Lava from an Icelandic volcano can now be seen from space. | Liquid hot magma, saying hello.
Astronomers have discovered several objects that appear to be traversing through space, following no known orbit. | Meet ‘Oumuamua and Borisov, our interstellar interlopers!
Stellar flares can increase a star’s brightness by factors of hundreds at different wavelengths of light. | I wonder if telescopes in some galaxy far, far away see that when they look at our sun.
An ocean (!) recently (like “within the last 25 million years” recently, but still!!!!) formed on one of Saturn’s moons. | Water, water everywhere.
What, exactly, is the definition of a planet anyway? | Definitely not Pluto, that’s for sure.
SpaceX is aiming to send an unmanned craft to the moon on Feb 14, in preparation for a human return to the moon. | It’s like For All Mankind, except without Joel Kinnaman.
NASA’s TESS (Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite) has discovered a “super-Earth” planet in the habitable zone of a nearby red dwarf star. } Once, we thought exoplanets were rare. Now, we’re finding them all of the time.
Fragments from an asteroid found in Germany in January have been confirmed to be rare meteorites as old as the solar system itself. | Postcards from the past, etc etc.
A sunspot so large it was seen by the Mars Rover is now facing Earth. | It’s getting hot in here.
The Ingenuity team at NASA named the Mars helicopter’s final resting place on Mars Valinor Hills. Awww. | We have some Lord of the Rings fans in the house.
And finally: peanut butter: the parting gift of the cosmos. | These cool cats celebrated National Peanut Butter Day in space!