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Ice volcanoes on Ganymede? New promising candidates found
Are there ice volcanoes on Ganymede? A new international study reveals several good candidates on Jupiter's large ocean moon.
May 21, 2026
Searching for Earth-sized exoplanets with the POET mission
In 2029, Canada's POET mission will start searching for Earth-sized exoplanets as well as super-Earths. It will focus on smaller, cooler stars like red dwarfs.
May 21, 2026
Psyche mission images of Mars flyby are here!
Psyche mission images of the Mars flyby are now here! See them here and read more about what Psyche learned as it passed the red planet.
May 20, 2026
Interstellar turbulence in the Milky Way distorts light
For the 1st time, astronomers have directly detected how interstellar turbulence distorts the light from distant objects in our galaxy.
May 19, 2026
Stardust in Antarctica shows Earth crossed a supernova cloud
Stardust in Antarctica reveals the presence of an element that is not naturally made on Earth. But it is created in supernovas. Read more about the evidence.
May 15, 2026
Baily’s beads seen during a solar eclipse today in 1836
May 15, 1836: Francis Baily, an English astronomer, saw light shining through lunar ridges during an eclipse of the sun. These are now known as Baily's beads.
May 15, 2026
Skylab – America’s 1st space station – 53 years later
Skylab was America's 1st space station. 3 crews lived and worked there for over 171 days, studying the sun and Earth and setting records for life in space.
May 14, 2026
Will Pluto become a planet again? The ongoing debate
Will Pluto become a planet again, or remain a dwarf planet under current definitions? Scientists still disagree nearly 2 decades after its reclassification.
May 13, 2026
Brown dwarf population doubles to more than 6,000
Volunteers combing through years of space images have made discoveries that double the brown dwarf population. And you can join in the search!
May 13, 2026
Built not born: Huge black holes form in mergers, study says
A new study suggests the largest stellar-mass black holes form not from single stars collapsing, but from collisions and mergers between smaller black holes.
May 12, 2026
