NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Sees Partial Solar Eclipse in Space
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) saw a partial solar eclipse in space when it caught the moon passing in front of the sun on May…
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Astronomers Review First Science Results from NASA’s Juno Mission
The first science results from NASA’s Juno Mission are in and they portray Jupiter as a complex, gigantic, and turbulent world. The planet has Earth-sized…
Astronomers Watch as Collapsing Star Turns Into a Black Hole
Using data from the Large Binocular Telescope and NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, astronomers watched as a dying star was likely reborn as a…
Cassini Views Saturn’s Dramatic Transition from Winter to Summer
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft views the Saturnian solstice, which occurs about every 15 Earth years as the planet and its entourage slowly orbit the sun. NASA’s…
Scientists Reveal a New Type of Planetary Object
Scientists reveal that planet-sized bodies can form a new, much larger structure called a synestia – an indented disk rather like a red blood cell…
The Auriga Project Helps Uncover the History of the Galaxy
Using the Hornet and SuperMUC supercomputers in Germany and a state-of-the-art code, a team of scientists has helped uncover the history of the galaxy. Thousands…
CLASP Provides First-Ever Polarization Measurements of UV Light from Sun’s Outer Atmosphere
Using data from the the high-precision science instrument CLASP (Chromospheric Lyman-Alpha Spectro-Polarimeter), scientists reveal the first-ever polarization measurements of ultraviolet light emitted from the sun’s…
Astrophysicists Solve Mystery of How Antimatter in the Milky Way Forms
In a newly published study led by Australian National University, astrophysicists reveal how most of the antimatter in the Milky Way forms. Antimatter is material…
Cassini Sees the Slim Crescent of Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
This newly released image from the Cassini Spacecraft shows the low angle of sunlight along the slim crescent of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, highlighting the many…
Astronomers Identify a Regular Pattern in the Orbits TRAPPIST-1 Planets
Using NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has identified a regular pattern in the orbits of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. This…
Hubble Views Nebula Sh2-308 Surrounding Star EZ Canis Majoris
This Hubble image of the week shows nebula Sh2-308 surrounding the massive and violent star named EZ Canis Majoris. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope still…
New Models of Star-Forming Filamentary Clouds
Researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics present new models of star-forming filamentary clouds in order to quantify their properties and to predict their evolution….
Astronomers Discover Disk Around Planetary-Mass Object OTS44
First radio observations of the planetary-mass object OTS44 reveal a dusty protoplanetary disk that is very similar to disks around young stars. Astronomers are surprised…
Titan’s Landscape Resembles That of Mars, not Earth
New research from MIT shows that the origins of surface elevations on Mars and Titan are very different from that on Earth. The environment on…
Astronomers Prepare for Juno’s Fifth Science Pass of Jupiter
NASA astronomers prepare for Juno’s fifth science flyby of Jupiter. On Thursday, May 18, at 11 p.m. PDT, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will make its fifth…
Hubble Reveals Moon Around Third Largest Dwarf Planet in the Kuiper Belt
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a moon orbiting the third largest dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt. Cataloged as 2007 OR10, the…
ALMA Views Fomalhaut Star System in Never-Before-Seen Detail
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), an international team of astronomers has made the first complete millimeter-wavelength image of the ring of dusty debris…
NASA’s MMS Uncovers New Type of Motion Exhibited by Electrons in Space
NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission reveals a bizarre new type of motion exhibited by the high-energy electrons can damage satellites in orbit and trigger auroras. With…