Oh Hey, There’s the JUICE Probe Heading for Jupiter
The telescope’s view shows the Jupiter probe as just a speck. But this won’t be the last time we see JUICE. The spacecraft will use the gravity of the Earth-Moon…
Four Moons Circling Uranus May Be Sopping Wet
New scrutiny of Uranus’ largest moons suggest the bodies may contain ocean layers that could be dozens of miles deep. What Is Planet Nine and Why Can’t We Find It?…
Rover Spots Possible Evidence of Liquid Water on Modern Mars
China’s Zhurong rover has found evidence of liquid water on present-day Mars, according to a team that reviewed data from the rover’s cameras. China’s Plan to Land Astronauts on the…
The Rock Stuck in NASA’s Perseverance Rover Is Finally Free
The rock was cradled inside one of Perseverance’s six wheels. Image: NASA Mars is a lonely place, and it just got a little lonelier for one rover. NASA’s Perseverance has…
HBO Max’s Fired on Mars Looks Like Office Space in Outer Space
Imagine uprooting your entire life for a—well, not a dream job, but a decent enough job doing corporate graphic design… on Mars. Then suddenly you’re let go, and you’re stuck…
NASA’s Lucy Spacecraft Spots Jupiter’s Trojan Asteroids for the First Time
A NASA probe sent to observe Jupiter’s swarm of asteroids recently caught the first glimpse of its rocky targets, capturing deep-space images of four of the mysterious Trojans. What Is…
What’s That Big White Splotch on Uranus?
With all the fanfare around the Webb Space Telescope, it’s easy to forget about the tireless work of Hubble, its predecessor. The 30-year-old orbiting observatory has taken new images of…
Remnants of a Glacier Found Near Martian Equator
Scientists have spotted a relict glacier on Mars, near the equator—far from the parts of the planet where water ice is known to exist today. While this leftover glacial structure…
The 7 Weirdest Things About Venus, Hell Planet
The transit of Venus (right) across the sun’s face in 2012, as seen in false color by the SDO satellite.Photo: SDO/NASA (Getty Images) It’s been 30 years since a NASA…
How to See the ‘Green Comet’ Everyone’s Talking About
Deep in the Stone Age, when Neanderthals still lived alongside Homo sapiens, our ancestors might have been agog at a green light in the night sky. Now, that light—C/2022 E3…