Collaborative work by amateur and professional astronomers has helped to resolve a long-standing misunderstanding about the composition of Jupiter's clouds. Instead of being formed of ammonia ice -- ...
With a rare black moon and the peak of the year's first major meteor shower already behind us, January is shaping up to be an ...
A rare four-planet conjunction will be visible most of this month as Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars light up the sky.
New research from a team of citizen scientists challenges the old idea that Jupiter's visible clouds are formed of ammonia ...
January's skywatching highlights include four planets visible to the naked eye, Venus and Saturn's conjoin, and red planet ...
On January 21, 2025, several planets will align but you might not be able to see them all with the naked eye. In the evening, ...
A solar eclipse crossed North America. Two robotic landers reached the lunar surface, largely intact. The most powerful ...
Chiron, discovered in 1977, orbits the Sun every 50 years, situated between Jupiter and Neptune. This unique positioning enable scientists to study its surface and atmospheric properties, providing ...
From a total lunar eclipse to meteor showers to space probes, 2025 will be stellar for celestial viewing. Those and more will ...
NASA's Juno spacecraft made a close flyby of Jupiter moon lo. See an animation of the images the probe captured created by Koji Kuramura and Gerald Eichstädt. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS | ...
A year of discovery awaits, with missions poised to reveal new insights about our home planet, solar system, galaxy, and ...