World Space Week: exploring weather on other planets | Met Office
World Space Week is an opportunity to look beyond Earth and explore the science of our wider Solar…
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…
Meteors, Milky Way, Hunter’s Moon: September astronomical events
Meteor showers, planets, and the core of the Milky Way: Astronomical events for October 2026 The spookiest month…
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: A look at the stars of Harry Potter | Astronomy
Today: One minor Harry Potter character actually has two well-known star names: Regulus Arcturus Black, the brother of…
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…
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…