New Insight Into Parker Solar Probe's Early Observations

Realignment of open and closed magnetic field lines on the Sun, called...
Hubble Captures Breakup of Comet ATLAS

Hubble Captures Breakup of Comet ATLAS
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...