A beautiful image of San Francisco Bay via ESA's Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

Researchers in Spain have published a new study revealing details of a multi-layered, sandwich-like haze that hangs above the famous hexagon at Saturn's north pole.

For the first time, nitrogen-containing organic molecules have been discovered in a Martian meteorite. The famous meteorite - Allan Hills 84001 - was picked up in Antarctica in 1984. The discovery provides more clues about habitable conditions on early Mars.

If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, these next few weeks will provide your best opportunity to spot Mercury, the innermost planet, in the evening sky for this year. Use Venus to locate Mercury in the western sky after sunset in May 2020!

"The concept is broadly similar to an artificial leaf," researchers said.

The cloud bands on brown dwarf Luhman 16A were found via instruments known as polarimeters. An astronomer said they're like "... an astronomer's polarized sunglasses. But instead of trying to block out that glare, we're trying to measure it."

It’s a spectacular achievement to rendezvous with an asteroid as it’s whizzing around the sun. It's even more amazing to collect a sample. That's what the Hayabusa2 spacecraft did in February 2019. Here's what researchers learned.

On May 14, 2020, the moon is at or near its last quarter phase and close to the red planet Mars on the sky's dome. Watch for the half-lit moon in the predawn sky; the red planet will be near it.

This month, May 2020, presents the planet Venus' last full month in the evening sky for this year.

Data sonification uses data to result in a sound, so that you can better perceive what the data show. Here are several audio recordings based on data from the Mercury-bound BepiColombo spacecraft's Earth flyby on April 9.