Hubble Gazes on Ring Galaxy Zw II 28
Hubble takes a closer look at ring galaxy Zw II 28 in this newly released image. Galaxies can take many forms — elliptical blobs, swirling…
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Hubble Views Newborn Stars in Galaxy IC 5052
In a new image, Hubble views the pale blue light of extremely hot newborn stars in barred spiral galaxy IC 5052. This image, speckled with…
The Mercury Planetary Orbiter, One Step Closer to Takeoff
The Mercury Planetary Orbiter is one step closer to its 2015 launch, completing a “bake-out” where the sides and top of the chamber were kept…
Hubble Image of Planetary Nebula ESO 456-67
This newly released image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows planetary nebula ESO 456-67. It may look like something from The Lord of the Rings,…
New Equations to Better Understand Solar Wind
A scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has created a set of equations that will lead to more realistic simulations of solar wind turbulence…
Researchers Detected a Cool Layer in the Atmosphere of Alpha Centauri A
By observing Alpha Centauri A in far-infrared light with ESA’s Herschel space observatory and comparing the results with computer models of stellar atmospheres, researchers have…
Cassini Detects Particles Being Accelerated to Ultra-High Energies
Similar to the particle acceleration that takes place around supernovas, observations from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have detected particles being accelerated to ultra-high energies by an…
XMM-Newton Study of Zeta Puppis Provides New Details on Stellar Winds
Three published papers detail the long-term XMM-Newton study of zeta Puppis and provide the first constraints on the number of fragments in a stellar wind…
Herschel Views Red Supergiant Star Betelgeuse
This new image from Herschel’s Photodetecting Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) shows the red supergiant star Betelgeuse, which is located in the Orion Constellation and…
Hubble Views Dwarf Galaxy NGC 5477
Created from a combination of exposures from Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, this new Hubble image shows dwarf galaxy NGC 5477 and the clouds of…
A Unique View of a Solar Eclipse
By combining images from the SOHO satellite and Proba-2 satellite with ground-based images, scientists created this uniquely detailed view of a recent solar eclipse. The…
Crab Nebula Contains Enough Dust to Make Around 40,000 Earths
Using the Herschel Space Observatory, a team of astronomers discovered filaments of dust shining in the far-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum, providing definitive evidence…
Cassini Spots a Nile Like River Valley on Titan
Cassini has spotted a river valley, which scientists believe is filled with liquid, on Saturn’s moon Titan that stretches more than 400 km. The international…
Herschel and Keck Reveal Previously Unseen Starburst Galaxies
Using ESA’s infrared Herschel space observatory and spectrometers on the twin 10-meter W.M. Keck telescopes on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, astronomers characterized 767 previously unseen starburst…
ESA Sets Goals for Space Exploration
At a recent meeting in Naples, Italy, EU ministers have agreed to give the European Space Agency (ESA) €10.1 billion ($13 billion) over the next…
Planck Spots a Bridge of Hot Gas Connecting Galaxy Clusters
Using the Planck space telescope, scientists discovered a bridge of hot gas connecting galaxy clusters Abell 399 and Abell 401. The temperature of the gas…
Hubble Views Abell 2261, An Elliptical Galaxy With an Unusually Large Core
This new image from Hubble shows Abell 2261, a giant elliptical galaxy located about three billion light-years away that is roughly ten times the diameter…
Satellites Monitor the Colliding Winds of O-Type Stars
The combined effort of NASA’s Swift satellite, the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton observatory, and several ground-based facilities has allowed scientists to X-ray the colliding stellar…