Rosetta Image Reveals Increased Activity on Comet 67P
As ESA’s Philae lander prepares for its November 12th landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the comet is showing signs of increased activity. Images of the comet…
As ESA’s Philae lander prepares for its November 12th landing on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, the comet is showing signs of increased activity. Images of the comet…
Multiple NASA missions are helping to explore the unknown regions of space and search for new insights about the origins of life. The new Paramount…
This newly released Hubble image shows planetary nebula NGC 1501, which is located roughly 5,000 light-years away from Earth. This new image from Hubble’s Wide…
Newly published research reveals that dark matter is being swallowed up by dark energy, offering novel insight into the nature of dark matter and dark…
New Hubble data reveal the glow of stars ejected from ancient galaxies that were gravitationally ripped apart several billion years ago and provide important steps…
Taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, this near-infrared, color mosaic shows the sun glinting off of Titan’s north polar seas. While Cassini has captured, separately, views…
New research details the discovery of a streamer of gas flowing from a massive outer disc toward the inner reaches of the double star system…
Yale astronomers and the Planet Hunter program have discovered a low-mass, low-density planet that has a highly inconsistent orbit time around its sun. The new…
This image of the sunrise was taken by astronaut Reid Wiseman on the International Space Station. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman posted this image of a…
Using the GTC telescope, astronomers were able to confirm that, apart from the highly energetic and rapidly evolving quasars, there is another population of quasars…
A new image from NASA’S Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft shows the impact crater on the lunar surface caused by the impact of NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere…
For the first time, a team of astronomers has measured the size and structure of a nova’s nuclear blast as it happened. The discovery of…
The Hinode satellite was able to capture x-ray footage of last week’s solar eclipse. Cambridge, Massachusetts – The moon passed between the Earth and the…
Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, a newly published study reveals evidence that heat channeled from turbulent motions in galaxy clusters is enough to…
A new study of 209 galaxies in the early universe with X-ray bright supermassive black holes reveals that more modest active galactic nuclei (AGN) tend…
Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, astronomers have identified an unexpected high-altitude methane ice cloud on Saturn’s moon Titan that is similar to exotic clouds…
This Hubble image of the week shows lenticular galaxy NGC 4762, which is located roughly 58 million light-years away. This spectacular image was captured by…
Astronomers make the most complete census of comets around another star, revealing that individual comets orbiting the star Beta Pictoris belong to two distinct families…