Astronomers Identify Greenhouse Gases in Comets
Using data from the NEOWISE Space Telescope, astronomers have gained new insights into the dust and production rates for difficult-to-observe gases like carbon dioxide and…
Using data from the NEOWISE Space Telescope, astronomers have gained new insights into the dust and production rates for difficult-to-observe gases like carbon dioxide and…
A new study proposes the existence of long filaments of dark matter, called “hairs,” which are created when a stream of dark matter particles goes…
This new image from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory shows the group of galaxies nicknamed the “Cheshire Cat.” X-rays from Chandra show that the two “eye”…
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy 2MASX J16270254+4328340, which is located in the Hercules constellation. This curious galaxy — only known by the seemingly…
NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft has captured images of Pluto and Charon completing the rotation of a full day. Pluto’s day is 6.4 Earth days long….
Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array, astronomers reveal that red dwarf star TVLM 513-46546 has an amazingly powerful magnetic field. Our Sun is a relatively…
This short video from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory shows arches of bundled magnetic loops sprouting from active regions on the Sun. Two active regions sprouted…
Scientists have developed a miniaturized laboratory, called Chemical Laptop, that could be used to search for signs of life outside Earth. If you were looking…
This new image from the Cassini Spacecraft shows Saturn’s moons Dione and Enceladus. Although Dione (near) and Enceladus (far) are composed of nearly the same…
This newly released Hubble image shows elliptical galaxy NGC 3610, which is located 70 million light-years away. At the center of this amazing image is…
Delta Orionis is a complex star system and constitutes the westernmost star in the “belt” of the Orion constellation. By observing this system NASA’s Chandra…
This new image from NASA’s Curiosity Rover shows the “Garden City” site and surroundings on Mount Sharp. This view from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on…
Using the MEarth-South array, a team of astronomers has discovered a Venus-like planet (GJ 1132b) that is cool enough to potentially host an atmosphere. The…
New research presented at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences reveals that the long, shallow grooves lining the surface of Phobos…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft has detected a monstrous new cloud of frozen compounds in the Titan’s low- to mid-stratosphere – a stable atmospheric region above…
New information from NASA’s New Horizons Mission has revealed more than 50 exciting discoveries about Pluto. From possible ice volcanoes to twirling moons, scientists continue…
This newly released Hubble image shows spiral galaxy MCG+01-02-015. Only three local stars appear in this image, quartered by right-angled diffraction spikes. Everything besides them…
At 2 p.m. EST on November 5, NASA will provide details of key science findings from the agency’s ongoing exploration of Mars. The event will…