Hubble’s Big Reveal: Unearthing the Secrets of a Nearby Earth-Sized World
Hubble Telescope confirms the size of Earth-like exoplanet LTT 1445Ac, offering new insights into its composition and the potential for further atmospheric study. Lots of…
Hubble Telescope confirms the size of Earth-like exoplanet LTT 1445Ac, offering new insights into its composition and the potential for further atmospheric study. Lots of…
NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) was installed on the ISS on November 18, becoming operational on November 20. This mission aims to analyze atmospheric gravity…
NASA’s PACE spacecraft arrived in Florida for its 2024 launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. Managed by the Goddard Space Flight Center, the mission…
The play of darkness and light in our galaxy’s crowded core is put on display like never before. A bright field of gas sweeps around…
Drifting pebbles deliver water to the inner regions of planet-forming disks How are planets born? Scientists have long proposed that ice-covered pebbles are the seeds…
The result: A vivid landscape of galaxies along with more than a dozen newfound, time-varying objects. When two flagship observatories unite, they reveal a wealth…
NASA’s Lucy Surprise Observation of 1st-ever Contact Binary Orbiting Asteroid It turns out there is more to the “marvelous” asteroid Dinkinesh and its newly discovered…
NASA’s AWE mission, set to launch to the ISS, will examine atmospheric waves and their effects on space weather through the Earth’s natural airglow, informing…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope provides a new ultraviolet image of Jupiter during its opposition, revealing details like the Great Red Spot in false-color to highlight…
NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has revealed that the asteroid Dinkinesh is a binary system. The flyby tested the spacecraft’s tracking abilities and provided a preview of…
Webb’s study of the second-brightest gamma-ray burst ever seen reveals tellurium. Under what conditions many chemical elements are created in the universe has long been…
NASA’s ILLUMA-T payload is set to launch to the ISS, aiming to demonstrate the potential of laser communications for faster data transmission. This collaboration with…
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set for a 2027 launch, aims to revolutionize our understanding of the Milky Way through microlensing, potentially discovering new…
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope team is preparing for its 2027 launch, using simulations and collaborations with other telescopes to maximize scientific output and explore cosmic…
20,000-Year-Old Explosion Continues Expanding Into Space The abrupt, explosive death of a massive star, called a supernova, is one of the biggest blasts in the…
New and old stars alike twinkle in the dusty spiral arms of galaxy NGC 1087, as seen in this breathtaking image from NASA’s Hubble Space…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured this detailed image of NGC 6951, a notable galaxy in the Cepheus constellation. Renowned for its star formation history,…
Extraordinarily Bright Bursts of Light Found Between Galaxies A clear starry night is deceptively tranquil to backyard skygazers. In reality, the sky is ablaze with…