Is alien life purple? When we look at Earth from space, the color green means life.…
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Venus’ atmosphere is leaking gases into space
View larger. | Japan’s Akatsuki (Venus Climate Orbiter) spacecraft captured this view of Venus on October…
3 young planetary systems revealed by Webb telescope
New features detected by Webb are superimposed in orange on HL Tauri and its protoplanetary disk,…
Did this Mars rock once lie along an ancient lakeshore?
View larger. | Here’s the Mars rock known as Bunsen Peak. The white hole on the…
Large asteroid safely passed Earth: See pic here!
Here’s the image of the large asteroid – 2013 NK4 – that safely passed Earth on…
How Pluto got its heart
EarthSky’s Deborah Byrd created this 1-minute video summary for you. How Pluto got its heart! New…
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…