Corey S. Powell

A solar eclipse like no other: This is the first artificial solar eclipse created by two spacecraft flying in precise formation in orbit. Proba-3 will be able to conduct precise studies of the Sun's corona & the process driving powerful solar eruptions. esa.int/Enabling_Suppo…

The very first step to building planets is forming crystals of silicon monoxide. They stick together to build bigger & bigger things, until eventually planets emerge. Now we've witnessed that step: the moment when a new planetary system is born. eso.org/public/news/es…

Best look yet at Comet 3I/ATLAS, the interstellar visitor that's racing through our solar system. It's currently 600 million kilometers from the Sun, between Jupiter & the asteroid belt. As the comet moves closer, the images will inevitably get better. noirlab.edu/public/news/no…

Exactly 10 years ago, our picture of Pluto suddenly transformed from a mysterious dot to a gorgeous, complex world of ice mountains and nitrogen glaciers.

10 years ago today, Pluto joined the ranks of explored planets--go NASA, Go New horizons!

The Parker Solar Probe made the closest-ever studies of the Sun -- and got this unprecedented look at multiple solar eruptions piling up on top of each other. science.nasa.gov/science-resear…

An amateur astronomer may have just spotted the first known comet (or asteroid) impact on Saturn. We've seen impact flashes on the Moon & Jupiter, but this would be by far the most distant one yet observed. earthsky.org/space/did-spac…