Mapping the Universe’s Earliest Structures and Dark Matter Distribution With COSMOS-Webb
This ambitious program will study half a million galaxies in a field the size of three full Moons. Peering deeply into a huge patch of…
This ambitious program will study half a million galaxies in a field the size of three full Moons. Peering deeply into a huge patch of…
The Space Telescope Science Institute Will Host Roman’s Science Operations Center and Data Archive NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has just successfully completed the…
Oxygen Found on the Frozen World Is Linked to Sublimating Surface Ice Though larger than the blistering planet Mercury, the Jovian moon Ganymede is no…
Researchers will take stock of the dust in the debris disk surrounding the nearby star Beta Pictoris. Planetary systems are very busy places. In addition…
These two peculiar galaxies are part of a program to survey oddball galaxies scattered across the sky. These early snapshots demonstrate Hubble’s return to full…
Looking back in time, Webb will see quasars as they appeared billions of years ago Outshining all the stars in their host galaxies combined, quasars…
Precise Distance to Galaxy Bolsters Missing Dark Matter Claim What if oceanographers found the “tip” of an iceberg and nothing else? Mysteriously missing was the…
NASA is working to resolve an issue with the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope. The computer halted on Sunday, June 13, shortly after…
The magnificent spiral galaxy NGC 2276 looks a bit lopsided in this Hubble Space Telescope snapshot. A bright hub of older yellowish stars normally lies…
The nearby Orion Bar is a typical example of a region influenced by young, massive stars Spectacular supernova explosions have been known to shape the…
Hubble Tracks Down Fast Radio Bursts to Galaxies’ Spiral Arms They come from anywhere in the sky: mysterious flashes of radio energy that disappear in…
NASA’s Webb to Study Young Exoplanets on the Edge Webb will probe the outer realm of exoplanetary systems, investigating known planets and hunting for new…
Exoplanet PDS 70b is gobbling up gas and dust as it continues to build mass. Ever made a complete mess in your kitchen while baking?…
Petulant Star Ejects Spectacular Bubble of Glowing Gases The mighty blue giant AG Carinae is not your normal star. One of the brightest stars in…
Seeing Dual Quasars Is Like Finding a Needle in a Haystack Inhabitants of our Milky Way galaxy living several billion years from now will have…
Researchers using NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope will map and model the core of nearby galaxy Centaurus A. As technology has improved over the…
Study Finds That Cavities Sculpted by Stellar Outflows Did Not Expand Over Time Stars aren’t shy about announcing their births. As they are born from…
The Earth-sized exoplanet may have lost its original atmosphere but gained a second one through volcanism. Orbiting a red dwarf star 41 light-years away is…