New Images of Orion Nebula Show Young Stars Hidden in Gas and Dust Clouds
European Space Agency’s Herschel Space Observatory and NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have provided researchers with new images of the Orion nebula that revealed a host…
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Ultra-Fast Outflows are Common Features of Black-Hole-Powered Galaxies
Researchers targeted 42 nearby active galaxies and used data from the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton satellite and NASA’s Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer satellite to show…
Researchers Use Computer Simulations to Explain Acceleration of Electrons in Earth’s Magnetotail
Researchers at MIT used new data from computer simulations to prove their initially proposed theory explaining the large-scale acceleration of electrons in Earth’s magnetotail. The…
Plankton-Fueled Agulhas Current Ocean Eddy Is 93 Miles Wide
Deep below the ocean’s surface, huge eddies are often formed. The depths have their own kinds of weather systems. NASA’s Terra satellite captured this photo…
NASA Launched Rocket into Aurora Borealis
Astronomers launched a NASA-funded rocket into the aurora borealis, which are colloquially known as the northern lights. The 46-foot (14-meter) rocket, the Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling in…
Hubble Telescope Image of Eta Carinae
At the turn of the 19th century, the binary star system Eta Carinae was faint and undistinguished. In the first decades of the century, it…
Research Papers Explore Titan’s Atmosphere
Recently published research papers reveal new details of how Saturn’s moon Titan shifts with the seasons and throughout the day. The research is based on…
NuSTAR’s 9,000 Mirrors are Only 200 Microns Thick
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) has a total of 9,000 individual mirror segments that are only 200 microns thick and will be the first…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Finds Solid Buckyballs in Space
Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers discovered buckyballs in a solid form around a pair of stars called “XX Ophiuchi,” 6,500 light-years from…
NASA LRO Spacecraft Reveals Geological Activity on the Moon’s Surface
Researchers recently examined the new high-resolution images from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft and found that “recent” geologic activity has occurred on the moon….
NASA Engineers Test J-2X Powerpack
The first test was conducted yesterday on the J-2X engine powerpack by engineers at NASA’s Stennis Space Center. This initial test was the first time…
Researchers Discover First Intermediate-Mass Black Hole
Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers have found an intermediate-mass black hole surrounded by a cluster of young, blue stars. This is the first finding…
NASA Requests $17.7 Billion Budget for Fiscal Year 2013
NASA has requested a $17.7 billion budget for fiscal year 2013 which includes $4 billion for space operations, $4 billion for exploration activities in the…
SCaN Testbed Headed for International Space Station Later This Year
The SCaN Testbed, or Space Communications and Navigation Testbed, is set to be tested on the International Space Station later this year. During its five-year…
HiRISE Images Show Old NASA Mars Lander
Recent images from the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show the three-petal lander of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Spirit…
Researchers Believe Mars Surface too Arid for Life
Researchers from Imperial College London have been studying and analyzing individual particles of Martian soil that was collected during the 2008 NASA Phoenix mission to…
Moon Data Allows Creation of Detailed Lunar 3-D Map
While NASA released some detailed lunar data late last year, no one had used this data to create a map in true 3-D, something that…
NASA Plans Space Outpost on the Far Side of the Moon at Earth Moon Lagrange Point 2
NASA wants to plan a space outpost parked near the Lagrange point, where the Earth’s and moon’s gravitation fields nearly cancel each other out, making…