Astronomers have discovered lots of planets that we call Hot Jupiters. These are gas giant planets outside the solar system that sit extremely close to their star, taking only a few days or weeks to orbit.Read more at- https://www.universetoday.com/articles/jwst-finds-methane-atmosphere-on-temperate-exoplanet

In late 2025, Astronomers watched with amazement as comet 3I/ATLAS flew through our solar system. This was the third interstellar comet ever detected, and every major telescope in the world was watching. Including the James Webb Space Telescope.Read more at: https://science.nasa.gov/blogs/3iatlas/2026/06/01/nasas-webb-detects-methane-on-interstellar-comet-3i-atlas/

Imagine viewing our solar system from above. You see eight planets all traveling in almost circular paths around the sun. Astronomers have discovered thousands of other planetary systems, and in most cases these planets also follow circular paths around their star. But not the exoplanet we call HD80606b. This one is different.Read more at: https://www.space.com/astronomy/exoplanets/james-webb-space-telescope-discovers-extreme-exoplanet-being-roasted-by-its-home-star

What forms first- a galaxy of stars, gas and dust, or the supermassive black hole that holds it all together? It’s the outer space version of the classic chicken and egg problem, and astronomers think they might finally have the answer.https://science.nasa.gov/missions/webb/nasas-webb-reveals-black-hole-that-formed-before-its-galaxy/

As the sun sets and the sky darkens, you may have noticed two bright dots low in the Western sky. That’s Jupiter and Venus. Jupiter is the fainter of the two dots, but it’s actually the largest planet in our solar system.https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/goddard/jupiters-great-red-spot-a-swirling-mystery/

The summer solstice arrives today, if you’re hearing this on Sunday. Just before dawn, the Sun reached its most northern point in the sky, right on the border between the constellations Taurus and Gemini. It then stood directly over the legendary Tropic of Cancer.

Astronomers have been slapping their foreheads for a decade or so. It’s the internet. People who know nothing about the sky but are apparently desperate for clicks and followers keep posting misleading and even stupid astronomy stuff.

You've already seen it. We can’t help it. In the west after sunset, two brilliant "stars" grab attention because they're the brightest things in the whole sky. Venus and Jupiter. Each evening they're closer together. Now the meeting finally happens. The best conjunction of the year.

There are some things that humans never seem capable of understanding – like consciousness, and the scoring of Ice Skating competitions. But we all want to understand the universe. Toward that end, educators and journalists create analogies. But -- how good are these?

This week marks the anniversary of the total solar eclipse in which Einstein correctly predicted stars in the Pleaides cluster would shift position thanks to the curving of space. When it happened, he gained instant worldwide fame. But there remain many contradictory ideas about that great man.