This new composite image from ESA’s Herschel Space Observatory shows the Orion A star-formation cloud.…
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Space refers to the vast, seemingly infinite expanse beyond Earth’s atmosphere where planets, stars, galaxies, and cosmic phenomena exist. It is a realm defined by extreme conditions—near vacuum, intense radiation, and temperatures ranging from blistering heat to freezing cold. Space exploration has revealed a universe rich with complexity, from black holes and exoplanets to the cosmic microwave background that offers clues to the Big Bang. For scientists, space is both a frontier and a laboratory, offering insights into fundamental physics, the origins of the universe, and the potential for life beyond Earth. It continues to inspire curiosity, innovation, and a deeper sense of our place in the cosmos.
This NEOWISE image shows asteroid 1998 KN3 as it zips by the Orion nebula. This…
This short ScienceCast video details the close encounter Comet ISON is expected to have with…
Astronomers used the Subaru Telescope to observe a disk around the young star RY Tau,…
Using more than thirteen years observations from Hubble, astronomers have created a time-lapse movie of…
This newly released Hubble images shows irregular dwarf galaxy PGC 16389, galaxy APMBGC 252+125-117 and…
NASA has released new images and a three minute video showing the crew operations on…
A new technique developed by astronomers simplifies the measurement of a star’s surface gravity using…
NASA plans to reactivate the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer to help identify the population of…
NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope completes five years of space exploration, now scientists prepare for several…
The post has been updated to reflect another CME that was detected on August 21,…
A new theory from researchers at UC Berkeley explains how “zombie vortices” help lead to…
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers have captured a close-up view of material streaming…
Using the data from several telescopes, astronomers measured the mass and density of a large…
Scientists from MIT have discovered an Earth-sized exoplanet, named Kepler 78b, that orbits its star…
NASA has announced that all attempts to fully restore Kepler have failed and that they…
This newly released Hubble image shows two spiral galaxies colliding. Astronomical pictures sometimes deceive us…
This short video is comprised of images taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover as it watched…