ESO Views Lynds Dark Nebula 483
This newly released ESO image shows Lynds Dark Nebula 483, which is located about 700 light-years away in the constellation of Serpens. Some of the…
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HARPS-N Spectrograph Reveals the Composition of Terrestrial Planets
Using the High-Accuracy Radial velocity Planet Searcher (HARPS), astronomers show that the recipe for Earth also applies to terrestrial exoplanets orbiting distant stars. How do…
Astronomers Discover Eight New Planets in “Goldilocks” Zone
Using Kepler data, a team of astronomers has discovered eight new planets orbiting their stars at a distance where liquid water can exist on the…
Volunteers Find 1 Million Potential Debris Disks and YSO Disks
A short video details how volunteers using a NASA-sponsored citizen science website made 1 million potential planetary nursery classifications in less than a year. A…
Kepler Discovers Small Exoplanets
Scientists have validated eight more candidate planets and added another 554 candidates to the roll of potential planets, six of which are near-Earth-size and orbit…
Study Details Why Super-Earths Have Long-Lasting Oceans
A newly published study from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals why oceans on super-Earths, once established, can last for billions of years. For life…
COS Observations Show Gas in Fermi Bubbles Moving at 2 Million Miles Per Hour
Using Hubble’s Cosmic Origins Spectrograph, new research presented at the 225th American Astronomical Society meeting in Seattle reveals the velocity and composition of gas in…
Chandra Detects Record-Breaking Outburst from Sagittarius A*
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, a team of astronomers has detected a record-breaking outburst from a supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy….
Panoramic View of the Andromeda Galaxy
This new panoramic image from the Hubble Space Telescope is the sharpest large composite image ever taken of our galactic next-door neighbor – the Andromeda…
Hubble Revisits the “Pillars of Creation”
Hubble has revisited the Eagle Nebula, providing astronomers with a sharper and wider view of the famous “Pillars of Creation.” Although NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope…
Hubble Image of R Sculptoris and Its Hidden Companion
This newly released Hubble images shows star R Sculptoris, a red giant located 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Sculptor. Recent observations have…
A New Set of Calculations for Catastrophic Disruptions of Main Belt Asteroids
A team of astronomers has revealed a new set of calculations for catastrophic disruptions of main belt asteroids, finding that for asteroids about one hundred…
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Ceres
After 87 months in space, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is currently 400,000 miles from Ceres and has entered its approach phase toward the dwarf planet. NASA’s…
Hubble Image of the Week – Globular Cluster NGC 6535
This newly released Hubble image shows globular cluster NGC 6535. This image captures the stunning NGC 6535, a globular cluster 22,000 light-years away in the…
20 Years of Science Discoveries From NASA’s Wind Spacecraft
After 20 years, NASA’s Wind spacecraft is still going strong and helping scientists understand the forces that buffet near-Earth space. The end of 2014 marks…
ESO Views the Blue Stars of Messier 47
This ESO image shows star cluster Messier 47, which is located roughly 1,600 light-years from Earth. This spectacular image of the star cluster Messier 47…
New NASA Image Reveals Frosty Slopes on Mars
This newly released NASA image shows an area on the surface of Mars (approximately 1.5 by 3 kilometers or 0.9 by 1.9 miles in size)…
A Deficit of Ultra-Luminous X-Ray Sources in Starburst Galaxies
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have completed a study of active star-forming galaxies, revealing a large deficit in the number of ULXs detected….