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Category: Earth Sky
Unexpected atmosphere on lava planet is an exciting surprise
View larger. | Artist’s concept of scorching hot TOI-561 b and its sunlike star. New observations…
Bright blue cosmic outbursts linked to black holes
In 2024, astronomers discovered the brightest Luminous Fast Blue Optical Transient (LFBOT) ever observed. LFBOTs are…
Are Uranus and Neptune rock giants and not ice giants?
View larger. | Artist’s depiction of the interior of Uranus as either an ice giant (left)…
Dwarf planet Ceres discovered 225 years ago today
Dwarf planet Ceres’ Occator crater in false color showing surface composition via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/…
Star’s double explosion is first of its kind
This artist’s animation shows a hypothesized event known as a superkilonova. First, the massive star ends…
NASA’s SPHEREx observatory completes stunning 1st cosmic map
NASA’s SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, which are invisible to the…
Strange ‘spider’ on Europa hints at water lurking below
View larger. | NASA’s Galileo spacecraft captured this view of the ‘spider’ on Europa – one…
No ocean on Titan? New research reveals slushy ice world
View larger. | Artist’s illustration of the Cassini spacecraft during a flyby of Titan. Previous analysis…
Earth’s radio bubble marks how far our signals have traveled
This image shows how far Earth’s radio broadcasts traveled across our Milky Way galaxy. No, not…