STScI: Hubble Launches Large Ultraviolet-Light Survey of Nearby Stars
To better understand stellar evolution, the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore, Maryland, has launched an ambitious new initiative ...
NOIRLab: Astronomers are Bulging with Data
Star-studded image shows the glittering central parts of the Milky Way ...
NOIRLab: Looking Sharp: Most Detailed Image Yet of Famous Stellar Nursery
The Carina Nebula observed in unprecedented detail with adaptive optics ...
STScI: Hubble Watches Exploding Star Fade into Oblivion
Disappearing Supernova in Distant Galaxy Captured in Hubble Movie ...
STScI: NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Explore the Cores of Merging Galaxies
Researchers will study four nearby merging galaxies in unprecedented detail ...
NOIRLab: A White Dwarf’s Surprise Planetary Companion
Astronomers detect first-of-its-kind exoplanet around dead star ...
STScI: Hubble Captures Crisp New Portrait of Jupiter’s Storms
This latest image of Jupiter, taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope on August 25, 2020, was captured when the planet ...
NOIRLab: A Dizzying Show by Comet NEOWISE
Gemini Observatory images reveal striking details of our recent celestial visitor’s rotation ...
NOIRLab: Cool New Worlds Found in Our Cosmic Backyard
Citizen scientists and NOIRLab facilities key to discovery of almost 100 nearby cool brown dwarfs ...
STScI: Hubble Uses Earth as a Proxy for Identifying Oxygen on Potentially Habitable Planets Around Other Stars
Taking advantage of a total lunar eclipse, astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have detected Earth's own brand of sunscreen ...
NOIRLab: Astronomers Sink Their Teeth Into Special Supernova
Astronomers using several telescopes at NOIRLab, including the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope, have obtained critical data on a particular ...
NOIRLab: Gemini Observatory’s Quick Reflexes Capture Fleeting Flash
Rapid follow-up of the optical afterglow from one of the most distant confirmed short gamma-ray bursts (SGRB), thought to be ...