NASA Selects Four Possible Missions to Study the Secrets of the Solar System
NASA has selected four Discovery Program investigations to develop concept studies for new missions. Although they’re not official missions yet…
Hubble Embraces Spiral With Open Arms
The spiral galaxy NGC 2008 sits center stage, its ghostly spiral arms spreading out toward us, in this image captured…
Spitzer Observes TRAPPIST-1
As NASA pays tribute and says goodbye to the Spitzer Space Telescope, one of agency’s Great Observatories, one of Spitzer’s…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Ends Mission of Astronomical Discovery
After more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light, revealing new wonders in our solar system, our galaxy,…
Status Update: OSIRIS-REx Osprey Flyover
On Feb. 11, NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft safely executed a 0.4-mile (620-m) flyover of the backup sample collection site Osprey as…
NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope Ends Mission of Astronomical Discovery
After more than 16 years studying the universe in infrared light, revealing new wonders in our solar system, our galaxy,…
Spitzer’s View of the Tarantula Nebula
This image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Tarantula Nebula in three wavelengths of infrared light, each represented by…
The Transformation Tribe proves it’s in good shape
A fitness studio specialising in enhancing customers’ mental, physical and emotional health is helping women with low confidence and self-esteem…
A Mega-Cluster of Galaxies in the Making
Astronomers using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have put together a detailed map of a rare…
A Trail of Night Lights from the International Space Station
This image of star trails was compiled from time-lapse photography taken by NASA astronaut Christina Koch from aboard the International…
When Exoplanets Collide
A dramatic glimpse of the aftermath of a collision between two exoplanets is giving scientists a view at what can…
Menacing-Looking ‘Face’ Formed by Titanic Smashup Between Two Galaxies
When astronomers peer deep into space, they don’t expect to find something staring back at them. In this new Hubble…
Rocket to the Moon: What Is the Exploration Upper Stage?
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket delivers propulsion in stages to send NASA’s Orion spacecraft and heavy cargo to the…
2019 Ozone Hole is the Smallest on Record Since Its Discovery
Abnormal weather patterns in the upper atmosphere over Antarctica dramatically limited ozone depletion in September and October, resulting in the…
25 Years of Science in the Solar Wind
In the early 1980s, heliophysicists needed answers. They wanted to learn how to protect astronauts and assets around Earth from…