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NASA’s Webb space telescope has captured haunting new views of Jupiter’s auroral display, revealing the bright light show in exquisite, never-before-seen details. Using the telescope’s most recent observations of the gas giant, scientists uncovered a curious discrepancy between how Jupiter’s […]

Saturn will temporarily lose its iconic look from our viewpoint on Earth, appearing as a pale, yellow sphere without its swirling rings shrouding the gas giant. The billions of rocky and icy chunks swirling around Saturn will disappear from our

Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The record-breaking statistic puts Saturn way ahead of its moon-bearing competitors, as now the ringed planet is officially orbited by almost

Brilliant streaks of light are set to illuminate the sky, heralding the year’s first celestial spectacle. The Quadrantid meteor shower is set to peak on Friday, January 3, during the early hours before dawn, putting on a spectacular show throughout

The 200-foot Vulcan Centaur rocket could do more than just launch satellites to orbit. As the rocket awaits certification to launch military payloads, United Launch Alliance (ULA) suggests that Vulcan can also be used to ward off space enemies and

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas—on Mars. The otherworldly landscape is, for the most part, a distinct red hue, but recent images reveal unusual frosty features that have turned the Red Planet’s south pole white. The European Space

Almost a year after Ingenuity broke a blade and ended its experimental stint on Mars, NASA unveiled a new design concept for the Martian helicopter’s successor and it’s comparatively a big boy. NASA’s Mars Chopper, as it’s called, is about

A Japanese startup’s second attempt to launch its solid-fuel rocket ended in chaos, with Kairos spiraling downwards a few minutes after lift off. The launch failure marks another setback for Japan’s private space industry after a series of explosive rocket

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission reportedly experienced an hour-long loss of ground control before two private astronauts exited the Dragon crew capsule for the first commercial spacewalk in history, according to a report by Reuters. The Polaris Dawn mission launched on

In 2017, an unexpected visitor with an oddly elongated shape zipped through the solar system. The interstellar object, later named ‘Oumuamua, was initially classified as an asteroid—until measurements revealed it was accelerating away from the Sun, like a comet. This