NASA’s TESS Creates a Cosmic Vista of the Northern Sky
Familiar stars shine, nebulae glow, and nearby galaxies tantalize in a new panorama of the northern sky assembled from 208 pictures captured by NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The planet…
Hubble Watches Exploding Star Fade Into Oblivion
When a star unleashes as much energy in a matter of days as our Sun does in several billion years, you know it’s not going to remain visible for long.…
Hubble Hooks a Supernova Host Galaxy
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spectacular galaxy NGC 2442, nicknamed the Meathook galaxy owing to its extremely asymmetrical and irregular shape. This galaxy was host…
Unveiling Rogue Planets With NASA’s Roman Space Telescope
New simulations show that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to reveal myriad rogue planets – freely floating bodies that drift through our galaxy untethered to a…
Hubble Snaps Close-Up of Celebrity Comet NEOWISE
NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of comet NEOWISE, taken on Aug. 8, zero in on the visitor’s coma, the gossamer shell of gas and dust that surrounds its nucleus as…