A rock that crashed through the roof of a house in New Jersey proved to be the real thing — a chunk spalled from a 4.5 billion-year-old asteroid.
The post Scientists Confirm: Meteorite Crashed Into New Jersey Home appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
New JWST images reveal that one of the most distant objects ever observed is actually two baby galaxies on a possible collision course.
The post The James Webb Space Telescope May Have Spotted a Baby Galaxy Merger appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
James Webb Space Telescope observations offer a new window inside the atmosphere of the secretive sub-Neptune GJ 1214b.
The post Mini-Neptune Reveals (Some of) Its Secrets appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
The Minor Planet Center is announcing a bevy of new moons for Saturn that will bring its total to 145 (and break Jupiter's record).
The post New Observations Double Saturn’s “Irregular” Moons appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Mars and Venus each line up with a pair of stars this week. And with the Milky Way lying all around the horizon, the Coma Berenices Star Cluster floats overhead.
The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 12 – 21 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
When you want to relax under the stars there's no better way than on your back looking up at the zenith. We explore what's overhead and discover there's more than one zenith up there.
The post Lie Back, Look Up, and Find Your Zenith Stars appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Surprising new results from the United Arab Emirates' Hope probe call the origin of Mars's smaller moon into question.
The post The Moon Deimos Might Be a Piece of Mars appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Continuing its run of ground-breaking discoveries, the James Webb Space Telescope has snapped the clearest images yet of the dusty disk around the young star Fomalhaut.
The post The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Fomalhaut's Disk In Unprecedented Detail appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
There's a second ring around the far-out dwarf planet Quaoar, adding to the mystery of how this world hosts rings at such wide orbits.
The post Second Ring Around Quaoar Puzzles Astronomers appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Four of Uranus's five icy moons likely contain a thin layer of briny (or otherwise enriched) water, astronomers have concluded from Voyager 2 data.
The post Four of Uranus's Moons Might Contain Briny Oceans appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
The first stars are too faint and far away to detect directly, but their gaseous remains can be seen absorbing the light of distant galaxies.
The post Astronomers Find the Remains of the Universe’s First Stars appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Big, macho Venus is closing in on wimpy little Mars in the western sky at dusk. Venus says hi to M35 on the way. In early dawn, the waning Moon guides the way to Saturn.
The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, May 5 – 14 appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
The Sun has recently experienced an uptick in activity, with lots of sunspots accompanied by flares, coronal mass ejections, and visible auroras — but experts still expect a mild solar cycle.
The post The Sun Is Ramping Up Activity — But Still within Predictions appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
For the first time, astronomers have witnessed a star eat an exoplanet.
The post Star Caught Swallowing a Planet appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Common handheld magnets can erase crucial data in ancient meteorites.
The post Magnets Are Bad News for Meteorites appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
When clouds get in your way, you may find consolation in knowing that the universe is still out there, waiting for your to discover it.
The post Galaxy Quest! appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Astronomers analyzed the gravitationally lensed image of a distant galaxy to test the nature of dark matter.
The post Distorted Galaxy Hints at the Nature of Dark Matter appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
This month’s episode takes you on a guided tour of the key stars and planets that you’ll see on May evenings — a fun and informative way to introduce yourself to the nighttime sky!
The post May: Leo is King in Late Spring appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
Scientists are refining the definition of the habitable zone in an effort to aid future efforts at finding life.
The post Where to Look for Life: Homing in on the Habitable Zone appeared first on Sky & Telescope.
On Saturday, April 29, 2023, come out and celebrate Astronomy Day! Here are some easy ways that you can explore the sky.
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