Watch this video to find out more about the Earth, planets in our Solar System and other planets far off in outer space. From up here on the International Space Station I get a great view of Earth.
Here's where the James Webb Space Telescope comes in. Its advanced technology, including its large mirror and suite of specialized instruments, allows it to detect very faint emissions coming from ...
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...
The first life forms used retinal instead of chlorophyll, absorbing green light and reflecting red and blue—turning the planet an eerie purple. Chlorophyll wasn’t always king. Retinal ...
"It's a really exciting find—Barnard's Star is our ... of each planet tugs slightly on the star's position, meaning the star seems to wobble back and forth. MAROON-X measures the color of ...
It detects the distinctive color of each planet, revealing the composition of ... but we're proposing more Webb observations, inspired by our carbon dioxide diagnostics, to answer that question.” ...