![]() feature15-15 12.14.15 Missing Water Mystery Solved in Comprehensive Survey of ExoplanetsA survey of 10 hot, Jupiter-sized exoplanets conducted with NASA’s Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes has led a team... read more |
![]() feature15-14 12.10.15 NASA Telescopes Detect Jupiter-Like Storm on Small StarAstronomers have discovered what appears to be a tiny star with a giant, cloudy storm, using data from NASA's Spitzer... read more |
![]() feature15-13 12.03.15 Status Report for NASA's Spitzer Space TelescopeOn Nov. 26, NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope entered into a standby mode while executing regular calibration observatio... read more |
![]() feature15-12 11.24.15 Strange Star Likely Swarmed by CometsA star called KIC 8462852 has been in the news recently for unexplained and bizarre behavior. New clues emerge in the... read more |
![]() feature15-11 11.03.15 Whopping Galaxy Cluster Spotted with Help of NASA TelescopesAstronomers have discovered a giant gathering of galaxies in a very remote part of the universe, thanks to NASA's Spi... read more |
![]() feature15-10 08.20.15 Colorful Calendar Celebrates 12th Anniversary of NASA's SpitzerRelive the highlights of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope mission with a new digital calendar. read more |
![]() feature15-09 07.09.15 NASA Missions Have Their Eyes Peeled on PlutoNASA's New Horizons will have the support of other spacecraft during its historic Pluto flyby, with observations from... read more |
![]() feature15-08 07.02.15 Stellar Sparklers That LastA new image containing data from NASA's Spitzer and Chandra space telescopes shows a cluster of young stars expected ... read more |
![]() partner092 07.01.15 Celebrating a Decade of Bringing Authentic Astronomy Research into Classrooms Nationwide with the NITARP ProgramA decade after graduating its first class, the NASA/IPAC Teacher Archive Research Program (NITARP)—a project that bri... read more |
![]() feature15-07 06.25.15 Can Planets Be Rejuvenated Around Dead Stars?An older planet may have reclaimed its youthful glow, according to new evidence from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. read more |
![]() feature15-06 06.11.15 Helium-Shrouded Planets May Be Common in Our GalaxyThe wacky world of exoplanets continues to surprise astronomers. They wouldn't float like balloons or give you the ch... read more |
![]() feature15-05 04.14.15 NASA's Spitzer Spots Planet Deep Within Our GalaxyNASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has teamed up with a telescope on the ground to find a remote gas planet about 13,000 ... read more |
![]() feature15-04 04.09.15 Our Sun Came Late to the Milky Way's Star-Birth PartyOur Sun missed the stellar "baby boom" that erupted in our young Milky Way galaxy 10 billion years ago. During that t... read more |
![]() feature15-03 04.07.15 The Solar System and Beyond is Awash in WaterAs NASA missions explore our solar system and search for new worlds, they are finding water in surprising places. Wat... read more |
![]() feature15-02 03.23.15 NASA Satellites Catch a 'Growth Spurt' from a Newborn ProtostarA sudden eruption around an exceptionally young star surprises astronomers. Using data from orbiting observatories, i... read more |
![]() feature15-01 01.27.15 Citizen Scientists Lead Astronomers to Mystery Objects in Space"Hmm, what's that?" Simply by asking the question, volunteers have led researchers to illuminate a little-known stage... read more |
![]() feature14-23 01.06.15 Discovering Our Universe from the Classroom: Teacher Research Program Brings NASA Research to Schools Across AmericaHow many high school teachers and kids can say that they have presented their astronomy reach alongside professional ... read more |
![]() feature14-23 12.19.14 Horsehead of a Different ColorSometimes a horse of a different color hardly seems to be a horse at all, as, for example, in this newly released ima... read more |
![]() feature14-22 12.05.14 Warm Gas Pours 'Cold Water' on Galaxy's Star-MakingOne galaxy devoured remnants of another galaxy, quenching the formation of new stars. read more |
![]() feature14-21 11.10.14 Follow the Dust to Find PlanetsResearchers studying what appears to be a beefed-up version of our solar system have discovered that it is encased in... read more |