Hubble Spots a Chance Alignment
The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. This galaxy is situated ...
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Finding Clues in Ruins of Ancient Dead Star With NASA’s Chandra
People often think about archaeology happening deep in jungles or inside ancient pyramids. However, a team of astronomers has shown ...
Read moreDetailsNASA’s Webb Captures Neptune’s Auroras For First Time
Long-sought auroral glow finally emerges under Webb’s powerful gaze For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured ...
Read moreDetailsHubble Sees a Spiral and a Star
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling spiral galaxy paired with a prominent star, both in the constellation ...
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Falcon 9 launches NASA astrophysics and heliophysics missions
WASHINGTON — A Falcon 9 launched a pair of NASA science missions March 11 that will explore the infrared universe ...
Read moreDetailsNASA Launches Missions to Study Sun, Universe’s Beginning
NASA’s newest astrophysics observatory, SPHEREx, is on its way to study the origins of our universe and the history of ...
Read moreDetailsDiscovery Alert: ‘Super-Earth’ Swings from Super-Heated to Super-Chill
The Discovery A possible “super-Earth” orbits a relatively close, Sun-like star, and could be a habitable world – but one ...
Read moreDetailsNASA’s Webb Peers Deeper into Mysterious Flame Nebula
The Flame Nebula, located about 1,400 light-years away from Earth, is a hotbed of star formation less than 1 million ...
Read moreDetailsHubble Unveils a Glittering View of Sh2-284
A tiny fraction of the stellar nursery known as Sh2-284 is visible in this glittering, star-filled NASA Hubble Space Telescope ...
Read moreDetailsNASA Webb Wows With Incredible Detail in Actively Forming Star System
High-resolution near-infrared light captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows extraordinary new detail and structure in Lynds 483 (L483). ...
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