View larger. | Closeup of some of the Martian honeycombs that Curiosity imaged on June 19-20,…
Category: Earth Sky
Were Neptune’s inner moons born from an ancient cataclysm?
View larger. | This infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope, taken on July 12,…
Venus rings found high above planet’s thick clouds
Venus rings! On the right, an unpolarized view of the cloud tops of Venus on the…
Does asteroid Nysa have 3 lobes and a moon?
We’ve seen many asteroids that are made from 2 bodies stuck together, but asteroid Nysa might…
Is a giant planet orbiting Tabby’s Star? Maybe
Artist’s concept of dust – in this case from a shattered comet – in the vicinity…
Star formation in Andromeda – our neighbor – is winding down
The galaxy next door appears to be settling in for retirement. NASA said on July 27,…
Wandering black hole spotted shredding a star
NASA says its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has spotted a supermassive black hole shredding a star.…
Juno measures fiery Io’s subsurface temperature for 1st time
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft obtained this image of Jupiter’s moon Io on June 28, 1997. Here, an…
Companion for Betelgeuse update! A new image
Betelgeuse is a famous red supergiant star in the constellation Orion the Hunter. Astronomers had long…
Are we listening for alien intelligence the wrong way?
This is the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope in the Chilean Andes. Here, it’s…