EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd created this 1-minute video summary for you. How Pluto got its heart! New…
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Meet Gaia BH3, our galaxy’s most massive stellar black hole
EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd created this 1-minute video summary for you on Gaia BH3! The most massive…
New Horizons finds evidence for 2nd Kuiper Belt
Only 5 earthly spacecraft are headed out of solar system, into interstellar space. These are the…
Rainbow-like glory on an exoplanet is 1st-ever detected
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the rainbow-like glory on giant exoplanet WASP-76b. If confirmed, it…
Giant planets orbiting white dwarfs: 1st images?
These Webb images depict WD 1202-232 (top row) and WD 2105-82 (bottom row). In the 2…
Is Titan’s subsurface ocean habitable?
View larger. | Titan is well-known for its lakes and seas of liquid methane and ethane.…
The threat of supernovas to life on Earth
Massive dying stars explode in supernovas and emit large amounts of radiation. The radiation would be…
Black hole is ‘underachiever,” despite jets and high radiation
View larger. | This is H1821+643, a quasar containing a supermassive black hole, captured in a…
Comet Hale-Bopp closest to the sun 27 years ago today
Comet Hale-Bopp with its prominent dust (white) and plasma (blue) tails. Photo via E. Kolmhofer, H.…
5 myths about our natural satellite
View larger. | Here’s a unique view of the moon as it moved in front of…