Looking Up by Bob Eklund

Scientists working with data from NASA’s Cassini mission have developed a new way to understand the atmospheres of exoplanets by using Saturn’s smog-enshrouded moon Titan as a stand-in. The new technique shows the dramatic influence …[READ MORE]

After eight years in orbit, the European Space Agency’s Venus Express has completed routine science observations and is preparing for a daring plunge into the planet’s hostile atmosphere. Venus Express was launched on a Soyuz-Fregat …[READ MORE]

A team of researchers led by University of Texas at Austin astronomer Ivan Ramirez has identified the first “sibling” of the Sun—a star that was almost certainly born from the same cloud of gas and …[READ MORE]

Beautiful streamlined islands and narrow gorges were carved by fast-flowing water pounding through a small plateau region near the southeastern margin of the vast Vallis Marineris canyon system. Images captured on 7 December 2013 by …[READ MORE]

For the first time an international team of astronomers has measured circular polarization in the bright flash of light from a dying star collapsing to a black hole, giving insight into an event that happened …[READ MORE]

At a press conference April 22 at the Seattle Museum of Flight, three prominent astronauts supporting the B612 Foundation presented a visualization of new data showing the surprising frequency at which the Earth is hit …[READ MORE]

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has documented the formation of a small icy object within the rings of Saturn that may be a new moon, and may also provide clues to the formation of the planet’s known …[READ MORE]

NASA’s Cassini spacecraft and the Deep Space Network have uncovered evidence that Saturn’s moon Enceladus harbors a large underground ocean of liquid water, furthering scientific interest in that moon as a potential home to extraterrestrial …[READ MORE]

The European Space Agency’s Rosetta spacecraft has caught a first glimpse of its destination comet, after waking up from deep-space hibernation on 20 January. Two ‘first light’ images were taken on 20 and 21 March …[READ MORE]

Observations at many sites in South America have made the surprise discovery that the remote asteroid Chariklo, only 100 miles in diameter, is surrounded by two dense and narrow rings. This is the smallest object …[READ MORE]