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…
What’s Up: July 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
A predawn Moon-and-planets meetup, a returning comet, a great chance to see the Milky Way, and Saturn’s rings…
Scientists Think Uranus and Neptune May Not Be the Ice Giants We Imagined
Before the Voyager 2 flyby of Uranus and Neptune, these two distant planets were thought to be cold,…
The Solar System May Have Lost 2 Planets, And The Mystery Just Deepened
The Solar System is one of the comforting constants of human existence. No matter what else we have…
The Moons of Uranus May Hold the Key to Finding Missing Planets
We have an idea of what the solar system’s past was like: It was violent and chaotic. However,…
Scientists Probed the Rings Around Uranus to Find Out How They Got There
The cold, icy world of Uranus is framed by a pair of rings that orbit the planet at…
2026 April 01 – The Claw and Bubble Nebulae
APOD: 2026 April 01 – The Claw and Bubble Nebulae Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…
How and when to see it
This weekend, on Feb. 28, we’ll have the chance to see something really cool happen in the night…
Listen to This Month’s ‘Planetary Parade’ With NASA’s Chandra
In late February, people in the Northern Hemisphere can look up for a special sight: six planets will…
James Webb Telescope Takes a First Peek Inside Uranus
The European Space Agency announced Thursday that a study using the joint NASA/ESA-built James Webb Space Telescope has…
Webb Just Spent 17 Hours Staring at Uranus—and Found Its Auroras Are Even Weirder Than We Thought
On January 19, the Webb space telescope stared deep into the chaotic world of Uranus for 17 hours,…
Webb Reveals Hidden Layers of Uranus’ Upper Atmosphere
For the first time, astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’ ionosphere, uncovering unexpected temperature peaks, weakened…