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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
5 Aug 2020, 14:00 UTC
Scientists have developed a new prediction of the shape of the bubble surrounding our solar system using a model developed with data from NASA missions.
Uncovering Our Solar System’s Shape
5 Aug 2020, 14:00 UTC
Scientists have developed a new prediction of the shape of the bubble surrounding our solar system using a model developed with data from NASA missions.
ESA Top News
4 Aug 2020, 08:03 UTC
In a peninsula far, far away, a laser shoots into the sky to study the Antarctic atmosphere at Concordia research station.
Return of the LIDAR
4 Aug 2020, 08:03 UTC
In a peninsula far, far away, a laser shoots into the sky to study the Antarctic atmosphere at Concordia research station.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
3 Aug 2020, 15:05 UTC
Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) announced today the discovery of a complex set of spiral arms extending to 1000 astronomical units from the young variable star, RU Lup. The discovery, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reveals new details concerning the size and structure of "planet factories," the protoplanetary disks of gas and dust surrounding stars where planets are born.
CfA Scientists Discover Mysterious Spiral Structures around a "Planet Factory"
3 Aug 2020, 15:05 UTC
Scientists at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) announced today the discovery of a complex set of spiral arms extending to 1000 astronomical units from the young variable star, RU Lup. The discovery, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reveals new details concerning the size and structure of "planet factories," the protoplanetary disks of gas and dust surrounding stars where planets are born.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
31 Jul 2020, 11:58 UTC
Looking its best ever is the star cluster NGC 2203, here imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Aside from its dazzling good looks, this cluster of stars contains lots of astronomical treats that have helped astronomers puzzle together the lifetimes of stars.
Hubble Peeks at Stellar Treats
31 Jul 2020, 11:58 UTC
Looking its best ever is the star cluster NGC 2203, here imaged by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Aside from its dazzling good looks, this cluster of stars contains lots of astronomical treats that have helped astronomers puzzle together the lifetimes of stars.
ESA Top News
29 Jul 2020, 07:00 UTC
A mysteriously long, thin cloud has again appeared over the 20-km high Arsia Mons volcano on Mars.
Return of the extremely elongated cloud on Mars
29 Jul 2020, 07:00 UTC
A mysteriously long, thin cloud has again appeared over the 20-km high Arsia Mons volcano on Mars.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
27 Jul 2020, 15:08 UTC
Scientists from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian and the New Jersey Institute of Technology today announced the first successful measurement and characterization of the "central engine" of large solar flare. The findings, published today in Nature Astronomy, reveal the source of the intense energy powering solar flares.
CfA Scientists and Team Take a Look Inside the Central Engine of a Solar Flare for the First Time
27 Jul 2020, 15:08 UTC
Scientists from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian and the New Jersey Institute of Technology today announced the first successful measurement and characterization of the "central engine" of large solar flare. The findings, published today in Nature Astronomy, reveal the source of the intense energy powering solar flares.
ESA Top News
27 Jul 2020, 12:42 UTC
ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has spotted new gas signatures at Mars. These unlock new secrets about the martian atmosphere, and will enable a more accurate determination of whether there is methane, a gas associated with biological or geological activity, at the planet.
ExoMars finds new gas signatures in the martian atmosphere
27 Jul 2020, 12:42 UTC
ESA’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has spotted new gas signatures at Mars. These unlock new secrets about the martian atmosphere, and will enable a more accurate determination of whether there is methane, a gas associated with biological or geological activity, at the planet.
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
24 Jul 2020, 12:09 UTC
A notable feature of most spiral galaxies is the multitude of arching spiral arms that seemingly spin out from the galaxy’s center. In this image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the stunning silvery-blue spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 4848 are observed in immense detail. Not only do we see the inner section of the spiral arms containing hundreds of thousands of young, bright, blue stars, but Hubble has also captured the extremely faint, wispy tails of the outer spiral arms. Myriad more distant and delightfully diverse galaxies appear in the background.
