Kepler Finds Over 2,300 Candidate Exoplanets
In a newly released study, researchers state that the Kepler spacecraft has found over 2,300 candidate exoplanets in its observations during the first sixteen months…
In a newly released study, researchers state that the Kepler spacecraft has found over 2,300 candidate exoplanets in its observations during the first sixteen months…
NASA ground engineers have completed a computer swap for the Curiosity rover in response to a memory issue, shifting the rover into a minimal-activity precautionary…
In a newly published study, researchers report a black hole with a mass greater than three times that of the Sun in a 2.8-hour period…
Using data from NASA’s Van Allen Probes, scientists discovered an isolated third ring in the outer Van Allen radiation belts. Solar activity on the sun…
While studying the disc of gas and dust that surrounds the young star HD 100546, scientists believe they have detected the formation of a gas…
Using the NuSTAR and XMM-Newton telescopes, researchers traced matter as it swirled into a black hole, resolving a long-standing debate about black holes and gaining…
This JPL image of the day shows Spiral Galaxy M51, which is also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy and is located about 30 million light-years…
Using data from NASA’s Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope, a scientist has created a movie based on the Vela pulsar that outlines 51 months of position…
The Mercury Planetary Orbiter is one step closer to its 2015 launch, completing a “bake-out” where the sides and top of the chamber were kept…
A group of astronomers used the Chandra and XMM-Newton satellites to study the X-ray variability of the active galaxy NGC 4507, finding that significant variations…
In a new study, researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics suggest that future evidence for extraterrestrial life might come from planets orbiting dying stars…
Captured by Cassini’s wide-angle camera, this NASA image of the day shows Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon. Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon Saturn’s north polar hexagon basks…
This newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows planetary nebula ESO 456-67. It may look like something from The Lord of the Rings,…
A team of astronomers used Hubble to precisely measure the sideways motions of a small sample of stars located far from the galaxy’s center, shedding…
This new Hubble image shows a Herbig-Haro object, a jet of glowing material trailed by an orange-hued plume of gas and dust. This image shows…
New 3D simulations performed on powerful supercomputers are helping researchers predicted the formation of accretion disks and relativistic jets that are shaped by the extreme…
This NASA image of the day shows a multi-colored Mercury using color to enhance the differences between the rocks that make up Mercury’s surface. Colors…
A scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has created a set of equations that will lead to more realistic simulations of solar wind turbulence…