Herschel Solves Mystery of Origin of Water in the Upper Atmosphere of Jupiter
Using the Herschel space observatory, researchers have solved the mystery as to the origin of water in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, finding conclusive evidence…
Using the Herschel space observatory, researchers have solved the mystery as to the origin of water in the upper atmosphere of Jupiter, finding conclusive evidence…
In this image, the Hubble Space Telescope shows globular cluster Palomar 2, which is part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar…
A large team of astronomers has discovered the earliest starburst galaxy ever observed. Occurring just 880 million years after the Big Bang, HFLS3 is a…
This new Hubble image shows the dusty details of elliptical galaxy NGC 2768. The soft glow in this image is NGC 2768, an elliptical galaxy…
Using ESA’s Integral space observatory, astronomers discovered and watched a black hole in galaxy NGC 4845 feed on a low-mass object that strayed too close….
Based on the first 15.5 months of all-sky observations, scientists have created the most detailed map ever made of the oldest light in the universe,…
A team of astronomers has found some of the youngest stars ever seen, giving scientists a window into the earliest and least understood phases of…
Using data from ground observations and space telescopes, researchers have identified a red dwarf and black hole that orbit each other once every 2.4 hours,…
Hubble takes a closer look at ring galaxy Zw II 28 in this newly released image. Galaxies can take many forms — elliptical blobs, swirling…
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 is one step closer to its 2015 launch, completing a “bake-out” where the sides and top of the chamber were kept…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…