On April 23rd, the European Space Agency launched its JUpiter ICy moons Explorer (JUICE), a robotic explorer...
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The planet Neptune presents a fine late September target at dusk. Never seen Neptune for yourself? Late...
Most exoplanets we find have been around a long time. They’ve cleared out their orbital path (one...
Asteroids don’t come with a warning label that they might one day hit Earth. While we don’t...
Studying exoplanets has provided astronomers with a plethora of insights regarding what characteristics need to be searched...
With many plans for crewed missions to the Moon and Mars, and commercial space flights becoming more...
More and more details about 3I/ATLAS are filtering through the scientific process as time goes on. Our...
Scientists have known for a while that meteorites contain the “building blocks” of life – complex organic...
We live on a tiny world, embedded in a galaxy that is, itself, part of a vast,...
There are more than 450 confirmed moons orbiting the eight major planets, but only a handful of...
It’s easy to think of the Moon as the static constant companion in the night sky. Its...
Where is Earth’s center of mass? The answer seems trivially obvious. It’s right in the middle of...
The Sun’s magnetic fields are a twisty, curvy, ever changing mess. In particular, our star’s polar regions...
X-rays showcase some of the most unique astronomical objects in the universe. Neutron stars and black holes...
We have long known that the Sun is active. It “flares” quite often, sending huge amounts of...
If we ever intend to send crewed missions to Mars, as NASA and China plan for the...
When the James Webb Space Telescope pointed its powerful instruments toward the early Universe, scientists were surprised...
During the eight years since it was launched, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made six close flybys...
Oxidized iron dominates the Martian colour palette. The dusty reds, ochres, browns, and tans give the planet...
The Sun is such a constant in our lives that it can be difficult to imagine our...