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Voyager’s views of Jupiter’s colorful cloud tops reminded many people of an impressionist painter’s canvas. Fine details in and around the Great Red Spot changed significantly in the four months between the Voyager 1 flyby and Voyager 2 (pictured). Credit: NASA/JPL.

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Solar System, Space Exploration

Jets detected around Jupiter using data from 1979’s Voyager 2 mission

The Earn and Moon, seen from the International Space Station. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory

Earth and the Moon are proportional partners, and that might be rare

By using the NASA's JPL — Small-body Database Lookup, the orbit of 469219 Kamo'oalewa can be displayed alongside Earth's orbit. The orbits appear to be nearly identical but just shifted. In the bottom-left corner it provides the distance from Kamo'oalewa to Earth and to the Sun. Credit: NASA

Evidence builds that Kamo’oalewa is a chunk of the Moon accompanying Earth

A telescope scans the sky in search of signals sent from advanced alien civilizations in this artist's concept. Credit: paulista/Shutterstock.

Alien Life, Science

Are we visible to alien astronomers? This study makes the case

Pluto imaged with the New Horizons spacecraft during its historic 2015 flyby. Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI/Alex Parker

Science, Solar System

Is Pluto a planet?

Taters, NASA's Laser Beam Motion Analyst. Credit: Joby Harris/Instagram via taters_space_cat

Space Exploration

Meet Taters, the cat who starred in the video streamed from space

Mercury, shown in an enhanced-color image from NASA’s Messenger probe. Credit: NASA / JHU Applied Physics Lab / Carnegie Inst. Washington

Are glaciers on Mercury a link to life?

An artist's representation of a binary star stealing the hydrogen-rich envelope from its primary star. Credit: Navid Marvi, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science

Galaxies, Science, Stars

Mysterious stars detected in nearby galaxies

Neutron stars are the perfect cosmic laboratory for the scientists who study them, thanks to their observability, extreme gravity, and strong magnetic fields. Credit: ESO/L. Calçada.

Exotic Objects, Science

What are neutron stars? The cosmic gold mines, explained

NASA astronaut Christina Koch stops for a picture while replacing equipment on the International Space Station. Credit: NASA

Human Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration

What are the hazards of living in space? Swollen heads, for one

Dr. Vera Rubin began observing at Kitt Peak National Observatory in 1963 at the 36-inch telescope. Credit: NOIRLab

Vera Rubin found a lifetime of wonder in the dark skies

Could the Star of Bethlehem have been caused by a "great conjunction" of the bright planets Venus and Jupiter? On June 17, 2 B.C., the planets had come so close they would have almost appeared as one object, similar to the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in 2020. Ron Miller/Astronomy magazine

The Star of Bethlehem: Can science explain what it really was?