NASA Satellite Captures Dual Hazards On Earth

NASA/NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured this image on September 26, 2019, which shows two dual threats…

NASA/NOAA Satellite Captures Dual Hazards On Earth

NASA/NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite captured this image on September 26, 2019, which shows two dual threats…

Landsat 9 Instrument Ready for Spacecraft Assembly

The Landsat 9 instrument that will help scientists detect deforestation, monitor crops and track potentially toxic…

Hubble Tracks a Galaxy on the Move

The galaxy Messier 86 (shown in this Hubble image) is moving through space remarkably quickly —…

Obscured in the Lunar Highlands?

. The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter passed over the Vikram landing site on Sept. 17 and acquired…

NASA’s TESS Mission Spots Its 1st Star-shredding Black Hole

​For the first time, NASA’s planet-hunting Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) watched a black hole tear…

Why the Sun Won't Become a Black Hole

Will the Sun become a black hole? No, it’s too small for that! The Sun would…

NASA Visualization Shows a Black Hole’s Warped World

A new visualization of a black hole illustrates how its gravity distorts our view, warping its…

NASA’s Webb to Unlock the Mysteries of Comets and the Early Solar System

Shortly after its launch in 2021, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope will observe three different types…

WFIRST Space Telescope Fitted for ‘Starglasses’

When a new NASA space telescope opens its eyes in the mid-2020s, it will peer at…