Over the last two years, scientists have utilized NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to explore what astronomers call Cosmic Dawn, the period in the first few hundred million years…
Panels a, b, and c each show stereographic image pairs of asteroid Dinkinesh taken by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft’s L’LORRI Instrument around closest approach on Nov. 1, 2023. Yellow and rose…
This computer-generated 3D model of Venus’ surface shows the volcano Sif Mons, which is exhibiting signs of ongoing activity. Using data from NASA’s Magellan mission, Italian researchers detected evidence of…
Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket lifted off from Launch Complex 1 at Māhia, New Zealand at 7:41 p.m. NZST on May 25, 2024 (3:41 a.m. EDT) carrying a small satellite for…
Voyager 1 has resumed returning science data from two of its four instruments for the first time since a computer issue arose in November 2023. The mission's science teams are…
A team of astronomers has studied 16 supermassive black holes that are firing powerful beams into space, tracking where these beams, or jets, are pointing now and where they were…
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a triple-star star system.Nestled within a reflection nebula, the trio of stars within this celestial portrait resembles a glittering cosmic geode, emanating a…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured an image of a solar flare on May 12, highlighting the extremely hot material in flares with teal-colored extreme ultraviolet light.The Sun unleashed a potent…
The images provide compelling evidence of an exhaust vent connected to a chimney, releasing hot gas from the vicinity of the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky…
Introduction: In the vast expanse of the cosmos, amidst the twinkling stars and swirling galaxies, lies a celestial wonder known as UGC 9684. Captured by the keen eye of the…
This image features the spiral galaxy NGC 4951, located roughly 50 million light-years away from Earth.In the vast expanse of the cosmos, where stars dance across the canvas of the…
On May 10, 2024, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory unveiled a stunning image of a solar flare, showcasing intense bursts of extreme ultraviolet light, depicted in golden hues.In the early hours…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured images of the solar flares, showcasing bright flashes in the left (May 8 flare) and right (May 7 flare) images, displaying extreme ultraviolet light highlighting…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the solar flares' bright flashes in the upper right on May 5 and May 6, 2024, highlighting the extremely hot material in flares, colorized in…
These images depict the dusty debris disk around AU Mic, a red dwarf star 32 light-years away in the constellation Microscopium. Utilizing Webb's NIRCam equipped with a coronagraph, scientists studied…
