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Hubble Captures a Star’s Swan Song
2025.04.11
The swirling, paint-like clouds in the darkness of space in this stunning image seem surreal, like a portal to another world opening up before us. In fact, the subject of this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is very real. We are seeing vast clouds of ionized atoms and molecules, thrown into space by a dying […]
NASA Webb’s Autopsy of Planet Swallowed by Star Yields Surprise
2025.04.10
Observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have provided a surprising twist in the narrative surrounding what is believed to be the first star observed in the act of swallowing a planet. The new findings suggest that the star actually did not swell to envelop a planet as previously hypothesized. Instead, Webb’s observations show the […]
Blooming British Isles
2025.04.10
The colorful North Atlantic waters visible around the archipelago in April 2025 are likely due to a mix of phytoplankton and suspended sediment.
Building Out Chattanooga
2025.04.10
Signs of urban expansion cover parts of Tennessee’s “scenic city,” which is nestled along the meandering Tennessee River.
Hubble Helps Determine Uranus’ Rotation Rate with Unprecedented Precision
2025.04.09
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has made new measurements of Uranus’ interior rotation rate with a novel technique, achieving a level of accuracy 1,000 times greater than previous estimates. By analyzing more than a decade of Hubble observations of Uranus’ aurorae, researchers have refined the planet’s rotation period and […]
Flooding Along the Mississippi
2025.04.09
A slow-moving storm system dumped heavy rain across the Midwest and Southeast and fueled major floods along several of the river’s tributaries.
South Korea Charred by Fire
2025.04.08
Following destructive fires in March 2025, satellite imagery showed burned land stretching more than 80 kilometers toward the coastline in the country’s southeast.
A Curtain of Dust Over the Tarim Basin
2025.04.05
In a seasonal spectacle, a spring dust storm swept through the dry, barren basin in western China.
Hubble Studies a Nearby Galaxy’s Star Formation
2025.04.04
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the picturesque spiral galaxy NGC 4941, which lies about 67 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo (The Maiden). Because this galaxy is nearby, cosmically speaking, Hubble’s keen instruments are able to pick out exquisite details such as individual star clusters and filamentary clouds of gas and […]
Hubble Spots Stellar Sculptors in Nearby Galaxy
2025.04.04
As part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations, the European Space Agency (ESA) is sharing a new image series revisiting stunning, previously released Hubble targets with the addition of the latest Hubble data and new processing techniques. This new image showcases the dazzling young star cluster NGC 346. Although both the James Webb Space Telescope and […]
Winter Sea Ice Reached New Lows in the Arctic
2025.04.04
The region’s ice extent on March 22, 2025, was the lowest maximum observed in the satellite record.
Floodwaters Surge Through the Australian Outback
2025.04.03
Abundant rain in Queensland overfilled rivers, flooded towns, and submerged livestock grazing lands.
Antarctic Sea Ice Plunged in Summer 2025
2025.04.02
The region’s ice extent on March 1 tied for the second-lowest minimum observed in the satellite record.
NASA Webb Explores Effect of Strong Magnetic Fields on Star Formation
2025.04.02
Follow-up research on a 2023 image of the Sagittarius C stellar nursery in the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, has revealed ejections from still-forming protostars and insights into the impact of strong magnetic fields on interstellar gas and the life cycle of stars. “A big question […]
Old Missions, New Discoveries: NASA’s Data Archives Accelerate Science
2025.04.01
Every NASA mission represents a leap into the unknown, collecting data that pushes the boundaries of human understanding. But the story doesn’t end when the mission concludes. The data carefully preserved in NASA’s archives often finds new purpose decades later, unlocking discoveries that continue to benefit science, technology, and society.
20-Year Hubble Study of Uranus Yields New Atmospheric Insights
2025.03.31
The ice-giant planet Uranus, which travels around the Sun tipped on its side, is a weird and mysterious world. Now, in an unprecedented study spanning two decades, researchers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have uncovered new insights into the planet’s atmospheric composition and dynamics. This was possible only because of Hubble’s sharp resolution, spectral capabilities, […]
Mangrove Pioneers
2025.03.31
The right climatic and geographic conditions in the southeastern U.S. have allowed mangroves to migrate northward to Georgia.
Wildland Fires Char U.S. Southeast Forests
2025.03.29
In late March 2025, several blazes burned in the western Carolinas and northeastern Georgia amid windy, dry conditions.
Tornadoes Rip Through Mississippi
2025.03.28
Tracks of damage extended dozens of miles after 18 tornadoes plowed through several parts of the state.
Hubble Spots a Chance Alignment
2025.03.28
The subject of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is the stunning spiral galaxy NGC 5530. This galaxy is situated 40 million light-years away in the constellation Lupus, the Wolf, and classified as a ‘flocculent’ spiral, meaning its spiral arms are patchy and indistinct. While some galaxies have extraordinarily bright centers that host a feasting […]
NASA, NSIDC Scientists Say Arctic Winter Sea Ice at Record Low
2025.03.27
Winter sea ice cover in the Arctic was the lowest it’s ever been at its annual peak on March 22, 2025, according to NASA and the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Spring Thunderstorm Thrashes Louisiana
2025.03.27
The severe weather delivered large hail and damaging wind to parts of the state.
NASA’s Webb Sees Galaxy Mysteriously Clearing Fog of Early Universe
2025.03.26
Using the unique infrared sensitivity of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers can examine ancient galaxies to probe secrets of the early universe. Now, an international team of astronomers has identified bright hydrogen emission from a galaxy in an unexpectedly early time in the universe’s history. The surprise finding is challenging researchers to explain how […]
NASA’s Webb Captures Neptune’s Auroras For First Time
2025.03.26
Long-sought auroral glow finally emerges under Webb’s powerful gaze For the first time, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured bright auroral activity on Neptune. Auroras occur when energetic particles, often originating from the Sun, become trapped in a planet’s magnetic field and eventually strike the upper atmosphere. The energy released during these collisions creates […]
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