“Downright Weird” New Findings Suggest Laws of Nature Not as Constant as Previously Thought
Not only does a universal constant seem annoyingly inconstant at the outer fringes of the cosmos, it occurs in only one direction, which is downright…
Not only does a universal constant seem annoyingly inconstant at the outer fringes of the cosmos, it occurs in only one direction, which is downright…
In December 1993, NASA held its collective breath as seven astronauts on space shuttle Endeavour caught up with the Hubble Space Telescope 353 miles (568…
Images from the Akatsuki spacecraft unveil what keeps Venus’s atmosphere rotating much faster than the planet itself. An international research team led by Takeshi Horinouchi…
NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 30 years of unlocking the beauty and mystery of space by unveiling a stunning new portrait of a…
On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two beautiful nebulas named NGC…
On the 17th of August 2017, the world of astronomy bore witness to an unprecedented event: the LIGO/Virgo collaboration recorded the vibrations of a merging…
This image depicts a swirling spiral galaxy named NGC 2906. The blue speckles seen scattered across this galaxy are massive young stars, which emit hot,…
Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of survival story: a star that had a brush with a giant black hole and lived to tell…
Hubble Space Telescope’s iconic images and scientific breakthroughs have redefined our view of the Universe. To commemorate three decades of scientific discoveries, this image is…
The Hubble Space Telescope offers insight into the nature of exoplanet Fomalhaut b. What astronomers thought was a planet beyond our solar system, has now…
Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the moon? Well, the USGS has just released a…
Just like we orbit the sun and the moon orbits us, the Milky Way has satellite galaxies with their own satellites. Drawing from data on…
When a fire extinguisher is opened, the compressed carbon dioxide forms ice crystals around the nozzle, providing a visual example of the physics principle that…
What was thought to be an exoplanet in a nearby star system likely never existed in the first place, according to astronomers from the University…
2I/Borisov likely formed in extremely cold environment, high amounts of carbon monoxide show. A galactic visitor entered our solar system last year – interstellar comet…
The image composite is just one of hundreds that the infrared observatory produced during its 16 years in space. Five days before NASA’s Spitzer Space…
Though mighty, the Milky Way and galaxies of similar mass are not without scars chronicling turbulent histories. University of California, Irvine astronomers, and others have…
Hubble explores the universe 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. That means it has observed some fascinating cosmic wonder every day of the…