Astronomers Discover a Rare Galaxy Cluster Bursting with New Stars
Using NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, a team of astronomers has discovered a rare beast of a galaxy cluster whose heart is bursting with…
Using NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble Space Telescopes, a team of astronomers has discovered a rare beast of a galaxy cluster whose heart is bursting with…
Newly downlinked images from NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft reveal a bewildering variety of surface features on Pluto. New close-up images of Pluto from NASA’s New…
Using data from the MESSENGER spacecraft, scientists reveal new insights about Mercury. The first measurements of Mercury’s movements from a spacecraft orbiting the planet reveal…
A newly published study examines the mystery of Io’s “misplaced” volcanoes, revealing that it has to do with the interaction between heat produced by fluid…
New research reveals that Jupiter-like planets quickly move to orbits close around their baby stars, helping astronomers better understand how planetary systems like our own…
NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft provides new-up-close images of the bright spots on Ceres, revealing better-defined shapes of the central spot and features on the crater floor….
Astronomers reach an important milestone in the study of cluster mergers, showing that member galaxies are still gas-rich and thus can form stars and stimulate…
This newly released image shows the International Space Station transiting the sun. This composite image made from five frames shows the International Space Station, with…
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy Messier 63, which is also known as the Sunflower Galaxy. The arrangement of the spiral arms in…
Using the multi-object spectrometer for infrared exploration at the W.M. Keck Observatory, astronomers have discovered the farthest galaxy to date – EGS8p7. A team of…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft has begun downlinking the data is has collected on its mission to the Pluto system. The entire process will take about…
This new image from the 6.5 meter Magellan telescope and the Magellan Infrared Spectrograph reveal the deepest look yet into a region of Orion’s belt…
What Happened to the Early Mars’ Atmosphere? A newly published study looks to answer this question and eliminate one possible theory. Scientists may be closer…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft reveals a higher-than-expected temperature in one section of Saturn’s rings, providing a unique window into the interior structure of ring particles not…
Using the MPG/ESO 2.2-meter telescope, astronomers get one of the best pictures ever taken of the stellar nursery nicknamed the Prawn Nebula (also known as…
Soyuz TMA-18M successfully launched with its three crew members representing Russia, Denmark, and Kazakhstan. They are headed to the International Space Station to provide…
Comet Hitchhiker is in Phase I study through the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts Program. Its goal is to use the kinetic energy of comets and…
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shares an image of Earth from the International Space Station. Earth’s thin atmosphere stands out against the blackness of space in…