Revealing Cosmic “Skeletons” – SOFIA Maps the First Magnetic Fields of a Galactic Bone in Their Entirety
A map shows the direction of magnetic fields in the G47 bone overlain atop an image of the G47 filament...
Intriguing New Details on the Gas Giant’s Formation Journey
Artist impression based on JunoCam image of Jupiter acquired on July 21, 2021. Enhanced to highlight features, clouds, colors, and...
Hubble Has Directly Photographed Evidence of a Planet Forming in an Unconventional Way
Researchers were able to directly image newly forming exoplanet AB Aurigae b over a 13-year span using Hubble’s Space Telescope...
Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument Cooldown Continues
This artist’s conception shows the fully unfolded James Webb Space Telescope in space. Credit: Adriana Manrique Gutierrez, NASA Animator “The...
Astronomy & Astrophysics 101: Asteroids
Animation of an asteroid rotating in space. Asteroids are rocky celestial bodies that orbit the Sun, but do not meet...
NASA Uses Reflected Moonlight To Improve Satellite Accuracy
NASA’s ER-2 aircraft shown ready for fueling and flight preparations. Credit: Ken Ulrich
Astronomers Detect Powerful “Galactic Space Laser” Five Billion Light Years From Earth
Inside a galaxy merger are hydroxyl molecules, composed of one atom of hydrogen and one atom of oxygen. When one...
NASA Announces Latest Candidates for CubeSat Space Missions
A total of four CubeSats were deployed from the International Space Station on the ELaNa38 Mission. Credit: NASA
Hubble Probes Bizarre Weather Conditions on Sizzling Worlds
This is an artist’s illustration of the planet KELT-20b which orbits a blue-white star. The giant planet is so close...
NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover Reroutes Away From Knife-Edged “Gator-Back” Rocks
To avoid patches of knife-edged rocks, the mission has taken an alternative path up Mount Sharp.
