The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the next of NASA’s Great Observatories; following in the line of the Hubble Space Telescope, the Compton Gamma-ray…
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To the human eye, Mercury may resemble a dull, grey orb but this enhanced-color image from NASA’s Messenger probe, tells a completely different story. Swathes…
For the first time, researchers have spotted short-term, regional fluctuations in atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) across the globe due to emissions from human activities. Using…
A team of scientists has predicted the science return from one of NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent…
This animation shows the path light will follow as it hits the primary James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mirror, and is reflected to the secondary,…
This image visualizes wintertime sea ice change in the Arctic using data provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Global Change Observation Mission 1st-Water “SHIZUKU”…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Northrup Grumman After meeting the major milestone of aligning the telescope to NIRCam,…
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center After starting the mirror alignment with Webb’s first detection of starlight in the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), the telescope team…
NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National Advisory…
This is an artist’s concept of a glow surrounding a drone at Mars during flight. The glow, exaggerated for visibility, might happen if the drone’s…
[embedded content]This animation shows the path light will follow as it hits the primary James Webb Space TelescopeThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb)…
Hubble Space Telescope image of Chamaeleon Cloud I (a segment of the Chamaeleon Cloud Complex), reveals dusty-dark clouds where stars are forming, dazzling reflection nebulae…
Illustration of the Habitation and Logistics Outpost (HALO) and Power and Propulsion Element (PPE) of Gateway, with HERMES indicated by a red arrow. This older…
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab The big news for Webb this week was the final insertion into orbit around the second…
The James Webb Space Telescope is the next great space science observatory following Hubble, designed to answer outstanding questions about the Universe and to make…
In 2021, NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the…
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center An international research team will survey the stars, star clusters, and dust that lie within 19 nearby galaxies. To…
Dwarf starburst galaxy Henize 2-10 sparkles with young stars in this Hubble visible-light image. The bright region at the center, surrounded by pink clouds and…
Earth’s global average surface temperature in 2021 tied with 2018 as the sixth warmest on record, according to independent analyses done by NASAEstablished in 1958,…
This illustration captures an exoplanet as it is about to cross in front of – or transit – its star. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight…