Kuiper Belt Object 2014 MU69 Just Got a Lot More Interesting
New Horizons’ next target just got a lot more interesting. Astronomers believe that Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 may actually be two objects that are…
New Horizons’ next target just got a lot more interesting. Astronomers believe that Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 may actually be two objects that are…
Using data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, or SOHO, astronomers have detected a type of wave called g-modes on the Sun. After four decades…
The New Horizons Spacecraft won’t pass its next target until New Year’s Day 2019, but Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 is already revealing surprises. Scientists…
This Hubble image of the week shows “Hidden Galaxy” IC 342, which is located 11 million light-years away. IC 342 is a challenging cosmic target….
The European Space Agency (ESA) has selected the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) for its third large-class mission in the agency’s Cosmic Vision science program….
New composite images captured by ESA’s Mars Express offer a window into the watery past of the Red Planet. This 70 km-wide (43 mile-wide) crater…
The Rosetta mission has documented remarkable changes on the surface of Comet 67P, revealing growing fractures, collapsing cliffs, rolling boulders, and moving material. Images returned…
The above image is one of the first image pairs taken by the ExoMars high-resolution CaSSIS camera. ExoMars was launched on a Proton-M rocket from…
European Space Agency’s Mars Express has captured images of one of the largest outflow channel networks on Mars. The Kasei Valles channel system extends around…
This newly released Hubble image shows barred spiral galaxy NGC 7640, which is located 30 million light-years away. Not to be confused with our neighboring…
ESA’s Mars Express provides a new mosaic of Mars. A new mosaic from ESA’s Mars Express shows off the Red Planet’s north polar ice cap…
Astronomers may have solved a 40-year-old mystery surrounding a neutron star in the “Rapid Burster” system. Scientists observing a curious neutron star in a binary…
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy NGC 4861, which is located roughly 30 million light-years away from Earth. The lesser-known constellation of Canes Venatici…
The Hitomi X-ray Observatory has discovered something quite serene: calm at the heart of the Perseus cluster. Scientists from the international Hitomi mission reported July…
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers view vivid auroras on the poles of Jupiter. Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, is best known…
This eight-minute video details Jan Woerner’s plan to build up a permanent base station on the Moon. Jan Woerner, Director General of the European Space…
This Hubble image reveals the final act of celestial beauty before the long fade into cosmic history. Invisibly buried in the center of this colorful…
Surrounded by dust, this new Hubble image shows the young forming star known as HBC 1. The star is in an immature and adolescent phase…