Scientists Believe Mars Crater Is the Remains of an Ancient Supervolcano
Based on images and topographic data, new research shows that the Eden Patera basin on Mars is a volcanic caldera, not an impact crater. A…
Based on images and topographic data, new research shows that the Eden Patera basin on Mars is a volcanic caldera, not an impact crater. A…
This newly released Hubble image shows galaxy cluster MACS J0152.5-2852. This image shows the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0152.5-2852, captured in detail by the NASA/ESA…
Analysis of the Martian soil samples taken by NASA’s Curiosity rover has revealed that water molecules are bound to fine-grained soil particles, accounting for about…
This short narrative looks back on how NASA engineers revamped the Spitzer Space Telescope to probe exoplanets. Now approaching its 10th anniversary, NASA’s Spitzer Space…
This new Cassini image captures a side view of Saturn and its rings. Saturn’s rings appear to form a majestic arc over the planet in…
To the surprise of many researchers, NASA’s Curiosity rover has failed to detect methane on Mars. Data from NASA’s Curiosity rover has revealed the Martian…
By using data from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft to analyze the distinctive cracks lining the surface of Europa, NASA scientists determined that Europa likely rotated around…
This newly released Hubble image shows the star HD 184738. This new image, snapped by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows the star HD 184738, also…
A newly published study has confirmed that the 36-year-old NASA Voyager 1 spacecraft has left our solar system and has entered interstellar space. NASA’s Voyager…
Data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope helped astronomers discover that the large asteroid called Don Quixote is in fact a comet. For 30 years, a…
A new four-minute ScienceCast video explores the strange phenomena coming from the tops of thunderstorms and details the new ISS experiment called “Firestation” that is…
In a new study, scientists report on the first ten identifications of sources serendipitously detected by NuSTAR. NASA’s black-hole-hunter spacecraft, the Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array,…
Based on data spanning four decades from eleven different spacecraft, a new study shows that interstellar wind most likely changed direction over the last 40…
This new four minute ScienceCast video details the upcoming NASA LADEE mission to explore lunar twilight rays and other mysteries of the lunar atmosphere. A…
This newly released Hubble image shows lenticular galaxy PGC 10922. The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this image of PGC 10922, an example of…
Using Hubble observations, a new study from the University of Manchester has found that bipolar planetary nebulae located towards the central bulge of our Milky…
A newly published study details a massive storm that erupted on Saturn in late 2010, finding that cloud particles at the top of the great…
The first batch of data from NASA’s NuSTAR is now publicly available, providing data on observations obtained during the first two months of the mission…