Sophisticated computational models let us examine objects such as supernova remnants in extraordinary detail and from every angle.

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Astronomers didn’t even know sub-Neptunes existed until NASA’s Kepler mission uncovered them over the past decade. Although a ...

Space telescopes don't take holidays off, which is why NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's powerful instruments were trained on Jupiter on Christmas Day 2023, capturing some of the most detailed ...

From the ocean’s rolling swells to the bumpy ride of a jetliner, turbulence is everywhere. Yet despite its ubiquity, ...

NASA’S James Webb Space Telescope captured new details of auroras on Jupiter.

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WD 1856+534b—a freezing world with a surface temperature of -125 degrees Fahrenheit—exists where planets are normally scoured ...

The president’s proposed budget includes major cuts to NASA — among them, the elimination of funding for the Nancy Grace ...

Scientists have observed vast auroras on another planet. The dancing lights observed on Jupiter are hundreds of times ...

Ralf Klessen investigates the physical processes that governed the formation of the first generation of stars in the early ...

The Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, which operates the Webb and Hubble telescopes, released a video of ...