Longstanding “Ice Giant” Classification of Uranus and Neptune Might Be Conflicted
What if our understanding of Uranus and Neptune’s compositions have been wrong, specifically regarding their classifications as “ice…
When And Where To See The Two Green Comets
Topline Two green comets will shine together — possibly to the naked eye — around Oct. 20-21 as…
New evidence renews hope that Saturn’s moon Enceladus has life
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which explored Saturn and its moons for more than a decade, has yielded a new…
7 space suits mixing futuristic style with functional design
We’ve all seen it, the glossy visors, sculpted armor, and sleek silhouettes of sci-fi space suits that look…
Asteroid narrowly avoids Earth and leaves astronomers shocked – The Independent
Asteroid narrowly avoids Earth and leaves astronomers shocked The Independent2 asteroids safely buzzed by Earth this past week EarthSkyNear-Earth asteroid…
Rare supermoon illuminates sky over Jersey
Sky-watchers across Jersey were treated to a supermoon on Tuesday night. A supermoon appears brighter and larger than…
Magnetic ‘switchback’ detected near Earth for the first time
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, which consists of four spacecraft, is gathering information about magnetic reconnection around Earth. Credit:…
Robots on Mars have just seen the strange deep-space comet tracing across the Martian sky
What do you do when you want to observe something that’s on the other side of the Sun?…
‘Microlightning’ may spark glowing will-o’-the-wisps, study finds
Hovering blue flames that flicker over bogs and marshes have inspired ghostly folktales for centuries. Known as “will-o’-the-wisp,”…
The moon meets up with the Seven Sisters this week. Here’s how to see it
If you missed the moon passing in front of the Pleiades this past January, February and July, the…
Analyses of moon’s largest impact crater reveal unexpected insights into its tumultuous past
The South Pole-Aitken impact basin on the far side of the moon formed in a southward impact (toward…