A pair of distant explosions discovered by NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope and Neil Gehrels…
Browsing: Space
Space refers to the vast, seemingly infinite expanse beyond Earth’s atmosphere where planets, stars, galaxies, and cosmic phenomena exist. It is a realm defined by extreme conditions—near vacuum, intense radiation, and temperatures ranging from blistering heat to freezing cold. Space exploration has revealed a universe rich with complexity, from black holes and exoplanets to the cosmic microwave background that offers clues to the Big Bang. For scientists, space is both a frontier and a laboratory, offering insights into fundamental physics, the origins of the universe, and the potential for life beyond Earth. It continues to inspire curiosity, innovation, and a deeper sense of our place in the cosmos.
Research team discovers three supermassive black holes at the core of one galaxy due to…
Aerojet Rocketdyne and NASA recently demonstrated an Advanced Electric Propulsion System (AEPS) thruster at full…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has given astronomers a peek at the location of the most…
Forty years ago, a Voyager spacecraft snapped the first close-up images of Europa, one of…
Astronomers have confirmed the first example of a galaxy cluster where large numbers of stars…
A radio telescope in the Western Australian outback has captured a spectacular new view of…
Starting around approximately 1200 – 1808 UTC (7:00 am – 1:38 pm ET) November 11,…
[Update 11/29/19: Ohio University has withdrawn this article.] Analysis of images from Mars rovers shows…
An international team has found sugars essential to life in meteorites. The new discovery adds…
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have made one of the…
“They’re out there,” goes a saying about extraterrestrials. It would seem more likely to be…
LISA Pathfinder, a mission led by ESA (the European Space Agency) that included NASA contributions,…
The first map showing the global geology of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has been completed…
Shrouded in mystery since their discovery, the phenomenon of black holes continues to be one…
Physicists use two types of measurements to calculate the expansion rate of the universe, but…
For this Picture of the Week, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope turned its powerful eye…
[Editor’s Note: The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) was officially renamed the Nancy Grace…