Hubble Views Three Moons Transiting the Face of Jupiter
Taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 in visible light, these new images capture the rare occurrence of three of Jupiter’s largest moons (Europa, Callisto,…
Taken with Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 in visible light, these new images capture the rare occurrence of three of Jupiter’s largest moons (Europa, Callisto,…
Headed towards Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has captured this new image of Pluto and its moon Charon. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft returned its first…
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has acquired its latest and closest-yet snapshot of Ceres. At a resolution of 8.5 miles (14 kilometers) per pixel, the pictures represent…
A new study from the University of Washington details how strong irradiation from the host star can cause planets known as mini-Neptunes in the habitable…
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has observed Titan in the supersonic and super-Alfvénic solar wind, revealing that Titan’s interaction with the solar wind is in many ways…
A new study from astronomers at the Leiden Observatory reveals details about the gigantic ring system around J1407b. Astronomers at the Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands,…
Using data from the Kepler spacecraft, astronomers have discovered a compact system of five transiting planets with sizes between those of Mercury and Venus. They…
The sharpest images ever seen of the dwarf planet Ceres were taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on January 25. The images were taken 147,000 miles…
Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory are working on a small helicopter that could ‘scout’ a trail for future Mars rovers. Getting around on Mars…
In celebration of its 11th anniversary on Mars, NASA’s Curiosity rover captured this panorama view from the top of “Cape Tribulation.” A panorama from one…
A newly published study shows evidence that transient water flowed on the surface of Vesta, in a debris-flow-like process, and left distinctive geomorphologic features. Protoplanet…
The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer has completed its first study of dust in the “habitable zone” around a star, opening a new door to finding…
A new three minute video uses data collected by Cassini’s imaging cameras and the Huygens Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer to better detail Saturn’s moon Titan. Approaching…
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has captured new images of dwarf planet Ceres. As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet…
After a voyage of more than 3 billion miles, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft is ready to begin exploring Pluto. NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft recently began…
Numerical calculations made by researchers at the Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Cambridge reveal that there could be at least two unknown…
A newly published study from researchers at MIT and Purdue University reveals that chondrules were byproducts of a violent and messy planetary process, not building…
Ten years ago, ESA’s Huygens probe entered the history books by descending to the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon. Humanity’s first successful attempt to…