Mars looks like it’s unraveling — NASA records fragments flying off faster than ever
Imagine looking at Mars and seeing something we’ve never seen before: fragments escaping from its surface, as if…
Spiral, elliptical or neither? | ESA/Hubble
Today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week features a galaxy that’s hard to categorise. The galaxy…
‘Completely unexplained’: James Webb telescope finds strange ‘dark beads’ in Saturn’s atmosphere
The James Webb Space Telescope has discovered strange “dark beads “above a four-armed star pattern in Saturn’s atmosphere.…
A Spacecraft That Hunts Down Space Junk
Astroscale is a 2025 Gizmodo Science Fair winner for developing a satellite designed to rendezvous with space junk,…
How Do Black Holes Form? This New Study Offers An Answer
El.artico/Shutterstock At the heart of nearly every galaxy…
Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki’s Mission Has Ended
Japan’s Venus Climate Orbiter Akatsuki was launched on May 21, 2010, and started its active mission in 2015 after…
Connecting Educators with NASA Data: Learning Ecosystems Northeast in Action
One of the challenges many teachers face year after year is a sense of working alone. Despite the…
NASA’s Tally of Planets Outside Our Solar System Reaches 6,000
It’s been 30 years since the discovery of the first planet around another star like our Sun. With…
Exoplanets – NASA Science
An exoplanet is any planet beyond our solar system. Most of them orbit other stars, but some free-floating…
Saturn is making its closest approach to Earth tonight. What to look for
Top astronomy events for September 2025 From a total lunar eclipse to Saturn shining bright all night long,…
“The Earth May Not Be as Extraordinary as We Think”: Study Finds Earthlike Planets Are Common, but Not So for ‘Water Worlds’
An international team of scientists studying potential water worlds has determined that although sub-Neptune exoplanets made up of…
Saturn to be visible in the night sky today: Know timings, position and more |
For lovers of the cosmic and astronomy, September 21st is proving to be a day of special significance.…