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Ammonia-Rich Hail Sheds New Light on Jupiter's Weather

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Cyclone observed in Jupiter’s northern hemisphere by JunoCam in July 2018. The c...

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Astronomers Sink Their Teeth Into Special Supernova

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noirlab2019 – Artist’s interpretation of the calcium-rich supernova 2019ehk...

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Uncovering Our Solar System’s Shape

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An updated model suggests the shape of the Sun’s bubble of influence, the heliosphere (seen in yello...

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First radio detection of an extrasolar planetary system around a main-sequence star

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Illustration of the planetary system TVLM 513–46546; the newly discovered Saturn-like planet is...

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