4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) These maps of Prince George’s County, MD, show surface temperatures collected a few hours apart on July 30, 2023 from
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) These maps of Prince George’s County, MD, show surface temperatures collected a few hours apart on July 30, 2023 from
For this new Picture of the Month feature, the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has provided a fantastic new view of IRAS 04302+2247, a planet-forming disk located about 525 light-years
A research team has used both archival Hubble Space Telescope data and new observations to precisely measure the binary star system NGC3603-A1. One star weighs about 93 times the mass
Keck NIRC2-LGS images of the two events. North is up and East is to the left. The green and red boxes indicate the target and comparison stars, respectively. Insets show
Season 3 of Apple TV+’s ambitious adaptation of sci-fi master Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation Trilogy” has passed the midway point of its 10-episode run and we’ve assessed the opinion that it’s
At first glance, Saturn’s moon Enceladus seems rather unremarkable: it is much smaller than the Earth’s moon and is far away and completely covered in ice.
Known exoplanets from the NASA Exoplanet Archive in terms of their mass and orbital period. Triangle and circle point markers represent minimum and true masses, respectively. The larger green markers
With shiny new next-generation spacecraft come the complex systems required to track their technologically advanced systems. When it comes to NASA’s Orion spacecraft, that need is a whole extra room
Exoplanets, -moons, -comets Status Report astro-ph.GA August 27, 2025 Velocity at infinity vs. parameter α for ejected test particles — astro-ph.EP The discovery of numerous free-floating planets (FFPs) has intensified
When was the last time you stood under a truly dark sky? Today, the LED glare of streetlights, security lamps and car headlights overwhelms starlight for most of us. More