Newly Released NASA Collection of Spiral Galaxies May Leave Viewers 'Mesmerized'

The images came from the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) program, supported by more than 150 astronomers.

By Blake Isbell

31 January 41 Views

Astronomers Discover Blockbuster Star They Nicknamed Barbenheimer Because 'We've Never Seen Anything Like This'

SDSS astronomers have discovered an enormous celestial star so unusual they named it 'the Barbenheimer Star'

By Jeanne Goddard

21 January 43 Views

Astronomers Detect Oldest Black Hole Ever Observed Dating 'From the Dawn of the Universe'

GN-z11 is a compact galaxy, about one hundred times smaller than the Milky Way, but the ancient black hole is likely harming its development.

By Blake Isbell

17 January 41 Views

This Tiny Moon of Saturn Is the Smallest Case of a Subsurface Ocean Ever Found in the Solar System

Think of a glacier shaped like a ball the size of California or Spain and you have some idea of what Mimas looks like.

By Blake Isbell

12 February 39 Views

Scientists Spot Mysterious Aurora on Distant Celestial Object

Unlike any planets in our solar system that experience aurorae, it's an isolated object in space with no nearby star to create one.

By Blake Isbell

12 January 55 Views

Incredible Pictures Show Jupiter's Volcanic Moon Io in Stunning Detail

The orbiter has performed 56 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the gas giant's four largest moons

By Blake Isbell

04 January 37 Views

First-time Ever, Scientists Find Planet Almost as Big as its Host Star: 'How little we know about the universe'

The team established the mass of the transiting body as 0.35% the mass of the star, and about the size of Neptune-technically impossible.

By Blake Isbell

28 December 37 Views

Record-Breaking Fast Radio Burst from Space Alerts Astronomers to Fascinating Blob of Galaxies

Some experts have suggested FRBs may be from an extraterrestrial life form trying to contact other civilizations.

By Blake Isbell

10 January 49 Views

Spacefaring Japan May Become the 5th Country to Land on the Moon This Month

JAXA, or the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, has already accomplished a number of impressive spacefaring feats over the last three decades

By Blake Isbell

03 January 41 Views

New James Webb Image Shows 'Crowded, Tumultuous' Heart of Our Galaxy in Never-Before-Seen Detail

The James Webb Space Telescope recently took a picture of the C region of the Sagittarius constellation, deep in the galactic center of the Milky Way in order to find what's going on inside. Located about 300 light years from the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy, and 25,000 light years from […]

By Blake Isbell

22 December 34 Views

NASA Turns Light into Sound Frequency Creating a Milky Way Symphony (LISTEN)

In each of the images, optical, infrared, and X-ray light has its own track, some represented by strings, and others by bells, or synths.

By Blake Isbell

01 December 36 Views

The Hubble and Webb Telescopes Join to Create Unprecedented Photo of Universe

The bluest galaxies are relatively nearby and detected by Hubble, while the redder galaxies tend to be more distant as detected by Webb.

By Blake Isbell

13 November 41 Views

Amateur Astronomer Saw Never Before Seen Collision Event in Data Where the Professionals Didn't

The confidence he had in what he saw led to an international team of astronomers being formed to investigate his claims.

By Blake Isbell

21 October 40 Views

'Unprecedented' New Photos of the Sun's Surface Are Being Hailed as Landmark Achievement for Science

These groundbreaking photos of the surface of the sun are being hailed as a landmark moment for a "new era of solar astronomy".

By Jeanne Goddard

29 January 38 Views

Last Full Moon of the Decade Rises on 12/12 at 12:12 AM - For Lucky East Coasters

In addition to being the last full moon of the decade, this week's moonrise on the east coast of the United States will take place at 12:12AM on 12/12.

By Tiffani Spengler

10 December 41 Views