At least two ingredients are needed to make jets — rotation and magnetic fields — and these produce the ubiquitous laserlike jets we see.

On December 9th, Neptune will attain its stationary point at 7 P.M. EST, marking the conclusion of its retrograde motion. The ice giant will be situated near Saturn and the Circlet of Pisces in the ...

New research has mapped 16 extensive, interlaced river systems on Mars, dating back approximately 3.7 billion years to the Early Hesperian Period. These large river systems, despite covering only ...

On December 12, Uranus will be observable in western Taurus, situated 7 arcminutes due south of the 6th-magnitude star 14 Tauri, providing an identification aid. The Geminid meteor shower is forecast ...

Comet 24P/Schaumasse is presented as an observable target, estimated at 12th magnitude, situated in the vicinity of Leo the Lion. Optimal viewing for Comet 24P/Schaumasse is specified for ...

Following its lunar mission, China's Chang'e 2 probe performed a flyby of asteroid 4179 Toutatis on December 13, 2012, after departing lunar orbit on June 9, 2011. During the 25-minute flyby, ...

On November 25, Jupiter will be observable approximately 10° above the eastern horizon by 9 P.M. local time, positioned 7° south of Pollux and visible near Gemini's twin stars, Castor and Pollux.

Stephan's Quintet, discovered in 1877 by French astronomer Edouard Stephan in the constellation Pegasus, exemplifies the enhanced detail observable through larger astronomical apertures. The group ...

A grand-design spiral galaxy, named Alaknanda, was discovered forming approximately 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang, challenging previous astrophysical models on the timescale required for ...

The Helix Nebula (NGC 7293/Caldwell 63) is a planetary nebula located approximately 655 light-years distant in the constellation Aquarius, first documented by Karl Ludwig Harding in 1827. Despite an ...

On November 26, Jupiter will execute a passage south of Pollux. Dwarf planet 1 Ceres will achieve a stationary point at 6 P.M. EST in Cetus, subsequently shifting from retrograde to prograde motion, ...