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Patterns in Mars’ seasonal dust storms
Dust lofted by Martian winds links directly to temperatures in Mars' atmosphere. The temps are key to finding the patterns of the storms.
June 14, 2016
Peering beneath Jupiter’s clouds, via radio
Astronomers used the Very Large Array in New Mexico to create a new radio map of Jupiter, revealing what lies deep below Jupiter's cloudtops.
June 10, 2016
Universe’s first life on diamond planets?
Astronomers propose a search for a theoretical kind of planet known as carbon planets, aka diamond planets. They say such planets might have been habitable.
June 9, 2016
Comet visible in binoculars, nearly closest
Comet C/2013 X1 (PanSTARRS) isn't visible to the eye, but binoculars can pick it up. Charts and other info that can help you spot the comet in the coming weeks!
June 9, 2016
Watch the Webb get its instruments
This new space telescope is expected to revolutionize our view of the cosmos, much as its predecessor the Hubble Space Telescope did.
June 9, 2016
Asteroid 2016 LT1 sweeps close June 7
The asteroid - discovered June 4 - is about 20 feet wide and will pass within about 100,000 miles (153,000 km) this afternoon according to clocks in North America.
June 7, 2016
Pluto’s heart: Icy and alive
Computer simulations show that the heart-shaped Sputnik Planum region on Pluto is covered with icy, churning, convective "cells," less than a million years old.
June 6, 2016
Ice ages, and ice at Mars’ polar cap
Confirmation that Mars came out of its last ice age 400,000 years ago. Plus insights into the water cycle on Mars, a possible help to future space colonists.
June 4, 2016
Help astronomers observe Tabby’s Star
They're using Kickstarter to raise funds needed to unravel one of astronomy's biggest mysteries. Is the star KIC 8462852 surrounded by an alien megastructure?
June 2, 2016
Watch ISS’s newest module expand
Astronauts in orbit aboard ISS spent more than 7 hours on Saturday filling the new BEAM module with air. Check out this 25-second timelapse.
June 1, 2016
