Illustration of a poorly lit planet. Credit: NASA, JPL-Caltech, and R. Hurt I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again - our understanding of the solar system advances at the pace of technology. As our processing power grows, we are able to do more and more...

There are days when it seems that our outer solar system has the singular goal of frustrating astronomers. In a way, we have no one to blame but Newton. After all, his equations of motion allowed researchers to realize that Uranus’ motion required something to be...

Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM Not a week goes by without JWST finding something new and press-worthy. Given the cost of this telescope, this is as it should be.  And weirdly, at least some of the things has found are not aliens despite people’s best attempts to say...

Aurora on Neptune shine along the right side of the planet in Webb's IR images (right). Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Heidi Hammel (AURA), Henrik Melin (Northumbria University), Leigh Fletcher (University of Leicester), Stefanie Milam (NASA-GSFC) Earth isn’t the only...