A Fascinating Look at Jupiter's Clouds Where the Light Intensity is Converted Into 3D
Using images taken by JunoCam, a team of citizen scientists have created a 3D animation of Jupiter's atmosphere
Watch a Nicely Stabilized Video of DART Flying Past Didymos and Slamming Into Dimorphos
Here’s one of the best videos we’ve seen of the last minutes of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission…
As Hurricane Ian Bears Down on Florida, NASA Decides to Roll Artemis 1 Back to the Assembly Building
As a result of the latest weather predictions regarding Hurricane Ian, NASA managers met on the morning of September 26…
Upcoming Missions Could Search for Ancient Alien Technology Within the Solar System
In a recent report, researchers with the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center recommend that we search for extraterrestrial intelligence here…
Another Ghostly Spiral Galaxy Revealed by JWST
The famous American baseball player once said, "You can observe a lot just by watching." That's certainly true of the…
Climate Change is Making the Skies Worse for Astronomy
Light pollution. Satellite trains and radio frequency interference. Encroaching civilization. These all pose threats to ground-based astronomy. But, did anyone…
TESS Finds a Super-Earth and two Mini-Neptunes in a Single System
A recent study based on TESS data has revealed a three-planet system (two mini-Neptunes and a Super-Earth) just over 200…
This is the Last Thing DART saw as it Smashed Into its Asteroid Target
The first-ever planetary defense technology demonstration mission successfully conducted its mission, slamming into the surface of a distant asteroid and…
Scientists in Antarctica Have Access to Starlink Now. It’s Available on 7 Continents
SpaceX’s Starlink service is now available in Antarctica, according to a tweet from the National Science Foundation on the morning…
Jupiter at Opposition 2022, Closest in 59 Years
Be sure to observe Jupiter this week, during its finest apparition of a lifetime.