Bob King
ALMA Captures Never-Before-Seen Details of Protoplanetary Disk
ALMA, a network of radio telescopes, creates the most detailed images ever of a solar system forming around a nearby…
Jupiter Just Got Nailed By Something
Video from Austrian and Irish amateur astronomers points to a new impact on Jupiter by either a comet or asteroid.
See Historic Comet BA14 Up Close In These New Radar Images
During its recent flyby of Earth, astronomers used the Goldstone radar antenna to create a remarkable series of images of…
ExoMars Mission Narrowly Avoids Exploding Booster
The final booster that sent the ExoMars spacecraft to Mars exploded not long after the two parted. Luckily, the probe…
Best NASA Images Yet Of Ceres’ Brightest Spot
New images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveal spectacular new details in Ceres' intriguing "bright spots".
Stunning Conjunction of Mars and Beta Scorpii This Week
Sneaky Mars creeps up on bright Graffias in Scorpius for a very close conjunction Wednesday morning. Even better, the star…
18 Billion Solar Mass Black Hole Rotates At 1/3 Speed Of Light
An international team of astronomers recently measured the rotation rate of one of the most massive black holes known ...…
Russian Crowdfunded Satellite May Soon Become Brightest “Star” in the Sky
A group of Russian engineering students hope to use crowdfunding to build and launch what may be the brightest satellite…
Clouds Seen On Pluto For First Time
New images from NASA's New Horizons probe show possible clouds drifting lazily over Pluto's chill landscape.
Spotlight On Pluto’s Frozen Polar Canyons
We turn our gaze away from Pluto's "heart" to explore the ancient ice canyons of its north polar region.