STScI: Saturn’s Rings Shine in Webb’s Observations of Ringed Planet
Saturn itself appears extremely dark at this infrared wavelength observed by the telescope, as methane gas absorbs almost all of ...
STScI: Webb Makes First Detection of Crucial Carbon Molecule
A team of international scientists has used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to detect a new carbon compound in space ...
NOIRLab: Gemini North Detects Multiple Rock-Forming Elements in the Atmosphere of a Scorching Exoplanet
WASP-76b is a strange world. Located 634 light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation of Pisces, the Jupiter-like exoplanet ...
NOIRLab: Gemini North Back On Sky With Dazzling Image of Supernova in the Pinwheel Galaxy
Gemini North, part of the International Gemini Observatory operated by NSF’s NOIRLab, is back observing the night sky following the ...
NSO: NSF’s GONG Facilities Helped Parker Solar Probe In Finding Source of Solar Winds
A paper published today in the Nature journal reports that NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has flown close enough to the Sun to detect fine ...
STScI: NASA’s Hubble Hunts for Intermediate-Sized Black Hole Close to Home
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have come up with what they say is some of their best evidence yet ...
NSO: New Images Released by NSF’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope released eight new images of the Sun, previewing the exciting science underway at ...
NOIRLab: Radiant Protostars and Shadowy Clouds Clash in Stellar Nursery
The clashing of energy and matter can lead to fantastical sites on Earth, such as glowing auroras and powerful lightning ...
STScI: Webb Looks for Fomalhaut’s Asteroid Belt and Finds Much More
Astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to image the warm dust around a nearby young star, Fomalhaut, in order ...
NOIRLab: Astronomers Witness Star Devouring Planet: Possible Preview of the Ultimate Fate of Earth
By studying countless stars at various stages of their evolution, astronomers have been able to piece together an understanding of ...
STScI: Webb Reveals Never-Before-Seen Details in Cassiopeia A
The explosion of a star is a dramatic event, but the remains the star leaves behind can be even more ...
STScI: Hubble Sees Possible Runaway Black Hole Creating a Trail of Stars
There's an invisible monster on the loose, barreling through intergalactic space so fast that if it were in our solar ...
