NASA TV Will Broadcast Perseid Meteor Shower Program
NASA TV will host a program for this week’s Perseid meteor shower, which is expected to be one of the best in years. NASA’s Marshall…
NASA TV will host a program for this week’s Perseid meteor shower, which is expected to be one of the best in years. NASA’s Marshall…
Astronomers help untangle the cosmic knots of stars at the center of giant elliptical galaxies. Two studies, one led by Yale’s Grant Tremblay and other…
NASA scientists continue to study Jupiter and its Great Red Spot, hoping to solve the mystery of its swirl of reddish hues. The largest and…
This new video from NASA’s Dawn mission reveals details of the brightest spots and other features on dwarf planet Ceres. Take a tour of weird…
This newly released Hubble image shows barred spiral galaxy NGC 428. Bursts of pink and red, dark lanes of mottled cosmic dust, and a bright…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have uncovered a unique process for how the universe’s largest elliptical galaxies continue making stars long after their peak…
This newly released Hubble image shows planetary nebula NGC 6818, which is located 6,000 light-years away from Earth. This colorful bubble is a planetary nebula…
This newly released image from the XMM-Newton satellite shows Abell 78 – the second born-again planetary nebula discovered. Beneath the vivid hues of this eye-shaped…
This short video from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides a three-dimensional perspective of nebula Gum 29 and the star cluster Westerlund 2. Celestial Fireworks: Star…
Using the Very Large Array, an international team of astronomers has discovered jets of material ejected by still-forming young brown dwarfs, revealing the first direct…
From the first launch of Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12, 1981 (Mission STS-1) through the final launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis on July 8,…
Using the Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have confirmed the discovery of the nearest rocky planet outside our solar system – exoplanet HD 219134b. Dubbed HD…
Enhanced-color images from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveal unexplained reddish arcs on the surface of Saturn’s icy moon Tethys. The red arcs are narrow, curved lines…
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows frost in gully alcoves in a crater on the Northern plains of Mars. Seasonal frost commonly…
Using telescopes at ESO’s La Silla Observatory, astronomers have discovered the chemical element lithium for the first time in material ejected by a nova. This…
Scientists believe that the ice flows and water ice mountains revealed by New Horizons help support the idea that an interior ocean may be driving…
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter is preparing for the arrival of NASA’s InSight Lander, which will occur on 2016. A planned 77-second firing of six intermediate-size…
New color-coded maps of dwarf planet Ceres reveal a diverse topography with height differences between crater bottoms and mountain peaks as great as 9 miles…