Will planetary low tide force regular sunspot sync-ups?

No, it’s not pseudoscience. Does a regular alignment of planets make a strong-enough tug to regulate the sun’s 11- and 22-year cycles? Read more in this story via Eos - a source for news and perspectives about Earth and space science - from the American Geophysical Union.

Do organic crystals create ‘bathtub rings’ around Titan’s lakes and seas?

Scientists have been trying to figure what creates the so-called "bathtub rings" around lakes and seas on Saturn's large moon Titan. Now they may have an answer: unusual organic crystals not found on Earth.

Uranus’ rings surprisingly bright in ‘heat’ images

The rings of the 7th planet, Uranus, are thin and dark. But new thermal images from the ALMA and VLT telescopes show them glowing brightly.

Astronomers ponder halos around galaxies

Galaxies are massive and beautiful islands of stars. But did you know that most galaxies are surrounded by halos? A complex instrument on the Very Large Telescope is giving astronomers new views of these galactic rings of light.

Astronomers pinpoint source of fast radio burst

"This is the big breakthrough that the field has been waiting for since astronomers discovered fast radio bursts in 2007," one team member said.

Teegarden’s Star has Earth-sized planets in habitable zone

The Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting Teegarden's Star are 2 of the closest yet found, and at least 1 of them may be potentially habitable.

NASA has a plan to knock an asteroid off course

DART stands for Double Asteroid Redirection Test. The DART mission is planned for launch in 2021. It'll visit a double asteroid - Didymos and its tiny moon - and crash into the moon in an attempt to change its orbit.

ESA will head for the double asteroid, too

Following NASA's DART mission, if all goes as planned, an European Space Agency mission called Hera will also visit Didymos and its moon, to gather vital, detailed information. Watch a video, where astrophysicist and Queen guitarist Brian May explains more.

When asteroids photobomb galaxies

Want to spend your days looking at awesome photos of distant galaxy clusters, and possibly discovering an asteroid? Check out this new citizen-science project called Hubble Asteroid Hunter.

How meteors create Mars’ clouds

Scientists have been trying to figure out how clouds form in Mars' thin atmosphere, and thanks to new research, the answer seems to be ... meteors.