SDO Detects Third Mid-Level Flare from New Sunspot
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a third mid-level flare from the Sun. The flare was classified as an M5.4-class flare. On November 5, 2014, the…
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How Asteroid Vesta May Have Gotten Its Deep Grooves
Using NASA’s ultra-high-speed cannon and computer models to simulate asteroid collisions, researchers from Brown University show how Vesta may have gotten the deep grooves that…
Curiosity Rover Provides First Confirmation of a Mineral Mapped from Orbit
A sample of powdered rock extracted by the Curiosity rover’s drill from the “Confidence Hills” target has provided NASA scientists with the first confirmation of…
Astronomers Identify Bizarre Object at the Center of the Milky Way
In a new study, astronomers reveal that the bizarre object known as G2 is most likely a pair of binary stars that had been orbiting…
Theoretical Physicists Suggest Dark Matter May Be Massive
In a new study, theoretical physicists from Case Western Reserve University suggest that dark matter may be massive and that the Standard Model may account…
How to Land on a Comet Moving 40 Times Faster Than a Speeding Bullet
A new four minute ScienceCast video previews the first-ever landing on a comet. Showing how difficult it will be for the Philae lander since comet…
MAVEN Spacecraft Set to Continue Mars Exploration
The 10-month, 442-million-mile trip is complete and the MAVEN spacecraft is set to continue the exploration of Mars that began 50 years ago. When the…
Astronomers Detect Exozodiacal Light Close to the Habitable Zones of Nearby Stars
Using the Very Large Telescope Interferometer, astronomers have discovered exozodiacal light close to the habitable zones around nine nearby stars. This light is starlight reflected…
Heritage of Water Ice in the Solar System
New research from astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics reveals that water in our solar system almost certainly derives in large part from interstellar…
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…
NASA Reaching New Heights to Reveal the Unknown Mysteries of Space
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…
Hubble Views Hazy Planetary Nebula NGC 1501
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…
Study Reveals Indications That Dark Matter is Being Erased by Dark Energy
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…
Hubble Views Ghostly Glow of Stars Ejected from Dead Galaxies
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…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Views the Sun Glinting Off Titan’s North Polar Seas
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…
ALMA Reveals Planet-Forming Lifeline in Binary Star System GG Tau-A
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…
Astronomers Discover a Low-Mass Planet with a Highly Inconsistent Orbit
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…
Image of the Sunrise from the International Space Station
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…