NGC 5585, a spiral galaxy on the tail of the Great Bear in the constellation of Ursa Major as captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.…
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A Southwest Research Institute scientist has identified stellar phosphorus as a probable marker in narrowing the search for life in the cosmos. Stars with phosphorus…
Asteroid 4-Vesta is the second-largest body in the asteroid belt. Uranium-lead dating and other analytical methods tell researchers which meteorites come from Vesta and also…
This artistic impression depicts our Solar System neighbour Venus, where scientists have confirmed the detection of phosphine molecules. The molecules were detected in the Venusian…
This split image shows the difference between an active Sun during solar maximum (on the left, captured in April 2014) and a quiet Sun during…
In these detailed infrared images of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus, reddish areas indicate fresh ice that has been deposited on the surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of…
The New Shepard (NS) booster lands after this vehicle’s fifth flight during NS-11 May 2, 2019. Credit: Blue Origin Some of the most interesting places…
WD 1856 b, a potential planet the size of Jupiter, orbits its dim white dwarf star every 36 hours and is about seven times larger.…
[embedded content]Understanding the Sun’s behavior is an important part of life in our solar system. Scientists use several indicators to track solar cycle progress. Credit:…
The Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope, a portion of which is pictured here, was used to explore hundreds of times more broadly than any previous…
Artist’s conception of a magnetar — a superdense neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field. In this illustration, the magnetar is emitting a burst…
“When you look at the team that put this robot together, and the team that put this launch vehicle together, that’s what they’ve done. They’ve…
Image shows a CME erupting from the Sun’s surface, captured from either side by imaging cameras on board the two STEREO spacecraft. The red and…
This image gallery of stellar winds around cool ageing stars shows a variety of morphologies, including disks, cones, and spirals. The blue colour represents material…
This artistic impression depicts Venus. Astronomers at MIT, Cardiff University, and elsewhere may have observed signs of life in the atmosphere of Venus. Credit: ESO…
A planet orbiting a small star produces strong atmospheric signals when it passes in front, or “transits,” its host star, as pictured above. White dwarfs…
For the first time, an intact, Jupiter-sized, exoplanet has been discovered orbiting close to a white dwarf star. Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/J. Pollard For the…
This artist’s conception portrays two neutron stars at the moment of collision. Credit: Dana Berry, SkyWorks Digital, Inc. Colliding neutron stars were touted as the…
Artist’s impression of the explosion and burst of gravitational waves emitted when a pair of superdense neutron stars collide. New observations with radio telescopes show…
This artistic illustration depicts the Venusian surface and atmosphere, as well as phosphine molecules. These molecules float in the windblown clouds of Venus at altitudes…