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NASA astronaut Joe Acaba poses for a portrait on September 16, 2020, in the Blue Flight Control Room at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.…
An asteroid roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum — between 300 to 650 feet (100 to 200 meters) in length — has been detected by…
This image by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam) features the central region of the Chameleon I dark molecular cloud, which resides…
Hubble Space Telescope image of the newly discovered dwarf galaxy Donatiello II, nestled amongst a smattering of distant stars and even more distant galaxies. Credit:…
Researchers have discovered new indications that red giants frequently experience large-scale structural variations, or “glitches,” in the inner core. Recent findings indicate that a significant…
Elnath, which is also known as Beta Tauri, is the second-brightest star in the constellation of Taurus. Credit: WikiSky What are some skywatching highlights in…
Artist’s impression of the Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP). The mission will help us better understand the flow of particles from the Sun called…
Artist’s conception of a rocky Earth-mass exoplanet like Wolf 1069 b orbiting a red dwarf star. If the planet had retained its atmosphere, chances are…
Former NASA astronauts Robert Behnken, left, and Douglas Hurley, right, are seen after being awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor by Vice President Kamala…
Halo-like solar corona. Credit: NASA Breakthrough in identifying the puzzling cause. Researchers discovered a previously unknown heating mechanism that explains why the “solar corona,” the…
Illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope. Credit: Northrop Grumman NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of…
Artist’s impression of the Cassini spacecraft flying through plumes erupting from the south pole of Saturn’s moon Enceladus. These plumes are much like geysers and…
Isotope Analysis of Primitive Meteorites Reveals Solar System Formed From “Poorly Mixed Cake Batter”
A meteorite thin section under a microscope. Different colors represent different minerals, because light travels through them in different ways. The round mineral aggregates are…
Astronomers using the International Gemini Observatory, operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, have discovered the closest-known black hole to Earth. This is the first unambiguous detection of…
A schematic depiction of high-speed hydrogen ions injected from the solar surface into the lunar surface and enriched on the surface of lunar soil particles…
A team of scientists, comprising experts from the University of Chicago and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, have made a game-changing announcement with their release of…
NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Nicole Mann is pictured in her Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU), or spacesuit, after finishing a seven-hour and 21-minute…
Rendering of Jupiter Trojan Swarm. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech A rapidly migrating Jupiter mechanism offers crucial new insights into the early evolution of the Solar System. An…
This is an artist’s impression of the first confirmed detection of a star system that will one day form a kilonova — the ultra-powerful, gold-producing…