Sorry Spock, But “Vulcan” Isn’t a Planet After All
In 2018, astronomers detected an exoplanet around the star 40 Eridani. It's about 16 light-years away in the constellation Eridanus.…
A Mini-Neptune in the Habitable Zone in a Binary Star System
Sometimes, it seems like habitable worlds can pop up almost anywhere in the universe. A recent paper from a team…
Astronomy Generates Mountains of Data. That’s Perfect for AI
Consumer-grade AI is finding its way into people's daily lives with its ability to generate text and images and automate…
The Sun’s Magnetic Field Might Only Be Skin Deep
It's coming back! Sunspot AR3664 gave us an amazing display of northern lights in mid-May and it's now rotating back…
Volcanoes Were Erupting on Venus in the 1990s
Start talking about Venus and immediately my mind goes to those images from the Venera space probes that visited Venus…
Enjoy Five New Images from the Euclid Mission
We're fortunate to live in these times. Multiple space telescopes feed us a rich stream of astounding images that never…
Mars InSight Has One Last Job: Getting Swallowed by Dust on the Red Planet
Normally you don't want dust to get into your spacecraft. That was certainly true for the InSight mission to Mars,…
Merging Black Holes Could Give Astronomers a Way to Detect Hawking Radiation
Nothing lasts forever, including black holes. Over immensely long periods of time, they evaporate, as will other large objects in…
Starlinks Can Produce Surprisingly Bright Flares to Pilots
How can sunlight reflecting off SpaceX’s Starlink satellites interfere with ground-based operations? This is what a recently submitted study hopes…
A Weather Satellite Watched a Space Rock Burn Up Above Spain and Portugal
It's been a momentous May for skywatchers around the world. First the big auroral event of May 10-11, next a…