An album of space images—including a poignant shot of a blacked-out North Korea—tell this month’s tale of our place in the cosmos.
Space
Climate Research Satellite Blazes Into Space
It’s the most sophisticated satellite of its kind
Quasar Eats Gas, Throws Up
A rare breed of black hole, 15 million light years away, sheds light on a cosmic mystery
715 New Planets Found (You Read That Number Right)
A major haul by the Kepler space telescope has astronomers cheering
Waterworld Found! (No, Not the One With Kevin Costner)
It’s not easy to tell if a distant planet orbiting a distant star is habitable, but researchers have developed a new way
Caught on Camera: Supernova Spits Out Pulsar
A remnant of a stellar explosion zips through space—and sends us signals as it goes
Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
Jupiter’s Ganymede gets its own map
China’s First Moon Rover Sputters Back Into Life
Could this be a second chance for Jade Rabbit?
2 Tiny Satellites Float in the Empty Vastness of Space
CubeSats are small satellites that help researchers collect data
Galileo’s Planetary Puzzle Has Finally Been Solved
It only took 400 years to explain why Venus looks bigger than Jupiter