Hubble Views Planetary Nebula J 900 and a Nearby Star
In the above image, Hubble views planetary nebula J 900 and a nearby star. The object in this image is Jonckheere 900 or J 900,…
In the above image, Hubble views planetary nebula J 900 and a nearby star. The object in this image is Jonckheere 900 or J 900,…
Astronomers around the world are monitoring Comet 2013 A1, watching to see if it will strike Mars. Over the years, the spacefaring nations of Earth…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope views spiral galaxy Messier 77, also known as NGC 1068. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of…
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft suggests that the moons and rings of Saturn are more than 4 billion years old. A new analysis of data…
A team of scientists have discovered titanium oxide and titanium dioxide in the extended atmosphere around the giant star VY Canis Majoris. An international team…
In a new study, scientists use Herschel data to view a giant cloud of gas and dust called Westerhout 3 and to study the early…
ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile captured this new image of blue stars in the open star cluster NGC 2547. This pretty sprinkling of bright…
Scheduled to launch in late 2013, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft will study the Martian upper atmosphere in detail, gathering information about relevant processes so scientists can…
Astronomers have discovered a new type of supernova that may not completely destroy the white dwarf. Called Type Iax, this new supernova is fainter and…
New research has unveiled an unexpected link between Vesta and the moon and has helped scientists better understand the event known as the “Lunar Cataclysm.”…
In this new image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, you can see the worm-like galaxy known as IRAS 23436+5257. The shape is most…
Using data from the CANDELS project, scientists examine early galaxies and their specific properties, finding that star formation in blue galaxies have undergone collisions that…
In response to the newly released study that suggests Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space, NASA has released a statement stating that Voyager 1 has…
A newly published study details the drastic changes in radiation levels experienced by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft on August 25, 2012, possibly showing that Voyager…
A newly published study from astronomers at the University of Colorado Boulder suggests that distant quasars teamed up to stifle the formation of small galaxies…
Based on the first 15.5 months of all-sky observations, scientists have created the most detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe,…
Using the International LOFAR Telescope, astronomers identified a new galaxy that is a member of a class of objects called Giant Radio Galaxies (GRGs). A…
Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers view the aftermath of supernova SN 1999em and its host galaxy, NGC 1637. About 35 million light-years from Earth,…