... The prospecting Clementine spacecraft may well have discovered it. ... Red stars are cool, with temperatures of around 3,000 degrees Kelvin (K), while blue stars are hotter and can have temperatures over 30,000 degrees K. Our own lovely yellow Sun's temperature is a comforting 6,000 degrees K. Star Trails in Northern Skies . ... Aurora Astern . ... Active volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io were a surprise discovery of the Voyager missions of the late 1970s. Comet-like Clouds in the Cartwheel Galaxy . ...