This panchromatic view of galaxy cluster MACS0416 was created by combining infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with visible-light data from NASA’s Hubble…
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Artist’s impression of NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) mapping the properties of global mesospheric gravity waves. By analyzing the mesopause’s airglow, AWE will advance our…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals an ultraviolet view of Jupiter. Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Wong (University of California – Berkeley); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic…
Using various telescopes, researchers observed a bright gamma-ray burst, revealing a neutron star merger and detecting the rare element tellurium. These findings, resulting from kilonova…
NASA’s ILLUMA-T payload communicating with LCRD over laser signals. Credit: NASA/Dave Ryan NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent…
NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will offer unprecedented views into the Milky Way’s core. Primarily employing microlensing, the mission will observe hundreds of…
Though a doomed star exploded some 20,000 years ago, its tattered remnants continue racing into space at breakneck speeds – and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope…
NGC 1087, an 80-million-light-year distant galaxy in Cetus, showcases both old and new stars. Discovered in 1785, it had a supernova sighting in 1995. Recent…
This Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the unique lenticular galaxy NGC 612, known for its significant radio emissions. Located in the Sculptor constellation, astronomers study…
High-resolution illustration of the Euclid and Roman spacecraft against a starry background. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, ESA/ATG medialab Euclid and NASAEstablished in 1958,…
Using simulated data, astronomers have depicted the sky through gravitational waves, revealing the need for space observatories to detect binary systems. Future projects like LISA…
NASA’s PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) spacecraft in orbit over Earth. Credit: NASA GSFC The PACE spacecraft completed a vital month-long thermal test at…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captured HH 211, a Herbig-Haro object, revealing detailed outflows from a young protostar resembling an early Sun. The high-resolution image…
Hubble Constant Tension Mystery Deepens: Webb Space Telescope Measures the Universe’s Expansion Rate
Combined observations from NASA’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and Hubble’s WFC3 (Wide Field Camera 3) show spiral galaxy NGC 5584, which resides 72 million light-years away…
Cassiopeia A (Cas A) is a supernova remnant located about 11,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cassiopeia. It spans approximately 10 light-years. This new…
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, left, swears in Dr. Makenzie Lystrup as director of Goddard Space Flight Center, as NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy looks on…
Intense solar storms can cause electrical blackouts. Like a tornado siren for life-threatening storms in America’s heartland, a new computer model that combines artificial intelligence…
Gamma-ray bursts are the most luminous explosions in the cosmos. Astronomers think most occur when the core of a massive star runs out of nuclear…
This illustration shows what the hot rocky exoplanet TRAPPIST-1 b could look like based on this work. TRAPPIST-1 b, the innermost of seven known planets…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Asteroid Sample Return Mission. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected…