That NASA's Mars Perseverance rover, achieved a remarkable feat by navigating through a field of boulders that was more than 1,700 feet wide, and it did so in about one-third…
The discovery of an enormous planet orbiting a dying star, known as 8 Ursae Minoris b, is shaking up our understanding of how planets form and the limits of stellar…
Arp 107, a pair of galaxies in the midst of a cosmic collision. using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), we can get a great look…
The grand-design spiral galaxy M51 is enveloped by graceful and winding arms that are captured in this image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Unlike other galaxies which have…
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has provided an extremely detailed view of Herbig-Haro 211, a young star analogous to our Sun. This nearby star is surrounded by gas and dust…
Have you ever wondered how fast the universe is expanding? Scientists have been asking this same question for years. In fact, it’s one of the most fundamental parameters for understanding…
This artist’s concept shows what K2-18 b could look like, 120 light-years away from Earth in the habitable zone around the cool dwarf star K2-18. Data collected by the telescope…
The first astronauts to land on Mars may owe a debt of gratitude to the descendants of a microwave oven sized device called MOXIE (Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization…
The colorful image of the globular star cluster Terzan 12 is an awe-inspiring example of how dust in space can influence the starlight that comes from background objects. A globular…
Using NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, which launched in 2004, scientists have discovered a black hole in a distant galaxy repeatedly nibbling on a Sun-like star. This remarkable discovery signals…
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has captured images of the Chandrayaan-3 landing site on the Moon’s surface. ISRO's Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed on the Moon's surface on August 23, 2023, in…
Gazing out into the night sky, it's easy to be in awe of the wonders of the universe. But there's one particular sight that's truly out of this world: the…
Messier 89, located in the Virgo constellation, was discovered and catalogued by Charles Messier in 1781. Messier was an astronomer who had grown tired of being mistaken for Halley’s comet…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has begun to study one of the most renowned supernovae, SN 1987A (Supernova 1987A). Located 168,000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, SN 1987A…
