NASA Selects Proposals to Demonstrate SmallSat Technologies to Study Interplanetary Space
NASA has selected two proposals to demonstrate technologies to improve science observations in deep space. The proposals could help NASA…
NASA Gets a Rare Look at a Rocky Exoplanet’s Surface
This artist’s illustration depicts the exoplanet LHS 3844b, which is 1.3 times the mass of Earth and orbits an M…
Hubble Spots Jupiter’s Great Red Spot
This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, 2019, reveals the giant planet’s trademark Great Red…
Hubble’s New Portrait of Jupiter
This new Hubble Space Telescope view of Jupiter, taken on June 27, 2019, reveals the giant planet’s trademark Great Red…
Follow That Planet! How Astronomers Chase New Worlds in TESS Data
As pink liquid oozed around her shoes, astronomer Johanna Teske started to feel sick. She had been looking for new…
A Full Moon Over the Pacific
The crew of the International Space Station snapped this image of a full Moon as the orbiting complex flew 270…
Hubble’s Portrait of Star’s Gaseous Glow
Although it looks more like an entity seen through a microscope than a telescope, this rounded object, named NGC 2022,…
Moon Glows Brighter Than Sun in Images From NASA’s Fermi
If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun! That’s how…
NASA Selects Proposals to Further Study the Fundamental Nature of Space
NASA has selected two proposals for concept studies that could help us better understand the fundamental nature of space and…
Hubble Catches 2 Galaxies at Play
The pair of strange, luminescent creatures at play in this image are actually galaxies — realms of millions upon millions…
Cloaked Black Hole Discovered in Early Universe Using NASA’s Chandra
Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory have revealed what may be the most distant shrouded black hole. Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXO/Pontificia…
The Moon and Mercury May Have Thick Ice Deposits
Earth’s Moon and Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, may contain significantly more water ice than previously thought, according…
Our Sun Today
NASA’s Solar Dynamic Observatory, or SDO, was the first mission to be launched for NASA’s Living With a Star (LWS)…
To Infinity and Beyond
To Infinity and Beyond To infinity and beyond with the amazing Buzz Lightyear from Cable Guy. You’ll always have a…
Shining (Star)light on the Search for Life
In the hunt for life on other worlds, astronomers scour over planets that are light-years away. They need ways to…