Asteroids are small rocky bodies, left over from the formation of the solar system. Most orbit…
Category: Earth Sky
Pillars of Creation visualized in multiwavelength 3D
This image is a mosaic of visible-light and infrared-light views of the same frame from the…
Star clusters found in the Cosmic Gems arc by Webb
Massive star clusters found in early universe Young galaxies in the early universe underwent phases of…
Chang’e 6 moon mission returns 1st far side sample to Earth
The China National Space Administration’s (CNSA) Chang’e 6 lunar lander sits on the southern portion of…
Shorelines of Titan’s seas likely shaped by waves
View larger. | Artist’s concept of Kraken Mare, the largest methane/ethane sea on Titan. A new…
The End of Everything, LIVE, with Katie Mack
Katherine J. (Katie) Mack is a theoretical cosmologist who holds the Hawking Chair in Cosmology and…
Did colliding dark matter shape the El Gordo galaxy cluster?
This Hubble Space Telescope image shows the most massive cluster of galaxies in existence yet known.…
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot is 190 years old, scientists say
Today’s Great Red Spot on Jupiter may be 190 years old. Researchers think it’s not the…
1st pair of merging quasars seen at Cosmic Dawn
Artist’s concept of a pair of quasars – bright, active galaxies – merging. Scientists saw these…
Webb spots giant asteroid collision in Beta Pictoris
View larger. | Artist’s concept of the Beta Pictoris system, only 63 light-years from Earth. It’s…