ALMA Views the Episodic Outflow of Protostar CARMA-7
A new study led by Yale University reveals a cluster of young stars that develop in distinct, episodic spurts. It is the first time astronomers…
A new study led by Yale University reveals a cluster of young stars that develop in distinct, episodic spurts. It is the first time astronomers…
Using the VISTA telescope astronomers have discovered a previously unknown component of the Milky Way. By mapping out the locations of a class of stars…
At 2 p.m. EST on November 5, NASA will provide details of key science findings from the agency’s ongoing exploration of Mars. The event will…
Astronomers captured new highest-resolution radar images of asteroid 2015 TB145 when it flew by Earth this past Halloween. The highest-resolution radar images of asteroid 2015…
Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, a team of astronomers has discovered a giant gathering of galaxies located 8.5 billion light-years…
A team of astronomers has discovered a stable structure around one of the most massive, newly forming stars in our galaxy, revealing how some stars…
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics shows that a gap in the dusty disk circling a star could be a sort of cosmic…
Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have determined that the X-ray emission from massive stars arises from shocks. Massive young stars are known to…
This newly released Hubble image shows the lenticular galaxy Mrk 820, which is located roughly 300 million light-years away. This galaxy is known as Mrk…
Taken this past July, this Cassini image shows the familiar features of Saturn’s moon Titan. Saturn’s frigid moon Titan has some characteristics that are oddly…
Here is the first of the Cassini images from its recent flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus on October 28, 2015. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has begun…
A new close-up of Saturn’s moon Enceladus from the Cassini Spacecraft. This unprocessed “raw” image of Saturn’s icy, geologically active moon Enceladus was acquired by…
Just in time for Halloween, a large space rock that bears an eerie resemblance to a skull will zip past Earth this weekend. Scientists observing…
Astronomers have discovered a striking contrast between one of the fresh craters on Pluto’s largest moon Charon and a neighboring crater dotting the moon’s Pluto-facing…
This newly released image from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft shows the complete image of Pluto’s crescent. In September, the New Horizons team released a stunning…
Data from NASA’s Voyager 1 Spacecraft show that the direction of the magnetic field has been slowly turning ever since the spacecraft crossed into interstellar…
The Cassini Spacecraft has completed the deepest-ever dive through the icy plume of Enceladus. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft successfully completed its close flyby of Saturn’s moon…
A new study suggests that compounds that might be indicative of life may be located within the scarred, jumbled areas that make up Europa’s so-called…