NOIRLab: Giant Comet Found in Outer Solar System by Dark Energy Survey
A giant comet from the outskirts of our Solar System has been discovered in 6 years of data from the ...
NSO: Exploring the Sources of the Solar Wind with Parker Solar Probe and NSO/GONG
In August 2018 NASA launched Parker Solar Probe, humanity’s mission to touch the Sun. In November, PSP flew close to ...
STScI: Mystery of Galaxy’s Missing Dark Matter Deepens
When astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope uncovered an oddball galaxy that looked like it didn't have much dark matter, ...
NOIRLab: Dark Energy Survey Releases Most Precise Look at the Universe’s Evolution
In 29 new scientific papers, the Dark Energy Survey examines the largest-ever maps of galaxy distribution and shapes, extending more ...
STScI: Webb to Study How Massive Stars’ Blasts of Radiation Influence Their Environments
An international team using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which is scheduled to launch in October, will study a portion ...
STScI: Hubble Tracks Down Fast Radio Bursts to Galaxies’ Spiral Arms
Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have traced the locations of five brief, powerful radio blasts to the spiral arms ...
NOIRLab: Gemini North Infrared View of Jupiter
Stunning new images of Jupiter from Gemini North and the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope showcase the planet at infrared, visible, ...
STScI: Hubble Captures Giant Star on the Edge of Destruction
In celebration of the 31st anniversary of the launching of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers aimed the renowned observatory at ...
STScI: NASA’s Webb to Study Young Exoplanets on the Edge
This outer realm of exoplanetary systems is an ideal hunting ground for NASA’s upcoming James Webb Space Telescope. Webb will ...
NOIRLab: Black Hole Pairs Found in Distant Merging Galaxies
Astronomers have found two close pairs of quasars in the distant Universe. Follow-up observations with Gemini North spectroscopically resolved one ...
STScI: NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope General Observer Scientific Programs Selected
Mission officials for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have announced the selection of the General Observer programs for the telescope’s ...
NOIRLab: MAROON-X Embarks on its Exoplanet Quest
Astronomers using the recently installed instrument MAROON-X on Gemini North have determined the mass of a transiting exoplanet orbiting the ...
