European Space Agency to Develop Gravitational Wave Space Mission
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) for its third large-class mission in the agency’s Cosmic Vision science program….
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Astronomers Discover Dead Disk Galaxy, Challenges Theories of Galaxy Evolution
NASA Astronomers Complete Ice Giant Mission Study
HiRISE Views Mars Curiosity Rover Climbing Mount Sharp
NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope Identifies 219 New Planet Candidates
Astronomers Measure the Magnetic Field HAT-P-7b
Classic Hubble Image of Planetary Nebula IC 418
Hubble Image of the Week – Spiral Galaxy ESO 486-21
Juno Spacecraft Views the Many Colors of Jupiter’s Clouds
Astronomers Reveal Detailed Relationships Between Gas and Dust in Molecular Clouds
New research on the molecular cloud complex in Orion-B reveals the detailed relationships between the gas and dust, and quantifies how the spatially varying intensities…
ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope Views Glowing Cloud of Gas Sharpless 2-54
A new image from ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST) captures the glowing cloud of gas called Sharpless 2-54, the iconic Eagle Nebula, and the Omega…
Green Bank Ammonia Survey Peers Deep into the Stellar Nursery of the Orion Nebula
In a newly published study, astronomers present an overview of the first data release (DR1) and first-look science from the Green Bank Ammonia Survey (GAS)….
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Views Northern Summer on Titan
This newly released Cassini image shows bright methane clouds drifting in the summer skies of Saturn’s moon Titan, along with dark hydrocarbon lakes and seas…
ALMA Discovers a Weak and Wildly Disorganized Magnetic Field Near a Protostar
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), a team of astronomers has discovered a surprisingly weak and wildly disorganized magnetic field very near a newly…
Astronomers Provide New Evidence That All Stars Are Born in Pairs
Using a radio survey of a giant molecular cloud filled with recently formed stars and a mathematical model that can explain the observations, astronomers reveal…
SOFIA Investigates Cool Dust Around Energetic Active Black Holes
Using observations from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), scientists at the University of Texas San Antonio found that the dust surrounding active, ravenous…
Astronomers Reveal That Jupiter is the Oldest Planet in Our Solar System
New research from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory reveals that Jupiter is the oldest planet in our solar system. By looking at tungsten and molybdenum…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Views Iapetus
This newly released Cassini image shows Iapetus, the third-largest natural satellite of Saturn. Iapetus is a world of contrast, with light and dark regions fitting…