Carolyn Collins Petersen
Another Version of the Pillars of Creation from Webb
The hits just keep on streaming back to Earth from James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). This time, arriving to help…
NASA is Mapping Giant Clouds of Methane Released by “Super-Emitters” Across the World
Everybody's heard of methane. It's a major part of the atmosphere in places like Uranus and Neptune. On Earth, it's…
Hubble Looks at Newly Forming Stars in a Stellar Nursery
When we look at images of star birth regions, they look both placid and active at the same time. That's…
A Nearby Star Has Completely Blasted Away the Atmosphere From its Planet
What if you placed an Earth-sized planet in a close orbit around an M-dwarf star? It's more than an academic…
Astronomers Find a “Marshmallow World”: the Lowest Density Gas Giant Ever Discovered
Exoplanet discovery space hosts all kinds of interesting "super" worlds. There are super-Earths, super-Neptunes, and, of course, Super-Jupiters. Recently, the…
Why NASA Is Trying to Crash Land on Mars
You know, sometimes the old ways are the best. At least, when it comes to landing on Mars and other…
Webb Sees a Cluster of Galaxies Feeding a Quasar
There's a galaxy protocluster out there in the distant universe that's waving some tantalizing clues about cosmic history at astronomers.…
Satellite View of Stromboli’s New Eruption in Italy. You Can See a River of Lava Flowing to the Ocean
Mount Stromboli is one of the busiest volcanoes on the planet. It's been erupting off and on for thousands of…
If There are Shallow Lakes Under the Ice on Europa, Clipper Will Find Them
"All these worlds are yours except Europa. Attempt no landings there." That was the ominous message sent to Earth in…
NASA had Been Designing Lunar Bases for Decades Before Armstrong First Set Foot on the Moon
It's only natural to look at the Moon and wonder what it would be like to live there. Thanks to…