Kepler Helps Show What Conditions Might Look Like on Various Hot Jupiters
Data from NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope and computer modeling show an approximation of what various hot Jupiters might look like. The weather forecast for faraway,…
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VLT Provides Highest Resolution Image to Date of Eta Carinae
Using the Very Large Telescope Interferometer, a team of astronomers reveals the Eta Carinae star system in the greatest detail ever achieved. High-resolution images reveal…
New Research Challenges Solar Radiation Models
This video compares the two models for particle distribution over the course of just three hours after a SEP event. The white line represents a…
MAVEN Mission Provides Unprecedented Ultraviolet View of Mars
New images from the MAVEN mission show the ultraviolet glow from the Martian atmosphere in unprecedented detail, revealing dynamic, previously invisible behavior. They include the…
Cassini Views a Lonely Moon of Saturn
This new Cassini image shows Saturn’s moon Pandora in isolation beside Saturn’s kinked and constantly changing F ring. Pandora (near upper right) is 50 miles…
Astronomers Study a Star’s Environment from Light Curves
Using the ALMA telescopes, astronomers discovered a circumstellar disk around the star EPIC 204278916 and offer several explanations for the dips including that they are…
Hubble Image of the Week – The Toucan and the Cluster
This newly released Hubble image shows an open star cluster NGC 299. It may be famous for hosting spectacular sights such as the Tucana Dwarf…
VISTA Finds Remains of Archaic Globular Star Cluster in The Milky Way
Using ESO’s infrared VISTA telescope, astronomers have discovered ancient stars, of a type known as RR Lyrae, in the center of the Milky Way for…
Universe Contains 10 Times More Galaxies Previously Thought
A new study of Hubble’s deep-field surveys reveals that at least 10 times more galaxies exist in the observable universe than astronomers thought. The universe…
LRO Spacecraft Reveals Earth’s Moon Hit by Surprising Number of Meteoroids
A newly published study reveals that a random bombardment by comets, asteroids and associated fragments are altering the lunar surface at a higher rate than…
Astronomers Reveal That Proxima Centauri Might Be More Sunlike Than Previously Thought
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that the nearby star Proxima Centauri shows signs of a 7-year activity cycle. In August astronomers…
Ultraviolet Light from Stars Plays Key Role in Creating Building Blocks of Life
New research shows that ultraviolet light from stars plays a key role in creating molecules that are necessary for building other chemicals essential for life….
Astronomers Take First Step Toward Uncovering Nascent Galaxies in the Early Universe
In preparation for looking for the first generation of galaxies, the facility has published the first catalog of extragalactic sources of contamination in one of…
Hubble Image of the Week – Spiral Galaxy NGC 278
This newly released Hubble Space Telescope image shows spiral galaxy NGC 278. This cosmic beauty lies some 38 million light-years away in the northern constellation…
Hubble Detects Plasma Ejections Shooting From V Hydrae
Hubble observations have revealed a string of super-hot blobs, each with a temperature of more than 17,000 degrees Fahrenheit, being ejected from a dying star….
Astronomers Discover Density Waves in Protoplanetary Disk Surrounding Elias 2-27
Astronomers have discovered a striking spiral-arm structure in the disc of gas and dust around the young star Elias 2-27. The structure is made up…
ESO VISTA Telescope Reveals Hidden Stars in Messier 78
ESO’s VISTA reveals stars that are just forming within the cosmic dust of Messier 78. In this new image of the nebula Messier 78, young…
Scientists Predict the Next Global Dust Storm on Mars
Based on a historical pattern, scientists believe they can predict the occurrence of dust storms on Mars. Global dust storms on Mars could soon become…