NSO: The Sun’s Polar Magnetic Field will Soon Flip
The Sun is about to turn upside down – magnetically speaking, of course. In recent months, we’ve seen an uptick ...
Rubin Observatory : New Algorithm Developed for Rubin Ensnares its First Asteroid
A team from the University of Washington's DiRAC Institute has developed a new asteroid-discovery algorithm to use with future data from Rubin ...
NOIRLab: Dark Energy Camera Captures Galaxies in Lopsided Tug of War, a Prelude to Merger
Galaxies grow and evolve over billions of years by absorbing nearby companions and merging with other galaxies. The early stages ...
STScI: Hubble Sees Boulders Escaping from Asteroid Dimorphos
The popular 1954 rock song "Shake, Rattle and Roll," could be the theme music for the Hubble Space Telescope's latest ...
STScI: Webb Celebrates First Year of Science With Close-up on Birth of Sun-like Stars
From our cosmic backyard in the solar system to distant galaxies near the dawn of time, NASA’s James Webb Space ...
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 ...