Spitzer Telescope Reveals the Precise Timing of a Black Hole Dance
This image shows two massive black holes in the OJ 287 galaxy. The smaller black hole orbits the larger one, which is also...
NASA CubeSat Will Shine a Laser Light on the Moon's Darkest Craters
This artist's concept shows the briefcase-sized Lunar Flashlight spacecraft using its near-infrared lasers to shine...
Why Earth is the Blue Planet
Mechanisms that affect the water content of Venus’s atmosphere during the long-term evolution...
New discovery: first asteroid population from outside our solar system
Although some interstellar bodies only pass through, others remain and orbit the sun. This is the case for 19 asteroids that gravitate between Jupiter and Neptune. According to the two scientists’ calculations, their current orbits and characteristics...
Star Survives Close Call with a Black Hole
Illustration of Black Hole & White Dwarf
Hungry Galaxies Grow Fat on the Flesh of Their Neighbors
Distribution of dark matter density overlayed with the gas density. This image...
World's First 3D Simulations Reveal the Physics of Superluminous Supernovae
The nebula phase of the magnetar-powered super-luminous supernova from our 3D simulation. At the moment, the supernova ejecta...
How NASA's Perseverance Mars Team Has Adjusted to Work in the Time of Coronavirus
Members of NASA's Perseverance rover mission work remotely from home during the coronavirus outbreak.
