Dark Nebula’s Stellar Cauldron Unveiled in Stunning Observation for Hubble’s 33rd Anniversary
Dark Nebula is a Cauldron of Star Birth You should know where you come from, but understanding the birth of our Sun and family of…
Dark Nebula is a Cauldron of Star Birth You should know where you come from, but understanding the birth of our Sun and family of…
The green light streaking across the cloudy sky was something that Daichi Fujii had never seen before. The museum curator’s motion-detecting cameras were set up…
NASA Retired Solar Energy Imager Spacecraft to Reenter Atmosphere NASA’s retired Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) spacecraft is predicted to reenter Earth’s…
Earth’s magnetic environment is filled with a symphony of sound that we cannot hear. All around our planet, ultralow-frequency waves compose a cacophonous operetta portraying…
NASA’s Lucy mission captured its first views of four Jupiter Trojan asteroids, with observations helping to choose exposure times for close-up observations. Lucy is on…
NASA is leveraging quantum research to advance space communications through projects like the Goddard Space Flight Center’s Quantum Laboratory and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s PEACOQ…
Glowing dust and elements display complex structures that are challenging for scientists to explain. The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the…
NASA has named Dr. Makenzie Lystrup as the new director of Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. She will be the first female center director…
Like a tornado siren for life-threatening storms in America’s heartland, a new computer model that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and NASA satellite data could sound…
On Sunday, October 9, 2022, a pulse of intense radiation swept through the solar system so exceptional that astronomers quickly dubbed it the BOAT –…
The amount of infrared light coming from TRAPPIST-1 b suggests that the planet is devoid of any significant atmosphere. Acting as a giant touch-free thermometer,…
Forecast for Blustery Winds, Smoggy Hazes The outer planets beyond Mars do not have solid surfaces to affect weather as on Earth. And, sunlight is…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft is cruising back to Earth with a sample it collected from the rocky surface of asteroid Bennu. When its sample capsule parachutes…
The examination of exoplanets is a central aspect of the James Webb Space Telescope’s scientific objectives. NASA invited Christopher Stark, the Deputy Observatory Project Scientist…
Cosmic fireworks, invisible to our eyes, fill the night sky. We can get a glimpse of this elusive light show thanks to the Large Area…
Where will you be for the 2023 and 2024 solar eclipses in the United States? NASA has released a new map that could help you…
A new NASA mission to Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, is due to launch in 2027. When it arrives on the giant moon in the mid-2030s,…
Wolf-Rayet 124: A Star in Transition Wolf-Rayet stars are a rare prelude to the famous final act of massive stars: the supernova. In one of…