Meteor shower, comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS, and a ‘blue’ moon: What’s in the sky in May
The beginning of May heralds the peak of the annual Eta Aquariids meteor shower. The Eta Aquariids usually…
Monster Storms on Jupiter Unleash Lightning Beyond Anything on Earth
Scientists analyzing data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft have uncovered evidence that lightning on Jupiter can be vastly more…
Earth’s Building Blocks Came from Close to Home, Planetary Scientists Say
A new analysis of isotopic signatures across planets and meteorite parent bodies suggests our home world formed entirely…
How Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS Met Unlikely Observer
On its way to Jupiter, ESA’s Juice spacecraft briefly turned its gaze toward a rare interstellar visitor, 3I/ATLAS,…
Motional Induction In Ganymede’s Ocean
Status Report astro-ph.EP March 14, 2026 Numerical ocean-induction setup for Ganymede in a deep-ocean scenario with Re m…
Webb Captures Io’s and Europa’s Auroral Footprints in Jupiter’s Atmosphere
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope conducted a clockwise scan around the entire limb of Jupiter, chasing aurora…
The first image of comet 3I/ATLAS captured by the Juice probe has been revealed
During its journey to Jupiter, the Juice probe, launched in 2023, has taken images of the interstellar comet…
Ganymede’s Auroral Patches Reveal Shared Physics with Earth’s Aurorae
Scientsts from the United States, Europe and China have used the Ultraviolet Spectrograph (UVS) onboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft…
Jupiter Mission Captures Rare Shot of Interstellar Comet 3I/Atlas on Its Way Out
Interstellar visitor comet 3I/Atlas may have bid farewell to Earth, but spacecraft traveling through the solar system kept…
Six-planet ‘parade’ to dazzle night sky on 28 February 2026 – How to see the rare alignment
A rare celestial spectacle is set to unfold in the evening skies on Saturday, 28 February 2026, as…
6 planets will parade across the night sky this weekend
Six planets are linking up in the sky at the end of February, and most will be visible…
Delivery Of Complex Organic Molecules To The System Of Jupiter
Two-dimensional temperature map of the disk after 280 kyr of evolution. The averaged trajectories of particles over this…