NASA calls this image “Pluto’s Blue Sky.” It’s a backlit view of Pluto, acquired by the…
Category: Earth Sky
1st photo of Earth from the moon 60 years ago
Lunar Orbiter 1 captured this 1st photo of Earth from the moon on August 23, 1966.…
A first! 3 supermassive black holes discovered in 1 galaxy
This is distant galaxy J0148-4214. The black circles show the locations of 3 supermassive black holes…
Voyager 2 confirms Neptune’s rings on August 22 in 1989
This brightened Voyager 2 image reveals the faint and continuous rings of Neptune. Voyager 2 confirmed…
Voyager 2 spacecraft launched 49 years ago today
John Casani was the Voyager project manager in 1977. Here he is holding a small flag…
Astronomers discover a black hole star, a new type of object
Astronomers have discovered a new type of astronomical object: a black hole star. They say this…
Detecting whispers from the early universe … from the moon
Artist’s illustration of the planned CosmoCube satellite using the moon as a shield – blocking noise…
Super-Earths might be solid deep on the inside
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the super-Earth exoplanet LP 890-9 c. It orbits a red…
1st ultra-faint Milky Way satellite galaxy found by Rubin
This starfield shows the newly discovered Milky Way satellite galaxy at the center. The point of…
Were these polygonal cracks on Venus once on a seafloor?
View larger. | Here’s a region of cracks on Venus, 2nd world outward from our sun.…