Hubble Views Young Star PV Cep
This Hubble image shows the young star PV Cep, which is located in the northern constellation of Cepheus at a distance of over 1600 light-years…
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New ScienceCast Video Explores the Possibility That Signs of Dark Matter Have Been Detected
The below four-minute ScienceCast video explores the possibility that the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer onboard the International Space Station has detected signs of dark matter. In…
Cassini Observes Meteors Colliding With Saturn’s Rings
Using NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, astronomers observed meteors colliding with Saturn’s rings. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has provided the first direct evidence of small meteoroids breaking into…
Fly Along With the Voyager Spacecraft As They Head Towards Interstellar Space
Follow NASA’s Voyager spacecraft as they head towards interstellar space with NASA’s Eyes on the Solar System program. A gauge on the Voyager home page…
One of the Most Efficient Star Making Galaxies Ever Observed
Using Hubble, WISE and the IRAM Plateau de Bure interferometer in the French Alps, astronomers viewed efficient star-making galaxy SDSSJ1506+54, seeing a rare phase of…
Hubble Captures Close-Up View of Comet ISON
NASA’s Hubble telescope captured close-up images of Comet ISON in early April, providing scientists with images to measure the activity level of the comet. This…
Four Minute Video Shows Three Years of SDO Images
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has had consistent coverage of the sun’s rise toward solar maximum since 2010 and now that data has been compressed into…
Hubble Views Globular Cluster Palomar 2
In this image, the Hubble Space Telescope shows globular cluster Palomar 2, which is part of a group of 15 globulars known as the Palomar…
Hubble Views the Horsehead Nebula
Unlike other celestial objects there is no question how the Horsehead Nebula got its name. This iconic silhouette of a horse’s head and neck pokes…
Kepler Mission Discovers Two New Planetary Systems With ‘Habitable Zone’ Planets
NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered several new habitable-zone planets in two new planetary systems, Kepler-69 and Kepler-62. NASA’s Kepler mission has discovered two new planetary…
Astronomers Discover Earliest Starburst Galaxy Ever Observed
A large team of astronomers has discovered the earliest starburst galaxy ever observed. Occurring just 880 million years after the Big Bang, HFLS3 is a…
How to Target and Collide With a Potentially Hazardous Asteroid
While some NASA scientists work to capture and explore an asteroid, other NASA scientists are calculating how to target and collide with an asteroid, running…
NASA’s Swift Discovers Three Unusually Long-Lasting Stellar Explosions
In three new studies, astronomers discuss the three unusually long-lasting stellar explosions that were discovered by NASA’s Swift satellite and represent a previously unrecognized class…
NASA’s Wind Mission Data Reveals ‘SLAMS’ Waves
A new study examines the data from NASA’s Wind spacecraft, which traveled through the foreshock region in front of Earth 17 times from 1998 –…
Titan’s Methane May Run Out
Based on Cassini data, scientists believe that Titan’s methane-based hydrocarbon features may be passing phenomena, the after-effects of a gigantic outburst of methane released from…
Researchers Assess the Surface of Europa for Materials Representing Ocean Composition
In a new study, researchers assessed the amount of sulfate hydrates (compared with relatively pristine water) in the surface ice in five widely distributed areas…
Hubble Views Elliptical Galaxy NGC 2768
This new Hubble image shows the dusty details of elliptical galaxy NGC 2768. The soft glow in this image is NGC 2768, an elliptical galaxy…
Signs of Winter on Titan – Ice Cloud Forming at Titan’s South Pole
Researchers have detected an ice cloud taking shape over Titan’s south pole. This is a sign of winter weather on Titan and the first time…