Lose Yourself in This Majestic New Hubble Picture of an Entire Cluster of Galaxies
We’re now used to seeing beautiful shots of space taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, but that doesn’t mean they’re…
Astronomy
Discovering Circumbinary Star Systems
When the the first Star Wars movie was released in 1977, it featured the now-iconic two-sun, “circumbinary” planet Tatooine. At…
What are the Hot jupiters?
Hot Jupiters are a class of gas giant exoplanets that are inferred to be physically similar to Jupiter but that…
Finding Methone
Methone is a small moon of Saturn that was discovered in 2004 from images taken by the Cassini spacecraft. In…
The brightest planets in May’s night sky: How and When to see them
Three planets adorn the evening sky and two in the predawn morning sky. In the evening, Mars continues to draw…
The Dumbbell Nebula, the first planetary nebula discovered
The Dumbbell Nebula is being produced by a very hot white dwarf that has been ejecting gas for thousands of…
The Great Dark Spot
Most of you will have heard of the Great Red Spot, the huge storm in the Jovian atmosphere. However, Jupiter…
How long is a day on Venus? mysteries of our closest neighbor
Venus is an enigma. It’s the planet next door and yet reveals little about itself. An opaque blanket of clouds…
Finding asteroids with Lucy
To date, few asteroids have been closely studied by a space mission. The Lucy spacecraft, which will be launched in…
What is a rogue planet?
A rogue planet is a planetary-mass object that does not orbit a star directly. Such objects have been ejected from…