Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be dependent on how frequently it has
Whether an asteroid is spinning neatly on its axis or tumbling chaotically, and how fast it is doing so, has been shown to be dependent on how frequently it has
SYDNEY — China is preparing a series of tests and launches in the final quarter of 2025 crucial to its crewed moon program and commercial rocket plans. The country’s ambition
Artist’s concept of how rocky, potentially habitable worlds elsewhere in our galaxy might appear. Data gathered by telescopes in space and on the ground suggest that small, rocky planets are
Although the original “Star Wars” is often described as a space western, the franchise didn’t really resurrect the ol’ gunslinger vibe until a certain Mandalorian debuted in 2019. But in
New research suggests that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, might have once harbored an ocean over 100 miles (about 170 kilometers) deep. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/PSI/Mikayla Kelley/Peter Buhler Growing evidence suggests that
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | John Chumack in Yellow Springs, Ohio, captured Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) along with some satellite trails on September 27, 2025. John wrote: “Early Saturday
An artistic rendering of a dust and gas disk encircling the young exoplanet, CT Cha b, 625 light-years from Earth. Spectroscopic data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope suggests the
IRAS 16293-2422 b — European Southern Observatory Comets have similar compositions to interstellar medium ices, suggesting at least some of their molecules maybe inherited from an earlier stage of evolution.
Smart telescope company Vaonis has released the X edition of its popular Vespera II model. This limited run has a transparent shell so that astrophotographers can observe the inner workings
NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory–Caltech/Southwest Research Institute (SwRI)/Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS); Image processing: Emma Wälimäki © CC BY During its close flyby of Jupiter’s moon Io on December 30, 2023, NASA’s