Watery Planet
A side-by-side artist’s impression compares Earth to the possible look of TOI-1452 b, a water-covered planet 100 light-years from Earth.…
Space Weather
Solar storms, which are depicted in this artist’s concept, may impact aircraft navigation on Earth, according to a recent study.…
Ophion
This image depicts Ophion, a faint, scattered star cluster that was recently discovered by Gaia, a European space telescope. The…
Changing Planet
An artist’s concept depicts a planet passing in front of its parent star, Gliese 1214. The star is smaller, less…
Twilight Passage
The planets Venus and Jupiter will cross paths the next few mornings, staging a dazzlingly close encounter. Venus is the…
Urania, Muse of Astronomy
This 18th-century painting depicts Urania, the muse of astronomy. She is holding a globe, and a halo of stars surrounds…
Great Red Spot
The Great Red Spot twirls through the atmosphere of Jupiter in this color-enhanced image from the Juno spacecraft. The spot,…
Mariner 4 Sees Mars
This is the clearest image of Mars snapped by the first successful mission, Mariner 4, which flew past the Red…
Lupus
This image shows the constellation Lupus, the wolf, surrounded by its neighbors. Most of the bright stars in Lupus are…
Lightning
A lightning bolt blasts Canyonlands National Park during a summer thunderstorm. A recent study has strengthened the case that lightning…