NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory “Flaming Jack-o’-Lantern” Sun for Halloween
Active regions on the sun combined to look something like a jack-o-lantern’s face on October 8, 2014. The active regions appear brighter because those are…
Active regions on the sun combined to look something like a jack-o-lantern’s face on October 8, 2014. The active regions appear brighter because those are…
Massive galaxies were already much more mature in the early universe than previously expected. This was shown by an international team of astronomers who studied…
International team including University of Warwick astronomers discovers a new class of planet, the Ultra Hot Neptune The planet was found in the Neptunian Desert,…
The Sun has entered its 25th solar cycle and is about to wake up. For the last few years our star has been pretty sleepy,…
Sorry Charlie Brown, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is taking a peek at what might best be described as the “Greater Pumpkin,” that looks like a…
Appearing within the boundless darkness of space, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s snapshot of NGC 34 looks more like an otherworldly, bioluminescent creature from the…
NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission has successfully stowed the spacecraft’s Sample Return Capsule (SRC) and its abundant sample of…
An instrument on the spacecraft may have detected transient luminous events — bright flashes of light in the gas giant’s upper atmosphere. New results from…
The artificial impactor disturbed boulders within a 30m radius from the center of the impact crater- providing important insight into asteroids’ resurfacing processes. Professor ARAKAWA…
Our Galaxy may be teeming with rogue planets, gravitationally unbound to any star. An international team of scientists, led by Polish astronomers, has announced the…
What do Albert Einstein, the Global Positioning System (GPS), and a pair of stars 200,000 trillion miles from Earth have in common? The answer is…
In the search to discover the origins of our solar system, an international team of researchers, including planetary scientist and cosmochemist James Lyons of Arizona…
Geologists Dig Into Question of Martian Soil Fertility Humankind’s next giant step may be onto Mars. But before those missions can begin, scientists need to…
Are we alone in the universe? It is one of the most profound questions posed in modern astronomy. But although our understanding of the cosmos…
LTE/4G technology promises to revolutionize lunar surface communications by delivering reliable, high data rates while containing power, size, and cost. Communications will be a crucial…
NASA scientists identified a molecule in Titan’s atmosphere that has never been detected in any other atmosphere. In fact, many chemists have probably barely heard…
The eye-catching posters depict some of the universe’s most mysterious astronomical phenomena with artistic flair. With Halloween just around the corner, NASA has released its…
Tiny Moon Shadows May Harbor Hidden Stores of Ice Hidden pockets of water could be much more common on the surface of the moon than…