Hubble Space Telescope Spies a Cosmic Keyhole
NGC 1999, a reflection nebula in the constellation Orion is showcased in this peculiar portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Located approximately 1350 light-years…
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Gravitational Lenses: Spyglasses Into the Universe
Light does not always travel in straight lines. As Einstein predicted in his Theory of General Relativity, massive objects will deform the fabric of space…
Hubble Captures Incredible Multiwavelength View of a Turbulent Stellar Nursery
The lives of newborn stars are tempestuous, as this stunning image of the Herbig–Haro objects HH 1 and HH 2 from the Hubble Space Telescope…
Stromboli Erupts! Volcanic Eruption on the Italian Island of Stromboli
Early on Sunday morning, a volcano on the Italian island of Stromboli erupted, releasing huge plumes of smoke and a lava flow pouring into the…
Terzan 1, Take 2: Hubble Captures a Dazzling Globular Cluster
Terzan 1 is a globular cluster located around 22,000 light-years away from Earth in the constellation Scorpius. It is one of 11 globular clusters that…
Exploring Earth From Space: Lake Trasimeno – The Fourth Largest Lake in Italy
Lake Trasimeno, the fourth largest lake in Italy, is featured in this week’s European Space Agency (ESA) Earth From Space image. Lake Trasimeno is located…
A Vision of the Future: Inflatable Moon Base
This artist’s concept depicts a vision of a future Moon settlement assembled from semi-buried inflatable habitats. They would be located near the lunar poles in…
Multiple Satellite Offer Images and Insights Into Nord Stream Pipeline Leak
Following unusual seismic disturbances in the Baltic Sea, several leaks were discovered last week in the underwater Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, near…
“Really Impressive” – Astronomers Capture the First Wide-Field Snapshots of X-Ray Universe
EP-WXT Pathfinder has released its first results. EP-WXT Pathfinder, an experimental prototype of a module that will ultimately be part of the wide-field X-ray telescope…
Incredible Telescope View Captures DART Asteroid Impact
On Monday, September 26, 2022, at 7:14 p.m. EDT (23:14 UTC), NASA’s DART spacecraft successfully smashed into asteroid Dimorphos, the 160-meter (525-foot) moonlet orbiting around…
Hubble Captures Spectacular Interacting Galaxies
The two spectacular interacting galaxies making up the pair known as Arp-Madore 608-333 seem to float side by side in this stunning image from the…
Mediterranean Sea Blasted by Intense Marine Heatwave
Many parts of Europe saw record-breaking temperatures over the summer. However, it wasn’t just the continental mainland that was affected, because the Mediterranean Sea also…
ESA’s Deep Space Network Tracks DART Asteroid Impact
Today, all eyes will be looking up as NASA intentionally crashes the 1260-pound (570-kilogram) DART spacecraft into an orbiting asteroid at high speed. ESA’s Estrack…
Hubble Spies a Spectacular Spiral Galaxy
This spectacular image, by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3, reveals the stately sweeping spiral arms of the spiral galaxy NGC 5495….
Hubble Space Telescope: An Enigmatic Astronomical Explosion
A bright young star is surrounded by a shroud of thick gas and dust in this stunning image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. To…
Strange Phenomenon on Sun Imaged by Solar Orbiter for First Time – Mystery Solved
With fresh data from its closest pass of the Sun thus far, the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft has found compelling clues as to the origin…
Hubble Space Telescope: Starstruck in Terzan 4
A glittering multitude of stars in the globular cluster Terzan 4 fills this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. Globular clusters are collections of stars…
Coronal Mass Ejection Hits Solar Orbiter Spacecraft Before Venus Gravity-Assist Flyby
In the early hours of Sunday, September 4, Solar Orbiter flew by Venus for a gravity-assist maneuver that alters the spacecraft’s orbit, which will get…
