This artist’s concept shows a meteor streaking toward Earth. In 2014, an interstellar meteor struck Earth…
Category: Earth Sky
Europa has enough oxygen to support a million people
View larger. | NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of Europa during its close flyby on…
A ‘new star’ from a nova outburst is expected soon
Artist’s conception of red giant star and white dwarf. A stream of material flows from the…
A message to Europa from the people of Earth
Here’s one side of a commemorative plate mounted on NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. It features U.S.…
What are Hubble and Webb looking at right now?
The Space Telescope Live webapp gives up-to-the-minute details about what the Hubble and Webb space telescopes…
How ice shells of ocean moons provide clues to habitability
View larger. | The Cassini spacecraft caught this view of the surface of Enceladus. A new…
Earth-passing asteroid seen in new radar images
View larger. | NASA scientists used the Goldstone Solar System Radar in California to capture these…
1st-ever metal scar on a cannibal star
Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope of the European Southern Observatory (ESO) have found a metal…
See dozens of planet-forming disks in groundbreaking survey
Check out the stunning new images of planet-forming disks around young stars. These observations showcase 86…
Did passing stars change Earth’s orbit?
What was Earth’s orbit like more than 50 million years ago? According to a new study,…