New Fly Over Video Shows a Unique Perspective of Ceres
Based on observations of Ceres that were taken from NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft, a new animated video reveals a unique perspective of this heavily cratered, mysterious…
Based on observations of Ceres that were taken from NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft, a new animated video reveals a unique perspective of this heavily cratered, mysterious…
This latest Hubblecast episode presents the two winning videos of the Ode to Hubble competition. Hubblecast episode 85: Ode to Hubble To celebrate Hubble’s 25th…
This newly released Hubble image shows a beautiful irregular galaxy PGC 18431. There are many galaxies in the Universe and although there is plenty of…
Using new and archival radio observations, astronomers reveal that the two lobes of radio galaxy 3C 270 are respectively about twenty-nine and thirty-seven million years…
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a 1-kilometer-wide impact crater in the Sirenum Fossae region of Mars. The High Resolution Imaging Science…
Data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has helped confirm that three supernovae exploded in the dark emptiness of intergalactic space, having been flung from their…
New research provides important constraints on the sequence of events that led to the formation of the Pluto system, revealing the resonant interactions and chaotic…
Using data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, astronomers are helping to trace the shape of the Milky Way galaxy’s spiral arms. Imagine trying to…
Rosetta’s continued study of Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has revealed an unexpected process at work that causes the rapid breakup of water and carbon dioxide molecules spewing…
This image (taken during a close flyby on May 31, 2015) marks Cassini’s final close approach to Saturn’s moon Hyperion. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has returned…
New computer simulation techniques suggest that crashing comets are responsible for the formation of lunar swirls on the Moon. Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University) —…
In a newly published study, astronomers measured the emission from ionized carbon in seventeen young galaxies, revealing a good measure of the rate of star…
Similar to when early explorers crossed vast oceans to reach new worlds, NASA engineers and scientists now are developing the tools that will allow astronauts…
New research from MIT and Aarhus University reveals that 74 exoplanets orbit their respective stars in circular patterns, much like the planets of our solar…
These new images from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft were taken when Dione was closer to the camera, making the moon appear much larger than Rhea. Is…
This newly released Hubble image shows elliptical galaxy Messier 84. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the galaxy Messier 84 — also known as…
Astronomers believe glowing aurorae of blue, with red and green hues, would be visible to astronauts walking on Mars. For the first time, an international…
This new image of filament G49 reveals how matter is distributed across our Milky Way galaxy. New images of huge filamentary structures of gas and…