NASA Captures Image of an M6.5 Class Flare
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of an M6.5 class flare yesterday, April 11, 2013. The flare was also associated with an Earth-directed coronal…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of an M6.5 class flare yesterday, April 11, 2013. The flare was also associated with an Earth-directed coronal…
NASA’s new budget proposal includes a plan to capture a small near-Earth asteroid so they can safely study and explore it. The below video shows…
NASA’s new mission, Neutron-star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER), is set to reveal the physics that make neutron stars the densest objects in nature and to…
Using the Suzaku satellite’s X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS), a team of scientists studied the remnant of Kepler’s supernova, finding evidence that the original white dwarf…
New data from NASA’s Curiosity rover helped reveal changes in the Martian atmosphere, providing the most precise measurements ever made of isotopes of argon. Mars…
Scientists at NASA and the European Space Agency believe volcanic activity on Io is located 30 to 60 degrees East from where they expected it…
The Hubble Space Telescope views the light and dust in nearby starburst galaxy J082354.96. Visible as a small, sparkling hook in the dark sky, this…
In a new study, astronomers witnessed the effects of a white dwarf bending the light of its companion star in a double-star system called KOI-256,…
The Hubble Space Telescope has broken the record in the search for the farthest supernova, finding Supernova UDS10Wil that exploded more than 10 billion years…
A sequence of seven images shows how the parachute used in Curiosity’s landing on Mars has shifted in response to wind. Photos from NASA’s Mars…
Astronomers have used NASA’s Swift satellite to check out comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), revealing that ISON is shedding about 112,000 pounds (51,000 kg) of dust…
In the above image, Hubble views planetary nebula J 900 and a nearby star. The object in this image is Jonckheere 900 or J 900,…
Astronomers around the world are monitoring Comet 2013 A1, watching to see if it will strike Mars. Over the years, the spacefaring nations of Earth…
Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft suggests that the moons and rings of Saturn are more than 4 billion years old. A new analysis of data…
Scheduled to launch in late 2013, NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft will study the Martian upper atmosphere in detail, gathering information about relevant processes so scientists can…
New research has unveiled an unexpected link between Vesta and the moon and has helped scientists better understand the event known as the “Lunar Cataclysm.”…
In this new image captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, you can see the worm-like galaxy known as IRAS 23436+5257. The shape is most…
In response to the newly released study that suggests Voyager 1 has entered interstellar space, NASA has released a statement stating that Voyager 1 has…