Dancing on the Edge – Hubble Views Spiral Galaxy NGC 7814
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 7814. Galaxies can take many shapes and be oriented in any way relative to us in…
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3D Map of Core-Collapse Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals near-infrared observations of the young Milky Way supernova remnant Cassiopeia A and a three-dimensional map of…
Transforming Mini-Neptunes into Habitable Super-Earths
A new study from the University of Washington details how strong irradiation from the host star can cause planets known as mini-Neptunes in the habitable…
Titan Exposed to the Full Force of the Solar Wind
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has observed Titan in the supersonic and super-Alfvénic solar wind, revealing that Titan’s interaction with the solar wind is in many ways…
Hubble Telescope Views Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy NGC 7714, which is located 100 million light-years from Earth. This NASA Hubble Space Telescope photo of…
New VLT Image of Cometary Globule CG4
This newly released image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows cometary globule CG4, which is located about 1300 light-years from Earth. Like the gaping mouth…
A New Way to Detect the Early Stages of Massive Star Formation
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, volunteers discovered a new way to detect the early stages of massive star formation. Sometimes it takes a…
HESS Discovers New Gamma Ray Sources in Large Magellanic Cloud
The H.E.S.S. telescope system has discovered three extremely luminous gamma-ray sources in the Large Magellanic Cloud. Once again, the gamma-ray observatory H.E.S.S. has demonstrated its…
Ring System Around J1407b is Roughly 200 Times Larger Than Saturn’s Rings
A new study from astronomers at the Leiden Observatory reveals details about the gigantic ring system around J1407b. Astronomers at the Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands,…
Kepler-444: An Ancient Extrasolar System with Five Sub-Earth-Size Planets
Using data from the Kepler spacecraft, astronomers have discovered a compact system of five transiting planets with sizes between those of Mercury and Venus. They…
Dawn Spacecraft Captures Best-Ever View of Ceres
The sharpest images ever seen of the dwarf planet Ceres were taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on January 25. The images were taken 147,000 miles…
Asteroid 2004 BL86 Has a Small Moon
As asteroid 2004 BL86 made its way past Earth yesterday, scientists were able to better measure the asteroid’s size, rotation and location and detected a…
Research Shows a Significant Increase in the Amount of Water “Pouring” Out of Comet 67P
Data from ESA’s Rosetta spacecraft reveals that there has been a significant increase in the amount of water “pouring” out of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the comet…
Hubble Image of the Week: The Polar Ring of Arp 230
This newly released Hubble image shows Arp 230, which also known as IC 51. Arp 230 is a galaxy of an uncommon or peculiar shape,…
CID-42: A Recoiling, Supermassive Black Hole?
New research from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics provides new insights from deep VLA data on the potentially recoiling black hole CID-42 in the COSMOS…
Curiosity Rover Marks 11th Anniversary with Hilltop Panorama
In celebration of its 11th anniversary on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured this panorama view from the top of “Cape Tribulation.” A panorama from one…
Yale Astronomers Identify the First “Changing Look” Quasar
A team of astronomers from Yale University have identified the first “changing look” quasar, a gleaming object in deep space that appears to have its…
Chandra Releases Five New Images to Celebrate the International Year of Light
To celebrate the International Year of Light (2015) new images are being released from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, along with data in other types of…