3D Model Lets Astronomers Explore Supernova 1987a Like Never Before
By using data from telescopes, astronomers — and the public — can explore SN 1987A like never before. Three decades ago, astronomers spotted one of…
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…
This new HiRISE image shows a new impact site on a dusty slope of Mars. The image also shows several dark slope streaks due to…
Using NASA’s Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered a signal at the center of the neighboring Andromeda galaxy that could indicate…
A team of astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics has discovered white dwarf stars in the disc of the Milky Way galaxy, and measured…
This newly released Hubble image shows one of most massive known galaxy clusters, RX J1347.5–1145. The events surrounding the Big Bang were so cataclysmic that…
Using data from NASA’s Dawn Mission, a team of astronomers has discovered evidence for organic material on dwarf planet Ceres. NASA’s Dawn mission has found…
NASA has decided to forego a previously-planned engine firing and allow Juno to remain in its current orbit for the remainder of the mission. This…
NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate has selected proposals for the creation of two multi-disciplinary, university-led research institutes that will focus on the development of technologies…
Using the Keck Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers reveal the existence of a white dwarf star whose atmosphere is rich in carbon and…
A new website funded by NASA lets the public search for new worlds in the outer reaches of our solar system and in neighboring interstellar…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured a new image of Jupiter this past week. During Earth-Trojan asteroid search operations, the PolyCam imager aboard NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft captured…
This newly released Cassini image shows Saturn’s ring-embedded moon Daphnis. Daphnis, one of Saturn’s ring-embedded moons, is featured in this view, kicking up waves as…
This newly released ESO image shows the center of the Milky Way crossed by the eerie glow of zodiacal light. The sky is full of…
In a newly published study, a team of astronomers reports observing jets of hot gas blasting out from the black hole in the center of…