There Are Diamonds Raining on Neptune
Deep inside Neptune, extreme pressure crushes carbon into crystal. Explore the ice giant’s interior with interactive simulations of diamond rain.
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The Pillars of Creation Are Already Gone
The Pillars of Creation may already be gone. Explore JWST/Hubble views, supernova evidence, and the light-travel paradox in this immersive deep dive.
A Day on Venus Is Longer Than Its Year
Venus takes 243 days to spin but only 225 to orbit the Sun. It also spins backwards. An interactive guide to the paradox of our...
TOI-5205 b: The Planet Science Cannot Explain
Image: Katherine Cain / Carnegie Institution for Science Picture the system to scale. The host star, TOI-5205, has a radius just 39 percent of the Sun’s:...
The Kardashev Scale (Expanded Test Page)
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Carbon in the Atmosphere of a Super-Jupiter Rewrites the Planet Formation Story
JWST directly imaged CO₂ in a super-Jupiter 133 light-years away. Its carbon ratio reveals how it formed — and blurs the line between planet and...
The Planetary System That Cannot Hold Still
Image: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Orbital mechanics is supposed to be the steadiest thing in the universe. Planets settle into their paths over millions of...
They Watched the Earth Set From the Far Side of the Moon
Four astronauts. 252,756 miles. Ten days. The Artemis II crew returned to the Moon's vicinity for the first time in 54 years, and today they...
Saturn Is Losing Its Rings — And Nobody Can Stop It
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI. “The Day the Earth Smiled”: Saturn backlit by the Sun, captured by Cassini on July 19, 2013. Earth is the pale blue dot...