Astronomy and planetary science : nature.com subject feeds https://www.nature.com/subjects/astronomy-and-planetary-science/nature Latest news and research from Nature.com on the topic of Astronomy and planetary science 60 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:37:41 +0000 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:37:41 +0000 Relativistic electron acceleration at the bow shock of Jupiter and beyond Wed, 3 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10473-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10473-z Jupiter observations reveal a simple scaling law for particle acceleration Wed, 3 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01412-z https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01412-z Blue Origin rocket explosion rattles NASA’s mission to put humans back on the Moon Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01732-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01732-0 Author Correction: Satellite megaconstellations will threaten space-based astronomy Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10553-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10553-0 A direct black-hole mass measurement in a little red dot at high redshift Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10579-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10579-4 A star gone rogue tears through the Galaxy Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01591-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01591-9 See the clouds streaming and vanishing around this planet — 690 light years away Thu, 21 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01608-3 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01608-3 Fast and furious: the gaseous outflows of quasars in the early Universe were extreme Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01485-w https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01485-w Pristine Antarctic ice records the Solar System’s travels Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01505-9 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01505-9 An ultra-faint, chemically primitive galaxy forming in the reionization era Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10374-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-026-10374-1 Relics of the first stars spotted in a distant, ultra-faint galaxy Wed, 13 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01151-1 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01151-1 Briefing Chat: Can’t focus? 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