Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the star Vega, the…
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NASA’s Hubble Reveals Rogue Planetary Orbit for Fomalhaut B
Newly released NASA Hubble Space Telescope images of a vast debris disk encircling the nearby star…
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…
New Chandra Movie Features Neutron Star Action
Unlike with some blockbuster films, the sequel to a movie from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is…
NASA’s NuSTAR Catches Black Holes in Galaxy Web
NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, set its X-ray eyes on a spiral galaxy and…
Galaxy’s Gamma-Ray Flares Erupted Far From Its Black Hole
In 2011, a months-long blast of energy launched by an enormous black hole almost 11 billion…
NASA to Provide Dec. 17 Commentary as Twin Probes End Lunar Mission
NASA will provide live commentary of the scheduled lunar surface impacts of its twin Gravity Recovery…
NASA’s Hubble Provides First Census of Galaxies Near Cosmic Dawn
Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers announced Dec. 12 they have seen further back in time…
NASA Makes Unprecedented Return to Mars, Advances Commercial Spaceflight and Adds to its Amazing Research and Discoveries in 2012
In 2012, NASA continued to implement America's ambitious space exploration program, landing the most sophisticated rover…
NASA’s Hubble to Reveal New Findings About the Early Universe
NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 12, to discuss the…