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.

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. Scientists have devised a new method for mapping the spottiness of distant stars by using observations from NASA ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope revisits the Veil Nebula, which was featured in a previous ...

This exoplanetary encyclopedia — continuously updated, with more than 6,000 entries — combines interactive 3D models and detailed data on all confirmed exoplanets. When you select a planet’s name, see ...

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This is an artist's impression of a runaway supermassive black hole that was ejected from its host galaxy as a result of a tussle between it and two other black holes. As the black hole plows through ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Light pollution has long troubled astronomers, who generally shy away from deep sky observing under full Moon skies.

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. The most surprising revelation from NASA’s Curiosity Mars Rover — that methane is seeping from the surface of Gale ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. On Feb. 14, 1990, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft sent home a very special Valentine: A mosaic of 60 images that was ...

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. There’s water on the Moon, and some of its atoms may come directly from the Sun. Solar wind charges the Moon's ...