See that cluster of bright objects in the above image? Those are fragments of a comet called C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) … More
Category: Solar System
The Lives of Long Lasting Lineae
NASA has released this beautiful close up of the rim of a Martian impact crater, taken by the HiRISE camera … More
Hayabusa2 is coming home
Japan’s Hayabusa2 probe has successfully completed its mission at the asteroid Ryugu and is now on its way home. It’s … More
How do we know when something is from outside the Solar System?
You probably saw the recent news that astronomers have spotted an object from interstellar space making its way through the … More
The Solar System Has a Lot of Water
There have been a couple of recent discoveries of water in new places in the solar system. Last week a … More
How long have we been predicting eclipses?
Tomorrow there will be a total lunar eclipse which will be visible in much of North America and Asia. I … More