Astronomy
Hubble Sees a Star ‘Inflating’ a Giant Bubble
(Source NASA) - For the 26th birthday of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers are highlighting a Hubble image of an…
Kepler enters emergency mode
The Kepler spacecraft, which has been responsible for finding the majority of Exoplanets thus far, has entered emergency mode for unknown…
Geminid meteor shower peak Dec 13, NASA hosting tweet chat
Weather permitting, the Geminid meteor shower is anticipated to bring up to 100 meteors per hour, with many visible to…
NASA Space Telescopes See “First Born” Image of the Faintest Galaxy
(NASA) - Astronomers harnessing the combined power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes have found the faintest object ever…
Fixing JWST (and other large and complex space projects)
JWST is the kind of thing that causes “civilians” to shake their heads and wonder what is wrong with NASA…
Hubble finds structures have never before been seen
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered never-before-seen…
Nearest Quasar Is Powered by a Double Black Hole
(NASA) - Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found that Markarian 231 (Mrk 231), the nearest galaxy to Earth…
Images of Planet outside our solar system published. 51 Eridani b
For years the hopes of actually seeing a planet outside our own solar system have been tied to the James…
Perseid Meteor Shower could be best of 2015
This week will be the peak viewing time for the annual 2015 Perseids Meteor Shower, with predicted rates of up to…
Animated Flyover of Pluto’s Icy Mountain and Plains
(NASA) - This simulated flyover of Pluto’s Norgay Montes (Norgay Mountains) and Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain) was created from New…