NASA Reviews 12 Proposals for Future Unmanned Solar System Exploration
NASA is reviewing 12 proposals for a future unmanned mission that will launch in the mid 2020s. The proposed missions were submitted as part of…
NASA is reviewing 12 proposals for a future unmanned mission that will launch in the mid 2020s. The proposed missions were submitted as part of…
From February to April 2017, NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover examined linear sand dunes to compare with what it found in 2015 and 2016 during an…
Using ESO/MPG telescope in Chile, a team of astronomers has detected an atmosphere around an Earth-like planet for the first time. The planet, super-Earth planet…
Hubble uses the power of gravitational lensing to get a better look at galaxy cluster Abell 370 and its several hundred galaxies that are tied…
As NASA’s Cassini spacecraft made its first-ever dive through the gap between Saturn and its rings, one of its imaging cameras took a series of…
This newly released Cassini image gives astronomers a closer look at the north polar region of Enceladus. In the north, Enceladus’ surface appears to be…
The infrared capabilities of the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope (VISTA) reveal the myriad of stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud much more clearly than…
A wave of hot gas spanning 200,000 light-years is rolling through the Perseus galaxy cluster. Combining data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory with radio observations…
Using data from NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA), astronomers confirm that the nearby Epsilon Eridani system has an architecture remarkably similar to that…
A newly published study reveals that the mysterious gamma-ray glow at the center of the Milky Way is most likely caused by pulsars, not dark…
Using the light of double quasars, a team led by researchers has made the first measurements of small-scale fluctuations in the cosmic web just 2…
This newly released Hubble image of the week shows spiral galaxy NGC 5917, which is located in the constellation Libra. This image from Hubble’s Wide…
Over the next several months, NASA will review the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) project to help ensure it would provide compelling scientific capability…
Using the ALMA submillimeter array, a team of astronomers form the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have found evidence for shocked gas near the nucleus of…
University of Chicago postdoctoral scholar Sebastiaan Krijt asks the question: If a life form existed on one of the TRAPPIST-1 planets, could space debris carry…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is back in contact with astronomers after completing its first-ever dive through the narrow gap between the planet Saturn and its rings….
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals dark, windblown sand covering intricate sedimentary rock layers in Ganges Chasma, a canyon in the Valles…
New research reveals that Mars experienced a 400-million-year lull in impacts between the formation of Borealis and the younger basins. Since the earliest days of…