![2 composite views of Jupiter's moon Europa](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/STScI-H-p1937a-d-1280x720-348x198.jpg)
STScI: Table Salt Compound Spotted on Europa
Finding common table salt — sodium chloride — on the surface of a moon is more than just a scientific ...
![This Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the gradual self-destruction of an asteroid](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/STSCI-H-p1922a-m-1200-348x198.jpg)
STScI: Hubble Watches Spun-up Asteroid Coming Apart
Astronomers once thought asteroids were boring, wayward space rocks that simply orbit around the Sun. These objects were dramatically presented ...
![Artist conception of Neptune moon Hippocamp](https://www.aura-astronomy.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/STScI-H-p1904a-m-1200-348x198.jpg)
STScI: Tiny Neptune Moon Spotted by Hubble May Have Broken from Larger Moon
After several years of analysis, a team of planetary scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has at last come up ...