NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has successfully mapped the weather on the hot gas-giant exoplanet WASP-43 b, revealing a world of extreme temperatures, high-speed winds, and thick clouds.
May 1, 2024
Scientists have discovered that the Sun has patches of "moss" on its surface. These small, bright, patchy structures made of plasma in the solar atmosphere were first spotted in 1999 by NASA's TRACE mission.
Apr 17, 2024
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has provided astronomers with an unprecedented view of the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82), located 12 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.
Apr 4, 2024
In an impressive feat, a team of scientists and engineers have completed one of the largest and most ambitious Hubble Space Telescope programs ever undertaken.
Mar 28, 2024
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured new images of the star-forming region NGC 604, located 2.73 million light-years away in the Triangulum galaxy…
Mar 11, 2024
NASA's Hubble and James Webb space telescopes have been making groundbreaking discoveries in the field of astronomy, and now, with the help of NASA's Space…
Mar 8, 2024
Scientists with NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter have calculated the rate of oxygen being produced at the Jovian moon Europa to be substantially less than most previous studies.
Mar 4, 2024
A cutting-edge tool to view planets outside our solar system has passed two key tests ahead of its launch as part of the agency’s Roman Space Telescope by…
Feb 6, 2024
Beta Pictoris, a young planetary system located just 63 light-years away, continues to intrigue scientists even after decades of in-depth study.
Jan 11, 2024
Astronomers, using data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and computational modeling, have detected significant cyclones and active weather patterns on a distant, Jupiter-sized planet situated 880 light-years away.
Jan 4, 2024
NASA’s Deep Space Network marks its 60th year on Dec. 24. In continuous operations since 1963, the DSN is what makes it possible for NASA to communicate with spacecraft at or beyond the Moon.
Dec 24, 2023
This whirling image features a bright spiral galaxy known as MCG-01-24-014, which is located about 275 million light-years from Earth.
Dec 24, 2023
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope recently trained its sights on unusual and enigmatic Uranus, an ice giant that spins on its side.
Dec 19, 2023
Marking its 1,000th Martian day on the Red Planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover recently completed its exploration of the ancient river delta that holds evidence of a lake that filled Jezero Crater billions of years ago.
Dec 12, 2023
