When a meteorite hurtles through the atmosphere and crashes to Earth, how does its violent…
Hubble Maps Giant Halo Around Andromeda Galaxy
In a landmark study, scientists using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have mapped the immense envelope of gas, called a halo, surrounding the Andromeda galaxy, our nearest large galactic neighbor. Scientists were surprised…
ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter Returns First Data, Snaps Closest Pictures of the Sun
The first images from ESA/NASA’s Solar Orbiter are now available to the public, including the closest pictures ever taken of the Sun. Solar Orbiter is an international collaboration between the European Space…
NASA Observes Large Saharan Dust Plume Over Atlantic Ocean
NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite observed a huge Saharan dust plume streaming over the North Atlantic Ocean, beginning on June 13. Satellite data showed the dust had spread over 2,000 miles. At NASA’s…
‘Distance’ from the Brightest Stars Is Key to Preserving Primordial Discs
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope was used to conduct a three-year study of the crowded, massive and young star cluster Westerlund 2. The research found that the material encircling stars near the…
Finnish Researchers Have Discovered a New Type of Matter Inside Neutron Stars
A Finnish research group has found strong evidence for the presence of exotic quark matter inside the cores of the largest neutron stars in existence. The conclusion was reached by combining recent…
