Earth’s blue sky is just one version of how the heavens appear. Join us on a journey to other planets and moons, where the skies come alive with alien colors, distant suns, and surreal landscapes.
Tiny grains from asteroid Ryugu are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar system over 4.6 billion years ago. The findings suggest the distal solar system ...
Astronomers are investigating the possibility of a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, which could explain unusual orbital patterns in the Kuiper Belt.
Research indicates that the James Webb Space Telescope could help confirm the presence of life-supporting atmospheres on exoplanets in the "Goldilocks zone," enhancing the likelihood of discovering ...
Since NASA's Juno spacecraft entered Jupiter's orbit in July 2016 and began transmitting image data, the world has gotten ...
A joint Hubble and James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project to learn more about the dusty disk around the bright star Vega ...
Jupiter, which currently gleams from within the sparkling winter constellation Taurus, reaches opposition with the sun just a ...
Our ability to detect planets outside our Solar System is becoming more refined. Thus, astrophysicists can now detect exoplanets still nestled within the dust cloud that witnessed their birth, right ...
While the James Webb Space Telescope has detected CO2 and methane on K2-18b, these gases are regularly produced by non-living processes.
This Research Topic targets interdisciplinary themes arising from the growth of exoplanetary research and biogenicity—the origin and distribution of life in the universe. By integrating insights from ...
Our universe is full of mysterious sights and sounds. Explore some of our most frightful finds from past Halloweens.
2D Simulation of Solar System using pure ES 6. Orbits computed with real coefficients (AU scaled to pixels). Main belt asteroids' eccentricities generated with Rayleigh distribution. Welcome to Space ...