GALEX Data Reveals NGC 6872 as the Largest-Known Spiral Galaxy
Based on data from NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer mission, a team of international astronomers has declared barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 the largest-known spiral galaxy….
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Astronomers Discover a Super-Jupiter Around a Massive Star
Using the High Contrast Instrument for the Subaru Next Generation Adaptive Optics and the Infrared Camera and Spectrograph mounted on the Subaru Telescope, an international…
NASA Discovers a Surprising Trend in Galaxy Evolution
A newly published study shows that nearby disk galaxies unexpectedly reached their current state long after much of the universe’s star formation had ceased. A…
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…
Evolution of the Moon Video
At roughly three minutes long, this animated video walks you through the evolution of the moon from its first formation 4.5 billion years ago, to…
Dynamic Earth Excerpt and Visuals
Enjoy an excerpt from the full-length “Dynamic Earth” presentation, which explores the inner workings of Earth’s climate system with visualizations based on satellite monitoring data…
Data Suggests the Possible Presence of Ice at Shackleton Crater
Using a laser altimeter on the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft, a team of scientists have mapped Shackleton crater with unprecedented detail, finding possible evidence for…
SDO’s HD Video of 2012 Venus Transit
In case you missed it, here is video footage of the 2012 Venus transit from the Solar Dynamics Observatory. Launched on Feb. 11, 2010, the…
X-Ray Echoes Demonstrate the Reality of Relativistic Reverberation
Limited by today’s telescope technology, an international team of astronomers looked for another way to probe supermassive black holes in distant galaxies. By analyzing data…
Magnetometers Ready for NASA’s MAVEN Mission
In preparation for the 2013 launch, scientists and engineers at NASA worked diligently to complete the magnetometers on schedule for the MAVEN mission. The magnetometers…
Schumann Resonance Could Help Reveal the Solar System’s Origins
In 2011 researchers realized that they could use NASA’s Vector Electric Field Instrument aboard the Air Force’s Communications/Navigation Outage Forecast System satellite to detect Schumann…
A Closer Look at Titan’s Chemical Production
Two new papers published in the Astrophysical Journal describe the process of hydrocarbon creation on Saturn’s moon Titan and predicted how long Titan’s chemical factory…
NASA Captures Image of M1 Coronal Mass Ejection
As major solar activity continues, NASA captured an image and video of the latest class M1 coronal mass ejection. A beautiful prominence eruption producing a…
Videos Covering Heliophysics Explain the Science of the Sun
Five Newly released videos from NASA help describe the science of the sun and its effects on the solar system and Earth, while covering the…
New Image of an M7.9 Flare from Active Region 1429
NASA released a new image of a solar flare from active region 1429. On March 13, 2012, the sun erupted with an M7.9-class flare that…
Inclined Orbit to Improve Space Telescope Sensitivity
Dust and light from the zodiacal cloud in our solar system interferes with infrared, optical and ultraviolet observations. By placing a space telescope on an…
Thermonuclear Behavior of Neutron Star Bridges Gap Between Theory and Observation
Over the period of roughly one month, NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE) observed some 400 thermonuclear explosions on the surface of the neutron star…
Amino Acids Found in Meteorites that Experienced High Temperatures
While analyzing samples from carbon-rich meteorites with minerals that indicated they had experienced high temperatures, scientists found amino acids, which gives support to the theory…
