New Video Shows Cassini’s First Dive Between Saturn and Its Rings
As NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its first-ever dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings, one of its imaging cameras took a series of…
As NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its first-ever dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings, one of its imaging cameras took a series of…
This newly released Cassini image gives astronomers a closer look at the north polar region of Enceladus. In the north, Enceladus’ surface appears to be…
Using data from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), astronomers confirm that the nearby Epsilon Eridani system has an architecture remarkably similar to that…
University of Chicago postdoctoral scholar Sebastiaan Krijt asks the question: If a life form existed on one of the TRAPPIST-1 planets, could space debris carry…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is back in contact with astronomers after completing its first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings….
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals dark, windblown sand covering intricate sedimentary rock layers in Ganges Chasma, a canyon in the Valles…
New research reveals that Mars experienced a 400-million-year lull in impacts between the formation of Borealis and the younger basins. Since the earliest days of…
On April 26 NASA’s Cassini spacecraft will make its first dive through the narrow gap between Saturn and its rings. This is a region no…
By combining Spitzer and ground-based KMTNet microlensing observations, a team of astronomers has discovered a new planet with the mass of Earth. The planet, called…
This newly released image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter views gullies on the surface of Mars. Gullies eroded into the steep inner slope of an…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft has completed its final flyby of Saturn’s moon Titan and will now begin its final set of 22 orbits around Saturn. The…
A newly published study in the journal Nature Geoscience reveals evidence that dwarf planet Ceres retains a significant amount of water ice, showing how ice…
Astronomers are moving to the next phase of studying alien worlds – searching for signs of life on planets outside our Solar System. And the…
This newly released Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image shows the location with the most impressive known gully activity in Mars’ northern hemisphere. Gullies are active in…
This new image comes from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, revealing a region of Mars sprayed with secondary craters from 10-kilometer (6-mile) Zunil Crater to the…
This newly released image from the CRIRES instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows a giant cold spot on Jupiter, which is believed to be…
The high resolution imaging science experiment (HiRISE) on the Mars Orbiter gives astronomers a view of the sediment deposits leftover from the lakes that once…
Cassini takes a closer look at Saturn’s small moon Atlas. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captured this new raw, unprocessed image of Saturn’s moon Atlas on April…