Apr 28, 2016 by News Staff

Ligeia Mare, one of the largest seas on Saturn’s moon Titan, consists of pure methane and likely has a seabed covered by a sludge of organic-rich material,...

Apr 27, 2016 by News Staff

On April 17, 2016, an active region on the Sun released an M6.7 class solar flare, captured here by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Solar flares...

Apr 27, 2016 by News Staff

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a tiny, dark moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake, one of several dwarf planets...

Apr 26, 2016 by News Staff

The Martian surface — including the location of ESA’s Beagle-2 lander, and the ancient lakebeds discovered by NASA’s Curiosity rover —...

Apr 25, 2016 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of the star cluster NGC 339. This Hubble image shows the massive star cluster NGC 339....

Apr 22, 2016 by Natali Anderson

This new image from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows the beautiful and elegant galaxy NGC 4111. NGC 4111. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy...

Apr 22, 2016 by Natali Anderson

In celebration of the 26th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have captured an amazing image of the Bubble Nebula...

Apr 20, 2016 by News Staff

During a December 2013 solar flare, three solar-watching satellites — NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), the agency’s Solar and Terrestrial...

Apr 20, 2016 by News Staff

New images captured by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft from a distance of 240 miles (385 km) show two prominent craters on the surface of Ceres: Oxo and Haulani. This...

Apr 18, 2016 by News Staff

This infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) shows an emission nebula known as IC 417. This infrared...

Apr 15, 2016 by News Staff

The NASA/ESA Cassini spacecraft has detected the faint but distinct signature of dust coming from outside our Solar System, from the Local Interstellar...

Apr 14, 2016 by Natali Anderson

An international team of astronomers has discovered one of the youngest and brightest free-floating, planet-like objects within relatively close proximity...

Apr 11, 2016 by News Staff

Hubble astronomers provide a beautiful look inside UGC 477, a type of galaxy known as a low surface brightness galaxy. This Hubble image shows the low...

Apr 11, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using data from NASA’s Kepler mission have identified a new type of exoplanet called ‘hot super-Earths.’ In this artist’s conception...

Apr 11, 2016 by Natali Anderson

NASA has released a beautiful photo taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope of an irregular dwarf galaxy known as Leo A. This image from the NASA/ESA...

Apr 7, 2016 by News Staff

Using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole with a mass of 17 billion Suns in the center of the relatively...

Apr 6, 2016 by News Staff

The Solar Wind Around Pluto (SWAP) instrument on NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft has recorded significant changes in how the solar wind behaves far from...

Apr 2, 2016 by News Staff

The infrared vision of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope pierced the dusty heart of our Milky Way Galaxy to reveal more than half a million stars at...

Mar 31, 2016 by News Staff

Using data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have mapped how conditions on 55 Cancri e – a ‘nearby’ super-Earth exoplanet –...

Mar 29, 2016 by Enrico de Lazaro

Planetary researchers on NASA’s Cassini mission have published a new study describing the process that drives and sustains long-lived geysers on Enceladus,...