Astronomy

Hubble Sees a Star ‘Inflating’ a Giant Bubble

(Source NASA) - For the 26th birthday of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers are highlighting a Hubble image of an…

9 years ago

Kepler enters emergency mode

The Kepler spacecraft, which has been responsible for finding the majority of Exoplanets thus far, has entered emergency mode for unknown…

9 years ago

Geminid meteor shower peak Dec 13, NASA hosting tweet chat

Weather permitting, the Geminid meteor shower is anticipated to bring up to 100 meteors per hour, with many visible to…

9 years ago

NASA Space Telescopes See “First Born” Image of the Faintest Galaxy

(NASA) - Astronomers harnessing the combined power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have found the faintest object ever…

9 years ago

Fixing JWST (and other large and complex space projects)

JWST is the kind of thing that causes “civilians” to shake their heads and wonder what is wrong with NASA…

9 years ago

Hubble finds structures have never before been seen

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered never-before-seen…

9 years ago

Nearest Quasar Is Powered by a Double Black Hole

(NASA) - Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found that Markarian 231 (Mrk 231), the nearest galaxy to Earth…

9 years ago

Images of Planet outside our solar system published. 51 Eridani b

For years the hopes of actually seeing a planet outside our own solar system have been tied to the James…

9 years ago

Perseid Meteor Shower could be best of 2015

This week will be the peak viewing time for the annual  2015 Perseids Meteor Shower, with predicted rates of up to…

9 years ago

Animated Flyover of Pluto’s Icy Mountain and Plains

(NASA) - This simulated flyover of Pluto’s Norgay Montes (Norgay Mountains) and Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain) was created from New…

9 years ago