Color shows the polarized microwave emission measured by QUIJOTE. The pattern of lines superposed shows the direction of the magnetic field lines. Credit:…
A color rendition of NGC 6302, the Butterfly Nebula, created from black-and-white exposures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 2019 and 2020.…
The galaxy cluster SMACS 0723 as seen by NIRCam on JWST. It’s gravitational lensing properties (from its mass and from the mass of…
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A rare, recently discovered comet with a greenish tint is expected to whiz by Earth over the next few…
The HH 24 Complex. Credit: Reipurth et al. Astronomers have performed an impressive suite of observations at multiple wavelengths of the same system,…
This sequence of artist’s illustrations shows how a black hole can devour a bypassing star. 1. A normal star passes near a supermassive…
The unusual fireworks-like structure of nebula Pa 30 may result from the merger of two dying stars. Credit: Robert Fesen A Dartmouth professor’s…
Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Mineral samples collected from the Ryugu asteroid by the Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft are helping UCLA space scientists…
New research reveals that the mass of newly born stars (yellow, orange, and red circles stand for stars from higher to lower mass)…
This image, which is brimming with stars and dark dust clouds, is a small extract—a mere pinprick—of the full Dark Energy Camera Plane…
Two interacting galaxies viewed from the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team Research led by the University of Southampton has revealed how…
Many of Earth’s volatiles came from beyond Jupiter. Credit: Shutterstock/NASA Meteorites have told Imperial researchers the likely far-flung origin of Earth’s volatile chemicals,…