A serendipitous solar outburst let scientists point the robot’s cameras toward the Red Planet’s sky to spot a feature shared with our Blue Marble.

Mysterious Phenomenon at Center of Galaxy Could Reveal New Kind of Dark Matter Mar. 10, 2025 — A mysterious phenomenon at the center of our galaxy could be the result of a different type of dark ...

Ever heard of Neptune's mysterious dark spots? These swirling storms are like the planet's playful freckles, appearing and ...

Spotted thanks to a fleeting light distortion in 2011, a mysterious duo — a tiny star and its hefty companion — has turned ...

Astronomers have long speculated about an unseen planet lurking in the solar system's outer edge. This hypothetical world, dubbed Planet Nine, could explain the unusual clustering ...

Phan’s team hopes to point the four-meter Blanco telescope in Chile at the spot where their candidate should be today. Its ...

Friday, May 2, presents a perfect opportunity to catch the mighty ice giant Neptune close to the planets Saturn and Venus in ...

Jupiter and Mars shine in the evening, more planets gather in the morning, and the Eta Aquariid meteors join in.

Objects like these are sometimes known as "dark nebulae" because they are so dense with gas and dust that light cannot penetrate them. The dark cloud shown here stretches an estimated 180 light ...

Sanders has not been drafted yet. After falling out of the top-10, Sanders' next landing spot figured to be the Pittsburgh Steelers. They opted to pass on him, instead selecting Oregon DT Derrick ...

Well, if you are trying to find a landing spot for Sanders, Pittsburgh remains an option. But without a second-round selection, the Steelers are not on the clock again until No. 83, the 19th ...

If you tune into the current camera views, you'll spot sprawling cities like Las Vegas, snow-blanketed mountain ranges like the Rockies, the vivid aqua of Caribbean waters, and beyond.