Astronomy

Kepler Science Module Fails but Mission can continue

Preparations continue for the first K2 campaign in the ecliptic plane ... if it is approved, following the 2014 Astrophysics…

11 years ago

Hubble Captures Image of Type Ia Supernova

(NASA) - This is a Hubble Space Telescope composite image of a supernova explosion designated SN 2014J in the galaxy…

11 years ago

Chandra Sees Runaway Pulsar Creating an Extraordinary Jet

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has seen a fast-moving pulsar escaping from a supernova remnant while spewing out a record-breaking jet…

11 years ago

Astronomers find one of the most distant galaxies known to date

NASA - An international team led by astronomers from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) and La Laguna University…

11 years ago

Herschel Telescope Detects Water on Dwarf Planet

(NASA) Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and…

11 years ago

Hubble Views Stellar Genesis in the Southern Pinwheel

A photogenic and favorite target for amateur astronomers, the full beauty of nearby spiral galaxy M83 is unveiled in all…

11 years ago

Hubble finds two cloudy planets 40 light years away

(NASA) - Scientists using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have characterized the atmospheres of two of the most common type of…

11 years ago

Scientists puzzled by most distant gravitational lens

(NASA) -This Hubble Space Telescope photo shows the most distant gravitational lens yet discovered. The glow at the center of…

11 years ago

Hubble Space Telescope image resembles holiday wreath of sparkling lights

This festive NASA Hubble Space Telescope image resembles a holiday wreath made of sparkling lights. The bright southern hemisphere star…

11 years ago

Two Orbiting Black Holes found by WISE

(Source NASA/JPL) Two black holes are entwined in a gravitational tango in Supermassive black holes at the hearts of galaxies…

11 years ago