Curiosity Reveals Environmental Conditions of Ancient Martian Lake
Using data from NASA’s Curiosity Rover, new research reveals that a long-lasting lake on ancient Mars provided stable environmental conditions that differed significantly from one…
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Astronomers Study Correlation Between Galaxy Stellar Mass and Star Formation Rate
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that the correlation between a galaxy’s stellar mass and star formation rate is a tight one….
LIGO Detects Merging Ripples in Space and Time
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory (LIGO) has made a third detection of gravitational waves, ripples in space and time, demonstrating that a new window in…
Astronomers Discover Periodic Eclipses of the Young Star PDS 110
An international team of astronomers show that a giant gas planet – up to 50x the mass of Jupiter, encircled by a ring of dust…
NASA’s LRO Reveals New Evidence of Frost on the Moon’s Surface
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has identified bright areas in craters near our moon’s south pole that are cold enough to have frost present on…
Cassini Spacecraft Reveals Enceladus May Have Tipped Over
New data from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft reveals evidence that the active south polar region of Enceladus — the fractured terrain seen here at bottom —…
Cassini Views Outer Edge of Saturn’s Main Rings
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft captures a close-up view of the Keeler Gap. Before Cassini entered its Grand Finale orbits, it acquired unprecedented views of the outer…
Astronomers Put Basic Principle of Black Holes to the Test
A team of astronomers has put a basic principle of black holes to the test, showing that matter completely vanishes when pulled in. Their results…
Hubble Telescope Views Vermin Galaxy Behind Star HD 107146
This Hubble image of the week shows the Vermin Galaxy as it began its transit behind star HD 107146. The galaxy will not be fully…
Astronomers Discover a New Kind of Galaxy in the Early Universe
A team of astronomers has discovered a new kind of galaxy in the early universe, less than a billion years after the Big Bang. These…
NASA NICER Mission Set to Study Mysterious Neutron Stars
A new NASA mission is headed for the International Space Station next month to observe one of the strangest observable objects in the universe. The…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Sees Partial Solar Eclipse in Space
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) saw a partial solar eclipse in space when it caught the moon passing in front of the sun on May…
Astronomers Review First Science Results from NASA’s Juno Mission
The first science results from NASA’s Juno Mission are in and they portray Jupiter as a complex, gigantic, and turbulent world. The planet has Earth-sized…
Astronomers Watch as Collapsing Star Turns Into a Black Hole
Using data from the Large Binocular Telescope and NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, astronomers watched as a dying star was likely reborn as a…
Cassini Views Saturn’s Dramatic Transition from Winter to Summer
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft views the Saturnian solstice, which occurs about every 15 Earth years as the planet and its entourage slowly orbit the sun. NASA’s…
Scientists Reveal a New Type of Planetary Object
Scientists reveal that planet-sized bodies can form a new, much larger structure called a synestia – an indented disk rather like a red blood cell…
The Auriga Project Helps Uncover the History of the Galaxy
Using the Hornet and SuperMUC supercomputers in Germany and a state-of-the-art code, a team of scientists has helped uncover the history of the galaxy. Thousands…
CLASP Provides First-Ever Polarization Measurements of UV Light from Sun’s Outer Atmosphere
Using data from the the high-precision science instrument CLASP (Chromospheric Lyman-Alpha Spectro-Polarimeter), scientists reveal the first-ever polarization measurements of ultraviolet light emitted from the sun’s…