Hubble Telescope Views Blistering Pitch-Black Planet WASP-12b
Twice the size of any planet found in our solar system, WASP-12b has the unique capability to trap at least 94 percent of the visible…
Twice the size of any planet found in our solar system, WASP-12b has the unique capability to trap at least 94 percent of the visible…
This newly released image comes from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft as it gazed toward the northern hemisphere of Saturn to spy subtle, multi-hued bands in the…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft completed its final flyby of Saturn’s giant moon Titan and is now headed toward its September 15 plunge into Saturn. The spacecraft…
Taken on October 28, 2016, Cassini captured one of its last looks at Saturn and its main rings. Cassini has been orbiting Saturn for nearly…
Using images from the last dedicated observation of the Enceladus plume by NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft, astronomers put together this short movie sequence. The images were…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft performed its eighth flyby of Jupiter, capturing a series of up close and personal enhanced-color images of the gas giant planet. From…
This newly released image from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft shows a wave structure in Saturn’s rings known as the Janus 2:1 spiral density wave. Resulting from…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is nearing the end of a long journey rich with scientific and technical accomplishments, and it is having a powerful influence on…
The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has officially named 14 Pluto surface features and many more will soon be proposed to the IAU, both on Pluto…
New research indicates older Sun-like stars settle down relatively quickly, boosting prospects for life to develop on planets around them. A new X-ray study has…
NASA’s Juno Mission reveals massive amounts of energy swirling over Jupiter’s polar regions that contribute to the giant planet’s powerful auroras – only not in…
The ChemCam instrument on NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover reveals Boron in calcium-sulfate veins on Mars, helping us better understand the timescale of habitability on Mars….
This short sequence of images was captured by NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft as both Enceladus and Cassini moved over a 15-minute period. The heavens often seem…
Launched in 2012, NASA’s Van Allen Probes are now celebrating their fifth year in space studying the Van Allen Radiation belts. Most satellites, not designed…
New research reveals that several of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system are at the right distance from their star for liquid water to exist…
Astronomers are preparing for the Juno Spacecraft’s seventh science flyby over Jupiter, which is set to occur tomorrow. NASA’s Juno Spacecraft will make its seventh…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) captured an image of the Moon’s shadow over a large region of the United States during the total solar eclipse…
Mechanical computers could help explore an extremely unwelcoming planet. Scientists are working on a rover that might be able to better explore Venus. The planet’s…