Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope have assembled compelling evidence for the existence of a large...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has delivered an unrivalled snapshot of NGC 1898, a globular cluster in the constellation Dorado.
This Hubble image...
Astronomers have discovered a ‘super-Earth’ exoplanet orbiting a Sun-like star 473 light-years from Earth.
An artist’s impression of the super-Earth...
The Martian moons Phobos and Deimos have been suggested to be captured asteroids based on the similarities between the dark, red, nearly featureless spectra...
Researchers using data from NASA’s Cassini orbiter have found evidence for massive dust storms in Titan’s equatorial regions. The discovery, reported...
Mars had right conditions for subsurface life some 3.7 to 4.1 billion years ago (Noachian period), according to new research from Brown University.
An...
A new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the diverse collection of galaxies in the huge cluster SDSS J1050+0017.
This Hubble image shows...
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite have discovered a super-Earth orbiting an unusually bright, Sun-like star called...
Our Sun rotates faster at its equator than at its poles. This process is known as differential rotation and is seen in the motion of sunspots. Now, a team...
An unusual infrared emission from the neutron star RX J0806.4-4123 detected by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope could indicate new features never before...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a detailed image of a spectacular part of the Coma cluster, a structure of over a thousand galaxies bound...
Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a spectacular image of Abell 370, a massive galaxy cluster embedded among nearly thousands...
SDSS J1138+2754, a galaxy cluster located approximately 5 billion light-years away in the constellation Leo, is so massive that its gravity distorts, brightens,...
Astronomers using data from the Kepler spacecraft’s K2 mission have discovered two mini-Neptune exoplanets orbiting a star in an open star cluster called...
When NASA’s Cassini spacecraft arrived at Saturn in 2004, the gas giant’s southern hemisphere was enjoying summertime, while the northern was in the...
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking photo of the lenticular galaxy NGC 4036.
This Hubble image shows the lenticular galaxy NGC...
