Finding Intermediate-Sized Black Holes
In our vast universe, the heaviest black holes grew from seeds. Nourished by the gas and dust they consume, or by merging with other dense objects, these seeds grow in…
Rocket Team: Are Solar Eruptions Messy, or Neat?
First all appears quiet. Suddenly, a bright flash lights up the telescope. In an instant, jets of super-heated plasma bloom against the blackness of space. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured…
Space Station Downlink with Actor Brad Pitt
Actor Brad Pitt spoke with NASA astronaut Nick Hague, currently aboard the International Space Station, Monday, Sept. 16, 2019 from the Space Operations Center at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Pitt,…
Hubble Takes Closer Look at Not-So-‘Dead’ Neighbor
Many of the best-loved galaxies in the cosmos are remarkably large, close, massive, bright, or beautiful, often with an unusual or intriguing structure or history. However, it takes all kinds…
Layers in Mars’ Danielson Crater
This image taken by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter spacecraft shows sedimentary rock and sand within Danielson Crater, an impact crater about 42 miles or 67 kilometers in diameter, located in…