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Dwarf planet Ceres’ Occator crater in false color showing surface composition via NASA/ JPL-Caltech/ UCLA/ MPS/ DLR/ IDA. EarthSky’s 2026 lunar calendar is available now. Get yours today! Makes a

This artist’s animation shows a hypothesized event known as a superkilonova. First, the massive star ends its life in a supernova, generating elements like carbon and iron. In the aftermath,

NASA’s SPHEREx has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, which are invisible to the human eye but can be used to reveal different features of the cosmos. This

View larger. | NASA’s Galileo spacecraft captured this view of the ‘spider’ on Europa – one of Jupiter’s moons – in Manannán crater in May 1998. Image via NASA/JPL/ University

View larger. | Artist’s illustration of the Cassini spacecraft during a flyby of Titan. Previous analysis of data from Cassini suggested Titan had a global ocean of water beneath its

This image shows how far Earth’s radio broadcasts traveled across our Milky Way galaxy. No, not the width of the black box, or “inset.” Look closer. Look inside the inset.

The iconic Earthrise image of Earth appearing over the moon’s horizon as captured by William Anders from the Apollo 8 spacecraft, taken during a live broadcast with NASA astronauts from

https://earthsky.org/upl/2025/12/sun-cme-inflow-parker-solar-probe-december-2025-ezgif.com-resize-video.webm These images of our star’s solar wind, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe, show a phenomenon called an inflow occurring in the sun’s upper atmosphere. This is where solar

View larger. | The Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS on July 21, 2025. It was the most buzzed-about story of 2025. Read more of