Sharpest View Ever of Dusty Disc Around Aging Star IRAS 08544-4431
This new image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope is the sharpest view ever of the dusty disc around the close pair of aging stars IRAS…
This new image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope is the sharpest view ever of the dusty disc around the close pair of aging stars IRAS…
The short video below shows images from the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter’s past decade of service at the Red Planet, revealing scientific discoveries and magnificent views…
Project managers have set a target launch date for NASA’s InSight mission to study the deep interior of Mars that begins May 5, 2018, with…
This four minute video shows the period of total eclipse, called totality, from March 8. The moon passes in front of the sun, creating a…
This Hubble image reveals the final act of celestial beauty before the long fade into cosmic history. Invisibly buried in the center of this colorful…
This newly released image from the Cassini Spacecraft shows Saturn’s moons Tethys and Rhea. Similar in many ways, Saturn’s moons Tethys and Rhea (left and…
This new ESO VLT Survey Telescope image shows the vast nebula where giant stars were born, known as RCW 106. The brightest part appears just…
This new four minute ScienceCasts video details the coming close encounter between Earth and Jupiter. On March 8th, 2016 Earth and Jupiter will have a…
This newly released Hubble image shows thousands of colorful galaxies. Peering deep into the early Universe, this picturesque parallel field observation from the NASA/ESA Hubble…
The New Horizons team has discovered a chain of exotic snowcapped mountains stretching across the dark expanse on Pluto informally named Cthulhu Regio. One of…
For the first time, a team of astronomers has detected repeating short bursts of radio waves from an enigmatic source that is likely located well…
Hubble Team Breaks Cosmic Distance Record NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is an amazing time machine; by looking back through space, astronomers actually look back through…
New research suggests that future searches for habitable planets and for the signals from extraterrestrial observers focus on that part of the sky in which…
New research confirms that the Milky Way’s Central Molecular Zone is not centered on the black hole, but is offset; they also confirm that the…
New observations from NASA’s MAVEN Mission have scientists closer to solving the mystery of how Mars’ moon Phobos formed. In late November and early December…
Showcased at the center of this newly released NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is an emission-line star known as IRAS 12196-6300. Located just under 2300…
A newly published study uses IBEX data and simulations of the interstellar boundary to better describe space in our galactic neighborhood. Immediately after its 2008…
An international team of astronomers used a combination of radio and optical telescopes to identify the precise location of a fast radio burst (FRB) in…