NASA’S NuSTAR Helps Solve Riddle of Black Hole Spin

Two X-ray space observatories, NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) and the European Space Agency's XMM-Newton,…

NASA Hosts Media Teleconference About Black Hole Studies

NASA will host a news teleconference at 1 p.m. EST, Wednesday, Feb. 27, to announce black…

NASA’S Fermi Proves Supernova Remnants Produce Cosmic Rays

A new study using observations from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope reveals the first clear-cut evidence…

NASA’s Chandra Suggests Rare Explosion Created Our Galaxy’s Youngest Black Hole

New data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory suggest a highly distorted supernova remnant may contain the…

NASA Telescopes Discover Strobe-Like Flashes in a Suspected Binary Protostar

Two of NASA's great observatories, the Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes, have teamed up to uncover…

NASA Hosts Workshop For Study On Applications For Large Space Optics

NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center will host a national workshop for the Study on Applications for…

Herschel Finds Star Possibly Making Planets Past Its Prime

A star thought to have passed the age at which it can form planets may in…

NASA’S Galex Reveals The Largest-Known Spiral Galaxy

The spectacular barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 has ranked among the biggest stellar systems for decades.…

SOFIA Spots Recent Starbursts in the Milky Way Galaxy’s Center

Researchers using NASA's SOFIA flying observatory capture new images of a huge ring of gas and…

NASA Telescopes See Weather Patterns in Brown Dwarf

Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes have probed the stormy atmosphere of a brown…