This 2020 NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LRG-3-817, its image distorted by the effects of gravitational lensing. As such, it appears as a long arc to the…
Congratulations, Curiosity, it’s a meteorite! NASA/JPL-Caltech This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. Here’s a reminder Earth isn’t the only planet with cool…
Jupiter and three of its largest moons are seen in this photo, taken from Chile. Damian Peach Some planets seem to have it all. Jupiter is the largest in the…
Astronomers at the National Science Foundation’s NOIRLab made the first confirmed detection of a star system that will one day form a kilonova, an ultra-powerful and gold-producing explosion created by…
Photographer Juan José Ortiz captured the surface of the moon and Mars behind it from Metepec, Mexico, on Jan. 31. Juan José Ortiz / SpaceWeatherGallery.com The famed “Earthrise” image taken…
These oddball green streaks of light came from a satellite. Subaru Telescope/NAOJ On Jan. 28, a series of green lights zipped across the night sky in Hawaii. The Subaru Telescope on…
An artist’s impression of what the space sail looks like as it’s deployed from its jack-in-the-box container. ESA As futuristic as this sounds, real estate in space is booming. Major…
Jupiter and three of its largest moons are seen in this photo, taken from Chile. Damian Peach Some planets just seem to have it all. Jupiter is the largest in…
Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as observed from Mount Fuji, Japan. SpaceWeatherGallery.com/Akihiro Yamazaki Now’s the time to look for Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) as it puts on quite a show while passing by…
Curiosity’s mast-mounted camera snapped this goofy rock on Jan. 28, 2023. NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. I’m easily amused, especially…
