Tag: Astronomy

NASA's New Horizons captured this high-resolution enhanced color view of Pluto's moon Charon, showing the crack on the icy moon. It was taken just...

This artist's impression shows a possible seed for the formation of a supermassive black hole. Two of these possible seeds were discovered by an...

Using data from the LAMP instrument aboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, a Southwest Research Institute-led team of scientists discovered two geologically young craters --...

March 17th fireball captured by Gerrit Kernbauer and John McKeon. Image processed by Sebastian Voltmer. Credit: G. Kernbauer, J. McKeon, S. Voltmer Jupiter is hit by...

Artist's impression of the inside of Jupiter's moon Callisto. Credit: NASA/JPL; Jesper Lindkvist Icy objects in our solar system have large oceans under their surfaces...

Illustration of the dust ring surrounding HD 181327.Credit: Amanda Smith, University of Cambridge An international team of astronomers have found evidence of ice and comets...

White dwarf (right) stripping mass from the brown dwarf. Credit: Rene Breton, University of Manchester. Astronomers have detected a sub-stellar object that used to be...

This graphic shows where a planet can be habitable and warm around our sun, as it ages over billions of years. Credit: Cornell University All throughout...

an artistic view of the accretion disc surrounding the black hole V404 Cygni, where the intense wind detected by GTC becomes evident. Credit: Gabriel...

Mercury will cross the sun's face next Monday (May 9) in a rare "transit" that will be visible from most places on Earth, weather...

This is NGC 1332, a galaxy with a black hole at its center whose mass has been measured at high precision by ALMA.Credit: Carnegie-Irvine...