Goldilocks Stars Are Best Places to Look for Life

This infographic compares the characteristics of three classes of stars in our galaxy: Sunlike stars are...
Kangaroo Island Shows Burn Scars On One Third of the Land Mass

These images taken by the Terra satellite and enhanced by using correction reflectance bands on the MODIS (...
New Technique May Give NASA’s Webb Telescope a Way to Quickly Identify Planets with Oxygen

Conceptual image of water-bearing (left) and dry (right) exoplanets with oxygen-rich atmospheres. Crescents are...
NASA’s TESS Mission Uncovers Its 1st World With Two Stars

TOI 1338 b is silhouetted by its host stars. TESS only detects transits from the larger star.
NASA's Great Observatories Help Astronomers Build a 3D Visualization of an Exploded Star

This new multiwavelength image of the Crab Nebula combines X-ray light from the Chandra X-ray...
NASA's Hubble Surveys Gigantic Galaxy

This Hubble Space Telescope photograph showcases the majestic spiral galaxy UGC 2885,...
Scientists Find Evidence that Venus has Active Volcanoes

This figure shows the volcanic peak Idunn Mons (at 46 degrees...
Ferocious Fires in New South Wales Intensify