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This artist concept portrays the brown dwarf W1935, which exhibits signs of glowing methane—possibly caused by aurorae!

This artist concept portrays the brown dwarf W1935, which exhibits signs of glowing methane—possibly caused by aurorae!

Brown Dwarf Aurorae

Brown dwarf W1935 exhibits signs of glowing methane—possibly caused by aurorae!

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Cas A from Chandra
Hunting the Green Monster

Cassiopeia A is one astronomical object that looks exactly like what it is—a star that exploded 350 years ago!

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Just Wonderful Space Telescope News

JWST launches the first day of astronomy’s big meeting with news about science, technology, and galaxies!

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Artist impression of the debris disk surrounding star HD53143.

Artist impression of the debris disk surrounding star HD53143. Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); M. Weiss (NRAO/AUI/NSF)

Disks and Planet Formation

The connection between disks and planet formation continues to expand as astronomers view them in new detail.

A New View of Distant Worlds
The Gemini Project is able to image exoplanets and collect data on their atmospheres.
Visualization in Astronomy—and Beyond
Ryan Wyatt's first report from the annual American Astronomical Society meeting.
The 2014 Quadrantid Meteors
Here are some tips for enjoying one of the best meteor showers of the year.
Most-Read Stories 2013
Here are our top stories of the year, just in case you missed them!
ISON Obituary
A final farewell to the “comet of the century” that wasn’t.
Watery Mars
MRO's HiRISE camera is finding further evidence of water on the red planet.
Juno to Jupiter
Juno is on its way to Jupiter, but first it made a quick Earth flyby...
Within Curiosity's Reach
Are organics on Mars within Curiosity's reach?
Neutrinos on Ice!
Scientists see evidence of events outside of our solar system in Antarctic ice.
Gas Cloud Gets Spaghettified
Milky Way's supermassive black hole is stretching gas cloud G2 to its death.

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