Chandra Reveals Evidence of Multiple Eruptions From a Black Hole
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory reveals that a supermassive black hole at the center of a group of galaxies has erupted multiple times over a period…
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ALMA Reveals Star Formation in the Distant Universe
ALMA’s Long Baseline Campaign has revealed the sharpest image to date of star formation in the distant universe. ALMA’s Long Baseline Campaign has produced a…
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Detects Impact Glass on Mars
Newly detected deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars could provide details into the possibility of past life on the Red Planet. NASA’s Mars…
ESO Image of the Week: A Wide View of the Crab Nebula
This newly released image from the European Southern Observatory (ESO) shows a wide view of the Crab Nebula. The Crab Nebula, which also goes by…
How Hubble Has Helped Scientists Study Exoplanets
This sixth video in a series celebrating Hubble’s 25th anniversary explains how Hubble has helped scientists study exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system, as…
New Fly Over Video Shows a Unique Perspective of Ceres
Based on observations of Ceres that were taken from NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft, a new animated video reveals a unique perspective of this heavily cratered, mysterious…
New Hubblecast Video: Ode to Hubble
This latest Hubblecast episode presents the two winning videos of the Ode to Hubble competition. Hubblecast episode 85: Ode to Hubble To celebrate Hubble’s 25th…
Hubble Image of Irregular Galaxy PGC 18431
This newly released Hubble image shows a beautiful irregular galaxy PGC 18431. There are many galaxies in the Universe and although there is plenty of…
New Insights into the Evolution of Radio Galaxy 3C 270
Using new and archival radio observations, astronomers reveal that the two lobes of radio galaxy 3C 270 are respectively about twenty-nine and thirty-seven million years…
New HiRISE Image of a “Fresh” Crater Near Sirenum Fossae
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a 1-kilometer-wide impact crater in the Sirenum Fossae region of Mars. The High Resolution Imaging Science…
Hubble Confirms Exiled Stars Exploded in Intergalactic Space
Data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has helped confirm that three supernovae exploded in the dark emptiness of intergalactic space, having been flung from their…
Hubble Reveals That Two of Pluto’s Moons Wobble Unpredictably
New research provides important constraints on the sequence of events that led to the formation of the Pluto system, revealing the resonant interactions and chaotic…
WISE Helps Chart the Milky Way From the Inside Out
Using data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, astronomers are helping to trace the shape of the Milky Way galaxy’s spiral arms. Imagine trying to…
Rosetta Uncovers Unexpected Processes at Work in Comet’s Coma
Rosetta’s continued study of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has revealed an unexpected process at work that causes the rapid breakup of water and carbon dioxide molecules spewing…
Cassini Sends Final Close Views of Saturn’s Moon Hyperion
This image (taken during a close flyby on May 31, 2015) marks Cassini’s final close approach to Saturn’s moon Hyperion. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has returned…
Crashing Comets Cause Lunar Swirl Formations
New computer simulation techniques suggest that crashing comets are responsible for the formation of lunar swirls on the Moon. Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University) —…
Astronomers Study the Interstellar Medium a Billion Years After the Big Bang
In a newly published study, astronomers measured the emission from ionized carbon in seventeen young galaxies, revealing a good measure of the rate of star…
Astronomers Identify Circular Orbits of 74 Earth-Sized Planets
New research from MIT and Aarhus University reveals that 74 exoplanets orbit their respective stars in circular patterns, much like the planets of our solar…