

View larger. | Artist’s concept of WASP-107 b, a puffy exoplanet about 210 light-years from Earth.…

Active Venus volcanoes revealed again in Magellan data

View larger. | This is a 3-D computer model of the Maat Mons volcano on Venus.…

Stargazing in national parks around the world

View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Prashant Naik was at Joshua Tree National Park in California,…

Earth-sized exoplanet discovered around ultracool dwarf star

View larger. | Artist’s concept of Earth-sized exoplanet SPECULOOS-3 b. The SPECULOOS project in Belgium helped…

How to see the International Space Station in your sky

View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Filippo Galati in Sampieri, Sicily, Italy, shared this image. Filippo…

Juno images of Europa reveal a complex, active surface

View larger. | The Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter’s moon Europa during its closest-ever…