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A composite image of Ganymede's aurora showcases the ultraviolet data gleaned by NASA's Juno spacecraft. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/UVS/ULiège/Gusbin/Bonfond) A fleeting flyby of Ganymede has revealed that its shimmering auroras may behave far more like Earth's than scientists expected. During a close pass on July 7, 2021, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured…

Children living through the latest war in the Middle East or seeing images of the conflict may need help making sense of events that many adults find unnerving . Exposure to war, even if it is indirect, can affect how kids think, feel and behave, according to mental health experts.…

Wildfires sweeping through the vast boreal forests of Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Russia could be having a larger impact on the climate than scientists once believed. A new study led by researchers at UC Berkeley suggests these northern fires may release far more carbon into the atmosphere than current estimates…

Researchers have detected a powerful beam of microwaves, or megamaser, coming from a distant galaxy merger around 8 billion light-years from Earth. The rare signal was only detected thanks to a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, which magnified the incoming radiation. (Image credit: Inter-University Institute for Data-Intensive Astronomy (IDIA)) Astronomers…

The space-based telescopes Hubble and Euclid combined forces to capture the vibrant remains of a dying star in stunning new detail By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron The Cat’s Eye Nebula. ESA/Hubble/NASA/ESA Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA/Q1-2025/J.-C. Cuillandre/E. Bertin/CEA Paris-Saclay/Z. Tsvetanov Join Our Community of Science Lovers! In 1995 NASA published…