The atmospheric composition of the hot gas giant exoplanet WASP-39 b has been revealed.
Category: Astronomy and Space
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed the once-hidden features of the protostar within the dark cloud L1527 – a fiery hourglass as new star forms.
The protostar itself is hidden from view within the “neck” of this hourglass shape. An edge-on protoplanetary disk is seen as a dark line across the middle of the neck. Light from the protostar leaks above and below this disk, illuminating cavities within the surrounding gas and dust.
Liftoff! NASA’s Artemis I Mega Rocket Launches Orion to Moon!
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket carrying the Orion spacecraft launches on the Artemis I flight test, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022, from Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Dark Energy Camera spots the largest potentially hazardous asteroid (NEAs)detected in the last eight years.
Twilight observations with the US Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, have enabled astronomers to spot three near-Earth asteroids (NEA) hiding in the glare of the Sun.
A new way to make telescope mirrors could sharpen our view of the universe.
Femtosecond lasers are used to fabricate precision ultrathin mirrors for space telescopes that capture star formation and other high-energy space events.
Thank you JWST, for the clearest picture of Neptune’s rings in more than three decades.
Neptune has fascinated researchers since its discovery in 1846. Located 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth, Neptune orbits in the remote, dark region of the outer solar system. And it has rings!
NASA Confirms DART Mission Impact Changed Asteroid’s Motion in Space
Analysis of data obtained over the past two weeks by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) investigation team shows the spacecraft’s kinetic impact with its target asteroid, Dimorphos, successfully altered the asteroid’s orbit.
Check out the pictures sent back to Earth as NASA’s DART mission hits Dimorphos asteroid in first-ever planetary defense test.
After 10 months flying in space, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) – the world’s first planetary defense technology demonstration – successfully impacted its asteroid target on Monday, the agency’s first attempt to move an asteroid in space.
NASA released a revised version of its Moon to Mars objectives Tuesday, forming a blueprint for shaping exploration throughout the solar system.
The guideposts in the agency’s Moon to Mars exploration approach will help shape NASA’s investments, as well as those of the agency’s industry and international partners, toward the Moon and beyond.
NASA identifies thirteen candidate regions for landing next Americans on Moon
As NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon under the Artemis program, the agency has identified thirteen candidate landing regions near the lunar South Pole. Each region contains multiple potential landing sites for Artemis III, which will be the first of the Artemis missions to bring crew to the lunar surface, including the…
