Astronomical events for November 2026: Meteors, supermoon
Three meteor showers and a supermoon Falling back on the clock means more time to look at the…
Astronomers May Have Found the First Direct Hint of Planet Nine
Illustration of hypothetical Planet Nine. Credit: ZME Science. For years, astronomers have wondered whether another huge planet is…
Radio signal detected for the first time from a planet outside our solar system
Radio signal detected for the first time from a planet outside our solar system Astronomers say they have…
Tiny Grains From Asteroid Bennu Reveal How Jupiter Shaped the Early Solar System
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descends toward asteroid Bennu during a 2020 rehearsal for sample collection. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona…
Asteroid Bennu may have formed much closer to the Sun than scientists thought
Isotope measurements from asteroid Bennu closely match those of asteroid Ryugu and rare CI carbonaceous chondrites, suggesting all…
WHAT’S UP IN THE SKY: When dust gets in your skies | Astronomy
Today: Every star rotates. Our Sun takes a little less than one Earth month to rotate once on…
Aug. 12 to feature a 6-planet parade, solar eclipse, meteor shower and new moon
The most recent fireball that lit up the night sky across several states in the U.S. was captured…
The largest moon in the Solar System is bigger than Mercury and hides an ocean beneath its icy surface |
When people think about moons, they usually picture small rocky companions circling much larger planets. Ganymede does not…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft finds temperatures surging just below Io’s volcanic surface
NASA’s Juno spacecraft measured heat beneath Io’s surface for the first time, finding temperatures rise sharply within just…
Chinese rocket scientists find ‘most effective’ way to nuke a doomsday asteroid
Chinese researchers believe they may have found the most effective way to destroy or deflect a large, Earth-threatening…
Europa’s Hidden Ocean May Be Locked Beneath a Frozen Wall
Europa, one of Jupiter’s icy moons, has drawn scientific interest because its frozen surface may hide a global…
Juno measures fiery Io’s subsurface temperature for 1st time
NASA’s Galileo spacecraft obtained this image of Jupiter’s moon Io on June 28, 1997. Here, an active volcano…