NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 19, 2026 shows a 2-million-light-year radio structure shaped like a treble clef, likely a black hole's old outburst revived by a collision of two galaxy clusters.
What's creating this giant hole in space? At first glance the featured image looks like it could be a black hole, ringed by a field of stray moons. It isn't. It's a shadow, Earth's shadow, and the picture behind it... Continue Reading →
On August 12, 2026, the sky over Europe did something it hadn't done since 1999: it went dark in the middle of the day. A total solar eclipse swept across the Arctic, Greenland, Iceland, and northern Spain, giving mainland Europe... Continue Reading →
Venus is the closest planet to Earth in size and structure, yet it's arguably the most inhospitable place in the solar system. Here's what the science actually says about our nearest planetary neighbor. Almost Earth's twin, until you look closer... Continue Reading →
Jupiter is a world of superlatives: the fastest spinner, the most magnetically powerful planet, and home to a storm that has raged for over 350 years. Here's a closer look at the giant next door.
The Moon is practically on our doorstep, and yet, after decades of orbital missions and Apollo sample returns, we still don't have a complete chemical map of its surface. A new study published in Earth, Planets and Space proposes an... Continue Reading →
Last night's full moon was easy to miss, and that was rather the point. While supermoons dominate headlines with their oversized glow, May 30th delivered the opposite: a blue micromoon, the farthest, smallest, and dimmest full moon of the year.... Continue Reading →
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for May 22, 2026 stopped me in my tracks. It shows a glowing ring of ionized gas floating in the constellation Cygnus, sculpted over thousands of years by one of the most extreme stars... Continue Reading →
Astronomers have just given us the sharpest picture yet of the universe's vast, invisible architecture and it's breathtaking. Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), researchers at the University of California, Riverside have produced the most detailed map ever made... Continue Reading →