NASA’s Swift Mission Ends, Leaves Behind Scientific Bonanza
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory has ended its science mission now that the spacecraft is orbiting less than…
The Magellanic Clouds: Two Galaxies Dancing with Death
Dear readers, faithful companions of the lantern and the basketball, First, I must ask your forgiveness for a…
NASA’s Chandra Finds Unusual Objects in Pinwheel Galaxy
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, researchers found mysterious objects that give off unusually low-energy X-rays but intense levels…
NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy
Though the spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope seems serene, it hides a chaotic…
NASA’s Chandra Unveils Mysterious X-Ray Objects
Using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, scientists have discovered a new class of objects behaving unlike any they have…
Astronomers Have Completed the Largest Map of Space. Yes, You Can Play With It.
The driving force behind our universe’s accelerated expansion remains one of the greatest mysteries in astronomy. While this…
9 Things to Know About NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Roman joins an international cohort of teamworking telescopes. Roman will work in tandem with many other NASA-led and…
Galactic Gems Glisten in New Gallery From NASA’s Chandra
Galaxies are like cosmic gems, each with characteristics including size and shape that make them distinct. A new…
Roman Series: Jupiters Around Other Suns
Episode description: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is on a quest to discover planets outside our solar…
Rubin Gets a Closer Look at the COSMOS Field, Revealing More Than 650,000 Galaxies in One Image
A new image from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory captures a well-documented patch of the universe in exceptional…
The world’s largest digital camera captured more than 500,000 galaxies and 50,000 stars in one deep view of the universe
Rubin Observatory stacked hundreds of images from its 3.2-billion-pixel camera; the final view contains over half a million…
Starburst Galaxy Centaurus A – NASA
In this July 6, 2026, image, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) reveals the nearby galaxy…