On September 26, 2022, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) intentionally slammed into Dimorphos, a moonlet of the asteroid Didymos. According...
The triple star system LTT 1445, at a distance of 22.5 light-years, hosts some of the nearest rocky planets.
This Chandra image shows the LTT 1445 system:...
Astronomers have analyzed publicly available data from the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope for three Seyfert...
Terzan 1 is a globular cluster about 21,800 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius.
This Hubble image shows Terzan 1, a globular cluster...
These images of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa were taken by the JunoCam instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during a close approach on September 29,...
This black-and-white image of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa was taken by the Stellar Reference Unit (SRU) instrument on board NASA’s Juno orbiter during...
Dust is a key ingredient in both observed and physical properties of galaxies. It obscures and scatters stellar light, and enables star formation by acting...
The Stephan’s Quintet, the Cartwheel Galaxy, the galaxy cluster SMACS J0723.3-7327, and the Carina Nebula were among the first publicly released images...
On September 26, 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft intentionally crashed into the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos for the first planetary defense test. Two days...
The Hubble team has released a stunning image of two interacting galaxies collectively known as Arp-Madore 608-333.
This Hubble image shows the galaxy...
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope teamed up to collect data before and after NASA’s Double Asteroid...
The Webb team has released a vivid image of the intermediate spiral galaxy IC 5332.
This Webb image shows IC 5332, a spiral galaxy some 25 million light-years...
Astronomers using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) have discovered a Jovian planet orbiting the M4-type dwarf TOI-5205. Their paper...
NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft is set to crash into Dimorphos, a moon of the asteroid Didymos, on September 26, 2022, at 7:14...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have taken a detailed image of the spiral galaxy NGC 5495.
This Hubble image shows NGC 5495, a spiral...
Intensity data of visible light seen by a camera can be plotted as a 3D elevation landscape. The new computer animation, created by citizen scientist and...
NASA has released beautiful photos taken by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope of the ice giant Neptune, its dusty rings, and seven moons.
This...