LOFAR sees ‘exoplanet aurorae’ near distant red dwarf suns.
The Great Red Spot of Jupiter – the largest storm in the solar system – has been raging for centuries. Over the past 100 years...
In astronomy, comets and asteroids are defined very differently. Comets have a “nucleus,” usually made of ice and dust, and...
You know the feeling …. seeing Jupiter through your own telescope. If it gives you the chills — like it does for me — then you’ll...
The Mars Perseverance rover is on the move! The HiRISE camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spotted the rover from above,...
Sometime around 2.4 billion years ago, a nascent planet Earth underwent one of the most dramatic changes in its history. Known...
When we directly observe distant worlds, some exoplanets might appear Earth-like, even when they are not.
There might be billions, even trillions, of rogue planets in the Milky Way. Could they support life? How can we find out?
The Universe is awash in high-energy particles like gamma rays and neutrinos. Do some of them come from sleepy black holes?
Earth has a new eye in orbit to monitor our changing planet. Landsat 9 launched on September 27, 2021 continuing the Landsat...