Surprise! A Jupiter-like exoplanet with water-ice clouds

A Jupiter-like exoplanet with water-ice clouds? NASA's Webb space telescope has found the 1st signs of cirrus-like clouds on exoplanet Epsilon Indi Ab.

Falcon rocket will hit the moon on August 5

A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the moon on August 5, 2026. How fast will it be going? Will we be able to see it? Answers and more here.

Euclid Space Warps: Help spot galaxies bending spacetime!

New citizen science project Space Warps lets you study new Euclid space telescope data to find galaxies bending the fabric of the universe.

Ancient lake on Mars? Rover finds strong new evidence

NASA's Curiosity rover has found yet more evidence for an ancient lake on Mars. Metallic minerals in preserved rock ripples provide the clues.

Jan Oort birthday and discovery of the Oort Cloud

Dutch astronomer Jan Oort was born on April 28, 1900. He visualized a vast reservoir of icy comets on the fringes of our Solar System, which now bears his name.

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS born in a cold environment

The chemistry of water in interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS indicates that its home star formed in colder conditions compared to that of our sun.

New organics on Mars raise questions about life

NASA's Curiosity rover has identified the most diverse collection of organics on Mars ever found. They include some organics never seen before.

See great pics of Comet R3 PanSTARRS from our community

Comet R3 PanSTARRS is closest to Earth on April 26. See a cool image from a sun-watching spacecraft, and these fantastic community photos.

Milky Way’s ‘ultra-faint dwarf galaxies’ help probe early universe

Ultra-faint dwarf galaxies preserve clues to early-universe conditions, acting as cosmic fossils. Simulations show whether they formed stars or stayed dark.

Waves on other planets vary widely, new MIT study suggests

A new study from MIT suggests that waves on other planets should vary greatly. Scientists are looking at the lakes and seas of Saturn's moon Titan for clues.