Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. August 11 & 12 – Venus-Jupiter Conjunction – The two brightest planets have a close meetup over several days, ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Astrophysics observations at ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths often probe the most dynamic aspects of the universe.

A mini-profile of citizen scientist Judy Schmidt, who works on astronomical image processing.

The (Proto) Planet: WISPIT 2b The Discovery: Researchers have discovered a young protoplanet called WISPIT 2b embedded in a ring-shaped gap in a disk encircling a young star. While theorists have ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. But what are Hubble and Webb looking at right this minute? A shadowy pillar harboring nascent stars? A pair of ...

This exoplanetary encyclopedia — continuously updated, with more than 6,000 entries — combines interactive 3D models and detailed data on all confirmed exoplanets. When you select a planet’s name, see ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. An urban heat island occurs when a city experiences much warmer temperatures than nearby rural areas. The difference ...

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Hubble Space Telescope astronomers, studying the northern hemisphere field from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), have measured the distance to the farthest galaxy ever seen. The ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Light pollution has long troubled astronomers, who generally shy away from deep sky observing under full Moon skies.

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. From the center of the solar system, rages a powerful wind. Sent by the Sun, this wind whips at speeds exceeding one ...