NASA’s WISE Mission Identifies 28 New Asteroid Families
Using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, scientists have identified 28 new asteroid families and have placed thousands of previously hidden and uncategorized asteroids into families…
Using NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, scientists have identified 28 new asteroid families and have placed thousands of previously hidden and uncategorized asteroids into families…
A new study using ocean data from the 135-year-old HMS Challenger oceanographic expedition combined with modern measurements of ocean temperatures reveals that warming of the…
On May 30th, NASA will hold a press conference to discuss the latest findings from the Mars Science Laboratory Radiation Assessment Detector aboard the Curiosity…
A newly published study details how galaxies form, using computer simulations to reveal that cool gas flows into the centers of galaxies along filaments where…
The Herschel Space telescope has discovered a massive merging of two galaxies that took place when the universe was roughly 3 billion years old. The…
NASA’s Curiosity rover has completed the drilling of the second rock sample on Mars and should deliver portions of the sample in coming days to…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope captured this new image of Messier 94, also known as NGC 4736, which is located about 17 million light-years away. How…
Using data from the Cassini spacecraft, researchers have created the first global topographic map of Saturn’s moon Titan. Scientists have created the first global topographic…
Asteroid 1998 QE2, which is believed to be about 1.7 miles (2.7 kilometers) in size, is set to sail past Earth at a distance of…
Scientists have chosen the second drilling site for the Curiosity rover on Mars. The team operating NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has selected a second target…
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…
Based on Cassini data, scientists believe that Titan’s methane-based hydrocarbon features may be passing phenomena, the after-effects of a gigantic outburst of methane released from…
In a new study, researchers assessed the amount of sulfate hydrates (compared with relatively pristine water) in the surface ice in five widely distributed areas…
Researchers have detected an ice cloud taking shape over Titan’s south pole. This is a sign of winter weather on Titan and the first time…
NASA’s new budget proposal includes a plan to capture a small near-Earth asteroid so they can safely study and explore it. The below video shows…
New data from NASA’s Curiosity rover helped reveal changes in the Martian atmosphere, providing the most precise measurements ever made of isotopes of argon. Mars…
In a new study, astronomers witnessed the effects of a white dwarf bending the light of its companion star in a double-star system called KOI-256,…
A sequence of seven images shows how the parachute used in Curiosity’s landing on Mars has shifted in response to wind. Photos from NASA’s Mars…