(NASA) – Scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have characterized the atmospheres of two of the most common type of…
Category: Astronomy
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…
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…
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…
Black hole 70 million times as massive as sun at center of M81 galaxy
When you think about how big our sun is, and then start to think about how massive some of the…
UPDATE – Comet ISON May have Survived! – Video
Reports of the demise of ISON may have bee pre-mature! When the comet did not reappear as expected NASA and…
Comet ISON most likely destroyed by the Sun
UPDATE 11/29/13 ISON MAY HAVE SURVIVED. Read about it here. 11/28/13 Well bad news everyone. If you did not catch…
Comet ISON Peak Today. Comet of Century? Maybe not.
Well the much anticipated date has arrived and the sky is unfortunately not ablaze with comet ISON. Anytime something is…