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Artist’s impression of the dwarf planet Eris. Credit: ESO/L.Calçada and Nick Risinger

A moon helps to uncover strange solar system body Eris

Four massive volcanoes make up the Tharsis Bulge on Mars. The largest of the four, Olympus Mons, is at bottom right. ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Justin Cowart

Science, Solar System

Olympus Mons: Mars’ mega volcano

Kepler-1520b, one known dissolving exoplanet, is pictured here in artist's conception of how it might look. Credit: NASA.

Exoplanets, Science

Dissolving exoplanets flash their ‘guts’ to reveal a hidden side

Earth is the only abode for life we know of in the cosmos, and is increasingly a fragile habitat for long-term habitability because of global warming. Credit: NASA

Two books that could help save the planet

Asteroid dust found at Chicxulub Crater confirms cause of dinosaurs’ extinction

Leonid meteors and Venus

Observing, Upcoming Events

Look up! The Leonid meteor shower peaks this weekend

Frank Borman takes a phone call from President Lyndon Johnson.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Remembering Frank Borman, the astronaut who led America to the Moon

The assembled scope was small, light, and essentially useless.

Telescopes and Equipment

Are cheap telescopes worth it? The answer is no.

Some dark craters on the Moon, indicated here in blue, never get light. Scientists think some of these permanently shadowed regions could contain ice. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Science, Solar System

Scientists suspect there’s ice hiding on the Moon

An artistic impression of a gamma-ray burst from a galaxy almost two billion light-years away. Credit: ESA/ATG Europe; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Exotic Objects, Science

Massive gamma-ray burst reached Earth’s ionosphere

Brian May solos during Queen's 2023 Rhapsody Tour in Chicago, with Adam Lambert and Roger Taylor in the background.

Brian May: Where astronomy meets rock ‘n’ roll

The total solar eclipse of November 1966 as seen by the Gemini 12 astronauts while in space.

Human Spaceflight, The Sun

57 years ago, two astronauts saw the first solar eclipse from space