Since time immemorial, people have gazed in wonder at the Moon. Its gentle light suggests romance, its strong embrace powers the tides and it is…
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New data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope provides further evidence for tidal disruption in the galaxy NGC 1052-DF4. This result explains a previous finding…
This artist’s concept depicts astronauts and human habitats on Mars. NASA’s Mars 2020 rover will carry a number of technologies that could make Mars safer…
The waxing Moon rises over the Wasatch Mountains near Salt Lake City. Credit: NASA/Bill Dunford The next full Moon is the Cold Moon, Frost Moon,…
The Borexino detector in combination with the Sun. Credit: Copyright Borexino Collaboration/Maxim Gromov The Borexino collaboration, in which also scientists from TU Dresden are involved,…
[embedded content] Part of the appeal of Thanksgiving is how easily we settle into the familiar: cherished foods, friends and family, and favorite activities like…
Credit: NASA Eight rocket motor segments for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) are lined up in preparation for stacking at NASA’s…
The RAMSES simulation code is a numerical code for astrophysics and cosmology. It is based on an adaptive mesh refinement computing technique. The figure illustrates…
[embedded content] Aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 64 Flight Engineers Kate Rubins, Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover and Shannon Walker of NASA and Soichi Noguchi…
A large sunspot, predicted by NSO scientists, is rotating onto the face of the Sun, having been predicted by NSO scientists almost a week ago.…
View into the interior of the Borexino detector. Credit: Borexino Collaboration Neutrinos Yield First Experimental Evidence of Catalyzed Fusion Dominant in Many Stars An international…
The observatories are 173 km apart. The relatively close distance allows more accurate correlation of their data. Credit: © 2020 Ohsawa et al. Researchers give…
Professor Susan Bailey and Dr. Kjell Lindgren, NASA astronaut, during a visit to Bailey’s lab in 2016. Lindgren is an alumnus of Colorado State University.…
The enigmatic CK Vulpeculae nebula. The team of astronomers measured the speeds and changes in positions of the two small reddish arcs about 1/4 of…
This megamaser galaxy is named IRAS 16399-0937 and is located over 370 million light-years from Earth. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, Acknowledgement: Judy Schmidt (geckzilla) The…
Milky Way Family Tree Galaxies like the Milky Way formed by the merging of smaller progenitor galaxies. An international team of astrophysicists led by Dr.…
Analysis of an ancient meteorite from Mars suggests that the mineral zircon may be abundant on the surface of the red planet. By determining the…
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS; Processing & License: Kevin M. Gill Why do colorful cloud bands encircle Jupiter? Jupiter’s top atmospheric layer is divided into light zones and…
November 21, 2020 A joint U.S.-European satellite, built to monitor global sea levels, lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force…
Artist’s conception of the dust and gas surrounding a new planetary system. Credit: NASA A long time ago — roughly 4.5 billion years — our…