As far as physical features, NASA says 3I/ATLAS has speed, color, and direction that are, “consistent with what we’d expect ...

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Io, moon of Jespiter Jupiter, is famously volcanically active. It has more than 400 active volcanoes, over an area the size of Asia. Some of the volcanic mountains are taller than Mount Everest.

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Comet Lemmon, which gave us a great show in October, is slowly fading and dropping lower in the southwestern sky. When the moon departs the scene about Nov. 8, the comet will still be visible in ...

Many historians think that Nov. 1, known for the festival of Samhain, was the ancient Celtic New Year’s Day. Samhain, Old Irish for “summer’s end,” was a harvest festival that may have contributed to ...

Be sure to look up for one of October's most beautiful sky pairings Cheng Xin/Getty On Monday, Oct. 13, into early Tuesday, Oct. 14, the moon and Jupiter will appear side by side just before midnight ...

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Head’s up, skywatchers: Wednesday, June 25, is the new moon in Cancer, and according to astrologers, this month’s new phase is significant as Jupiter is conjunct, amplifying the energy. The new moon ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Scott Bolton’s first encounter with Io took place in the summer of 1980, right after he graduated from college and started a job at NASA ...