Volcanic Island
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Olympus Mons is the Mauna Loa of Mars. Like the mountain on the island of Hawaii, it’s the largest volcano […]
El Gordo
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El Gordo – the fat one – might not be the most flattering name for a galaxy cluster. But it’s
Shorter Cycles
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During the Little Ice Age, much of the northern hemisphere was plunged into a deep freeze. Winters were so cold
Moon and Jupiter
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Jupiter has been described as the vacuum cleaner of the solar system. The planet’s powerful gravity sucks in comets and
Superflare!
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The star V1355 Orionis is a hothead. It pops off all the time — giant eruptions of energy and particles.
Betelgeuse
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Betelgeuse will blast itself to bits as a supernova. Many astronomers agree that that’s likely to happen within the next
Guiding Lights
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Several especially bright stars highlight the eastern sky on January evenings. The list includes Betelgeuse and Rigel in Orion, Pollux
Moon and Saturn
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When big storms on Earth are done, they leave little trace in the atmosphere that they ever existed. On Saturn,
Alnilam
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If you could catch the hot gas that the star Alnilam is blowing into space, in a million years you’d
Proplyds
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“Tadpoles” swim through the Orion Nebula, a giant stellar nursery more than 1300 light-years from Earth. Like tadpoles, they’re not