NOIRLab: Potential First Traces of the Universe’s Earliest Stars
Astronomers may have discovered the ancient chemical remains of the first stars to light up the Universe ...
STScI: New Webb Image Captures Clearest View of Neptune’s Rings in Decades
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope shows off its capabilities closer to home with its first image of Neptune. Not only ...
NOIRLab: Dark Energy Camera Captures Bright, Young Stars Blazing Inside Glowing Nebula
NOIRLab has released a breathtaking image of the star-forming Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357), which is located about 8000 light-years from ...
NSO: U.S. National Science Foundation Celebrates the Inauguration of its Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope
On August 31, 2022, a delegation of NSF leaders, congressional dignitaries, and members of both the scientific and Native Hawaiian ...
STScI: NASA’s Webb Detects Carbon Dioxide in Exoplanet Atmosphere
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured the first clear evidence for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet ...
Unexpected details leap out in sharp new James Webb Space Telescope images of Jupiter
The latest images of Jupiter from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are stunners ...
NOIRLab: Sharpest Image Ever of Universe’s Most Massive Known Star
By harnessing the capabilities of the 8.1-meter Gemini South telescope in Chile, which is part of the International Gemini Observatory ...
STScI: Hubble Sees Red Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Slowly Recovering After Blowing Its Top
Analyzing data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and several other observatories, astronomers have concluded that the bright red supergiant star ...
AURA Celebrates JWST First Images
AURA salutes the international effort of talented people who worked so hard to make these first JWST images possible ...
STScI: Hubble Determines Mass of Isolated Black Hole Roaming Our Milky Way Galaxy
Astronomers estimate that 100 million black holes roam among the stars in our Milky Way galaxy, but they have never ...
NOIRLab: Gemini North Telescope Helps Explain Why Uranus and Neptune Are Different Colors
Astronomers may now understand why the similar planets Uranus and Neptune are different colors. Using observations from the Gemini North ...
NSO: Scientists Developed New Model to Predict Sunspot and Plage Coverage for Solar Cycle 25
Sunspot and plage area used as a better proxy to predict magnetic phenomena and other indicators important for space weather ...
