HiRISE Views an Inverted Fluvial Channel at the Martian Equator
This newly released HiRISE image shows a portion of an inverted fluvial channel in the region of Aeolis/Zephyria Plana, at the Martian equator. Channels become…
This newly released HiRISE image shows a portion of an inverted fluvial channel in the region of Aeolis/Zephyria Plana, at the Martian equator. Channels become…
This new close-up view of Jupiter comes from NASA’s Juno spacecraft. It captures the turbulent region just west of the Great Red Spot in the…
A team of scientists has measured rapidly varying temperatures in hot gas emanating from around a black hole for the first time. These ultrafast “winds”…
This new Very Large Telescope image shows spiral galaxy NGC 1055, which is located roughly 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Cetus. This…
A team of astrophysicists has produced one of the highest-resolution maps of dark matter to date, offering a detailed case for the existence of cold…
This newly released HiRISE image shows the North Polar layered deposits on Mars, which are a 3-kilometer (1.9-mile) thick stack of dusty water ice layers…
Using the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton satellite and NASA’s NuSTAR, astronomers have discovered the brightest pulsar to date. There’s a new record holder for the…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover views sand moving one day to the next on the surface of Mars. This pair of images shows the effects of one…
A new study suggests that a trip past the sun may have selectively altered the production of one form of water in a comet. Astronomers…
This composite image shows Supernova 1987A, one of the brightest supernovae detected since the invention of the telescope. Three decades ago, astronomers spotted one of…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft is tracking several small, persistent objects in Saturn’s F ring. These images show two such objects that Cassini originally detected in spring…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft captured this new image of Saturn with its wide-angle camera on December 2, 2016. The north pole of Saturn sits at the…
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy UGC 12591, which is located roughly 400 million light-years away. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image showcases the…
By using data from telescopes, astronomers — and the public — can explore SN 1987A like never before. Three decades ago, astronomers spotted one of…
This newly released HiRISE image shows layers of bedrock and dark dunes on the surface of Mars. Much of Mars’ surface is covered by fine-grained…
Using the Green Bank Telescope, astronomers search the Taurus region for HC11N in six of its characteristic radio wavelength transitions. The interstellar medium of the…
ESOcast 96 explores the discovery of Earth-like, potentially habitable worlds orbiting a nearby star known as TRAPPIST-1. Just 40 light-years away, the star’s diminutive size…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope has revealed the first known system of seven Earth-size planets around a single star. Three of these planets are located in…