The (Proto) Planet: WISPIT 2b The Discovery: Researchers have discovered a young protoplanet called WISPIT 2b embedded in a ring-shaped gap in a disk encircling a young star. While theorists have ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a galaxy that’s hard to categorize. The galaxy in question is NGC ...

Written by Eleanor Moreland, Ph.D. Student Collaborator at Rice University Perseverance has continued exploring beyond the rim of Jezero crater, spending time last week at Parnasset conducting a ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS Cataloguing the journey of comet 3I/ATLAS through the solar system. Because the object comes from outside our solar system, it is just passing through – so we use all the tools at our ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. A collaboration between NASA and the small business Aloft Sensing produced a new compact radar system that will ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. August 11 & 12 – Venus-Jupiter Conjunction – The two brightest planets have a close meetup over several days, ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. From the center of the solar system, rages a powerful wind. Sent by the Sun, this wind whips at speeds exceeding one ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. An unexpectedly strong solar storm rocked our planet on April 23, 2023, sparking auroras as far south as southern ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash near the middle of the image — on June 17, 2025. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash on the left – on May 14. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that highlights the ...

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare – seen as the bright flash on the far right – on May 13, 2025. The image shows a subset of extreme ultraviolet light that ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Astrophysics observations at ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths often probe the most dynamic aspects of the universe.