NASA is Ready to try and fix Lucy's Unlatched Solar Panel

By sjohnston - April 23, 2022 09:11 PM UTC | Missions

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Hubble Checks the Weather on Hot Jupiters. Forecast: 100% Chance of Hellish Conditions

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - April 23, 2022 07:45 PM UTC | Exoplanets

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Planetary Decadal Survey Says it's Time for a Mission to Uranus (and Enceladus too!)

By Matthew Williams - April 23, 2022 05:58 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The recently released Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032 has identified some exciting missions and goals for the coming decade!

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Slimmed Down Red Giants Had Their Mass Stolen By a Companion Star

By sdice - April 22, 2022 05:11 PM UTC | Stars

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Here's Something Rare: a Martian Crater That isn't a Circle. What Happened?

By Nancy Atkinson - April 22, 2022 03:53 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Holographic Doctors can now Provide Medical Advice on the International Space Station

By Matthew Williams - April 22, 2022 12:14 PM UTC | Space Exploration

Thanks to advances in holographic and teleporting technology, the first "holographic handshake" recently took place between people on Earth and the ISS.

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Perseverance Begins the Next Phase of its Mission, Studying an Ancient River Bed on Mars

By Laurence Tognetti, MSc - April 21, 2022 09:47 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Astronomy Jargon 101: Sunspots

By Paul Sutter - April 21, 2022 04:43 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

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Here are All of Hubble's Observations in One Picture

By Nancy Atkinson - April 21, 2022 03:00 PM UTC | Observing

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Venus' Atmosphere Stops it From Locking to the Sun

By Brian Koberlein - April 21, 2022 12:15 PM UTC | Planetary Science

The reason Venus isn't tidally locked could be its thick atmosphere.

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Chinese Astronomers Recorded Earliest Account of Aurora

By David Dickinson - April 21, 2022 07:33 AM UTC | Solar Astronomy

How dating an ancient text revealed one of the oldest observations of aurora known.

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Jupiter's Moon Io has Dunes. Dunes!?

By Matthew Williams - April 20, 2022 06:58 PM UTC | Planetary Science

New research led by Rutger's University has led to an explanation for why there are dunes on Jupiter's volcanic moon Io.

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Wow! Perseverance Sees a Solar Eclipse on Mars

By Nancy Atkinson - April 20, 2022 04:40 PM UTC | Planetary Science

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Pluto's Orbit is Surprisingly Close to an Unstable Zone

By Matthew Williams - April 20, 2022 03:12 PM UTC | Planetary Science

A new study has revealed new insights into Pluto's orbit, which is subject to a lot of chaotic perturbance over time!

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Astronomy Jargon 101: Galaxy Clusters

By Paul Sutter - April 20, 2022 02:08 PM UTC | Extragalactic

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Astronomy Jargon 101: Big Bang Theory

By Paul Sutter - April 19, 2022 02:10 PM UTC | Cosmology

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When Will Humanity Become a Type I Civilization?

By Brian Koberlein - April 18, 2022 04:27 PM UTC | Astrobiology

Can humanity become a Type I civilization without causing our own Great Filter?

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Astronomy Jargon 101: Zodiacal Light

By Paul Sutter - April 18, 2022 02:02 PM UTC | Solar Astronomy

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NASA is Having a Tough Time Testing the SLS

By sdice - April 18, 2022 12:28 PM UTC | Missions

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One Giant Impact Made the Two Halves of the Moon so Different

By Nancy Atkinson - April 18, 2022 11:38 AM UTC | Planetary Science

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