John Wenz, Author at Astronomy.com

Cassini image of Titan

Could a methane crust be keeping Titan warm?

Gliese 229 system

Astronomers find out the first known brown dwarf is actually twins

meteors

Most meteorites come from just three sources

Ceres as imaged by Dawn

Alien Life, Solar System

Short-lived organics on Ceres hint at a past ocean — and conditions ripe for life

Alien Life, Exotic Objects

The “Wow! Signal,” not surprisingly, was a dud

ALMA images of R Doradus

ALMA reveals a star’s surface in unprecedented detail

Galaxies, Science

Event Horizon Telescope captures highest-resolution images ever taken from the ground

The Moon's surface

Science, Solar System

Meteorite strikes create the Moon’s atmosphere

JWST image of Epsilon Indi Ab

JWST directly images a surprise super-Jupiter planet

A composite image of Titan taken by Cassini. Credit: NASA.

Science, Solar System

Oceans on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, likely have tiny waves

Alien Life, Exoplanets, Science

Greenhouse gases could indicate alien life — if we ever find them

This is an image of a globular cluster around our Milky Way. The authors of a new study think that what they see in the Cosmic Gems arc will become this object. Credit: NASA/ESA.

Cosmology, Exotic Objects, Science

Unusual glimpse of Cosmic Gems could be a breakthrough for astronomers