In 1994, astronomers witnessed one of the most dramatic events ever recorded in space when comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 smashed into Jupiter. Traveling at more than 216,000 km/h, the comet broke into 21 ...
While Jupiter's main aurora has a great deal of hot materials, a snapshot showed a cold spot in Io's auroral footprint.
I/ATLAS is still in our solar system, but now we have a photo that was taken four months ago. The JUICE probe took the image in November last year, but ESA received it only in February. This was ...
Despite significant scientific advancement over the last decades, the universe still finds new ways to surprise us. Every ...
Scientists are scrambling to explain why interstellar visitor 3I/ATLAS is carrying life's chemical building blocks at concentrations never before seen, and it makes its final pass through our cosmic n ...
Newport State Park’s night sky is a reminder that wonder and awe are still available to all, you just need to be willing to ...
Solar winds and coronal mass ejections may scatter narrow signals, making them harder for Earth-based telescopes to detect. The SETI Institute uses radio telescopes to search for signs of intelligent ...