Hubble Investigates a Mysterious Globular Cluster in Search of Clues
Like a gigantic version of Sherlock Holmes’s magnifying glass, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has been used to peer into an astronomical mystery in search…
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Exploring Earth From Space: Puglia, Italy [Video]
Part of Puglia, or Apulia, a region in southern Italy, is featured in this image captured from space by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission. Puglia is…
Hubble Space Telescope Goes Galactic Birdwatching
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the barred spiral galaxy NGC 7496, which lies over 24 million light-years away from Earth in…
Completely New Type of Magnetic Wave Discovered Sweeping Across Earth’s Outer Core
While volcanic eruptions and earthquakes serve as immediate reminders that Earth’s interior is anything but peaceful, there are also other, more elusive, dynamic processes taking…
Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: Dark Energy
What Is Dark Energy? Dark energy is the name given to the as yet unknown energy source that is causing our Universe’s expansion to accelerate….
Webb Space Telescope To Provide Details of Two Intriguing “Super-Earths” in the Milky Way
Astronomers will train Webb’s high-precision spectrographs on two intriguing rocky exoplanets. Imagine if Earth were much, much closer to the Sun. So close that an…
Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: Comet
What Is a Comet? A comet is an icy, rocky mass that has passed close by the Sun within our Solar System, and has thus…
Incredible New Views of the Sun – As You’ve Never Seen It Before
Powerful eruptions, breathtaking views across the solar poles, and a strange solar ‘hedgehog’ are among the incredible haul of spectacular images, movies, and data returned…
Hiding in Plain Sight Behind Piercingly Blue Stars
The subdued red tones of the globular cluster Liller 1 are partially obscured in this view by a dense scattering of piercingly blue stars. In…
Exploring Earth From Space: Bonn – One of the Oldest Cities in Germany
ESA’s Living Planet Symposium – one of the largest Earth observation conferences in the world – is being held on May 23–27, 2022, in Bonn,…
Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: James Webb Space Telescope
What Is the James Webb Space Telescope? The James Webb Space Telescope is the next great space science observatory, designed to answer outstanding questions about…
Peek-a-Boo Moon: Astronaut on Space Station Captures Spectacular Photos of the Lunar Eclipse
On the evening of May 15, 2022, Earth passed between the Sun and the Moon blocking sunlight and casting a shadow on the lunar surface….
Hubble Spies a Spectacular Glittering Gathering of Stars
This glittering gathering of stars is the globular cluster NGC 6558, and it was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys….
Exploring Earth From Space: Arc de Triomphe, Paris in High Resolution
This spectacular, high-resolution image of the Arc de Triomphe, in Paris, was captured by Planet SkySat – a fleet of satellites that have just joined…
Watch What Happens to Astronauts on the Space Station During an Orbital Reboost
This is reminiscent of going down a slide on the playground – and then immediately getting back in line to go down again. Except in…
Astronomers Detect Supermassive Black Hole Precursor – Could Be Evolutionary “Missing Link”
An international team of astronomers has discovered a unique object in the distant, early Universe that is a crucial link between star-forming galaxies and the…
NASA ICON Finds Effects of Massive Tonga Volcanic Eruption Reached Space
When the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcano erupted on January 15, 2022, it sent atmospheric shock waves, sonic booms, and tsunami waves around the world. Now,…
Tantalizing Tectonics: Monstrous “Claw Mark” Scratches on the Surface of Mars
This network of long grooves and scratches forms part of a giant fault system on Mars known as Tantalus Fossae, and is shown here as…
