Hubble Views Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxy NGC 5253
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows irregular galaxy NGC 5253, a Blue Compact Dwarf galaxy located at a distance of about 12…
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New Nuclear Engine Will Allow Deep Space Exploration
Researchers at NASA’s Glenn Research Center and Los Alamos National Laboratory have tested a small prototype of a nuclear-reactor engine design, which could power deep…
Hubble and VLA View Elliptical Galaxy Hercules A
The Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Array radio telescope combine to create this image of elliptical galaxy Hercules A, also known as 3C…
New Images of Near-Earth Asteroid 2007 PA8
Nine new radar images were taken of asteroid 2007 PA8, a near-Earth asteroid that measures roughly 1.6 kilometers wide. 2007 PA8 passed at a distance…
Hubble Views Spiral Galaxy ESO 499-G37
A new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows spiral galaxy ESO 499-G37, which is located in the southern border of the constellation of Hydra….
ESA Sets Goals for Space Exploration
At a recent meeting in Naples, Italy, EU ministers have agreed to give the European Space Agency (ESA) €10.1 billion ($13 billion) over the next…
Planck Spots a Bridge of Hot Gas Connecting Galaxy Clusters
Using the Planck space telescope, scientists discovered a bridge of hot gas connecting galaxy clusters Abell 399 and Abell 401. The temperature of the gas…
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…
Hubble Views Elliptical Galaxy 4C 73.08
Using two filters on Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3, a new image of the gigantic elliptical galaxy 4C 73.08 was taken. Luminous galaxies glow like…
Spherical Phase of Planetary Nebula Abell 30
These new images of the planetary nebula Abell 30, which is located 5,500 light-years away from Earth, show one of the clearest views ever obtained…
Hubble Views What Is Probably the Most Distant Known Galaxy
The galaxy known as MACS0647-JD is located behind an enormous galactic cluster MACS J0647+7015 that lies between the Big and Little Dipper. Data shows that…
WISE Discovers Mystery Dust Around an Unusual Class of Interacting Binary Stars
Astronomers discovered dust around an unusual class of interacting binary stars, a highly magnetic white dwarf star that is Earth-sized but weighs about 60 percent…
New Image of Supernova Remnant W44
Using combined data, astronomers have created a new image of supernova remnant W44, which is located roughly 10,000 light-years away in the constellation of Aquila….
NASA’s 3D Printing of Rocket Engine Parts Might Boost Larger Manufacturing Trend
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) is its first heavy-lift booster rocket since Saturn 5 took US astronauts to the moon. SLS will play a central…
The Behavior of Interstellar Dust Grains
In a newly published study, a team of scientists report the results of their theoretical models of the behavior of interstellar dust grains as the…
Hubble Spots Lenticular Galaxy NGC 5010
This new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows galaxy NGC 5010, which is located about 140 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo…
Probing a Nearby Stellar Cradle: Star Cluster Cygnus OB2
The above composite image of star cluster Cygnus OB2, which is located about 5,000 light-years from Earth, contains X-rays from Chandra, infrared data from Spitzer,…
NASA’s Curiosity Finds Clues to Changes in Mars’ Atmosphere
Instruments aboard Curiosity have analyzed samples of the atmosphere collected near the “Rocknest” site in Gale Crater, finding that the top of the Martian atmosphere…
