Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have developed a new theory explaining the mystery of planet-forming disks that circle the young stars. Astronomers…
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is ready to conduct its 100th flyby of Titan. Ten years ago, we knew Titan as a fuzzy orange ball about the…
NASA’s NEOWISE spacecraft has spotted its first comet. Officially named “C/2014 C3 (NEOWISE),” the comet was about 143 million miles (230 million kilometers) from Earth…
NASA scientists have discovered evidence of past water movement throughout a Martian meteorite known as Yamato 000593. A team of scientists at NASA’s Johnson Space…
A new three minute ScienceCast video explores the 715 new planets that were just verified by NASA’s Kepler mission. ScienceCasts: A Sudden Multiplication of Planets…
Using the Deep Space Network antenna, scientists have gathered new radar data on asteroid 2006 DP14 that show the physical characteristics of the asteroid and…
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array untangles the mysteries of what happens to stars when they explode. One of the biggest mysteries in astronomy, how stars…
Using data from NASA’s Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft and Galileo orbiter, scientists have produced the first global geologic map of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. More…
This new series of images shows NASA’s Curiosity Rover driving through and past “Dingo Gap” inside Gale Crater. NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is continuing its…
A new video from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft and Hubble Space Telescope show a 360-degree view of Saturn’s auroras. NASA trained several pairs of eyes on…
This new image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows an impact crater about 100 feet (30 meters) in diameter that appeared at some time between…
This newly released image from the Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn’s hexagonal shaped jet stream. Just as Saturn’s famous hexagonal shaped jet stream encircles the planet’s…
New findings from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity reveal that Mars had an ancient wet environment that was milder and could have supported life. Some…
This before and after view from NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows the rock that scientists believe was likely knocked into position from one of…
This Jet Propulsion Laboratory image of the day shows the Orion nebula as seen by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The Orion nebula is featured…
First released in 1999, this Hubble image of the day shows Galaxy NGC 3079, which located 50 million light-years from Earth. A lumpy bubble of…
NASA’s Cassini imagining team has released new “holiday themed” images of Saturn, Titan and Enceladus. This holiday season, feast your eyes on images of Saturn…
New colorized images reveal geological structures on the surface of Vesta in unprecedented detail. Some beauty is revealed only at a second glance. When viewed…