Researchers Robert White (left), Ian Neeson (center) and Don Banfield (right) in the Mars Simulation Wind…
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Ancient Mars lake was larger than any on Earth
View larger/full image. | This color-coded topographic map from ESA’s Mars Express orbiter shows part of…
Polaris, the North Star, has spots on its surface
Here’s a false color image from CHARA Array of Polaris – the North Star – from…
Our 1st and last visit to Neptune
Voyager 2 acquired this image fewer than 5 days before its closest approach to Neptune on…
Mars mission to send Blue and Gold satellites to Red Planet
An artist’s concept shows Blue and Gold, the twin satellites launching as soon as October 2024…
Moon and Saturn close together this week. See the images!
On August 20, 2024, for all of us around the globe, the moon was up by…
Dinosaur-killing asteroid came from beyond Jupiter
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the massive asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs some…
Oceans of water on Mars deep underground?
Mars in late 2023, via the Mars Express spacecraft/ ESA. New analysis of data from NASA’s…
LIVE on Monday: Super Blue Moon
The Super Blue Moon is coming! Join the EarthSky team LIVE beginning at 12:15 p.m. (17:15…
A solitary star speeding across the Milky Way
Artist’s concept showing a hypothetical white dwarf, left, that might have exploded as a supernova, expelling…