The most recent discoveries in our universe.
The closest Black Hole to Earth
ESO instrument finds closest black hole, just 1,000 light-years from Earth. Invisible object has two companion stars visible to the naked eye.
A Message from Earth
The ‘Arecibo Message’ was broadcast from Earth in 1974, towards the globular star cluster M13.
The Secret History of the Moon
The Moon has drawn out our sense of wonder since before we were fully human. Where did it come from? What secrets are written in its rocks?
100 years ago Edwin Hubble discovers the Universe
How big is our universe? This very question, among others, was debated by two leading astronomers 100 years ago today in what has become known as astronomy’s
Hubble Marks 30 Years in Space
NASA is celebrating the Hubble Space Telescope’s 30 years of unlocking the beauty and mystery of space by unveiling a stunning new portrait of a firestorm of
Amazing New detailed Geological Map of Moon
This new detailed Moon map represents a seamless, globally consistent, 1:5,000,000-scale geologic map derived from the six digitally renovated geologic maps.
Cosmic Eye for Earth Day
The amazing movie zooms through all well-known scales of the universe from minuscule elementary particles out to the gigantic cosmic web. In doing so, it shows the
Star orbiting a supermassive black hole moves as predicted by Albert Einstein
Star orbiting a supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way, moves as predicted by Albert Einstein.
Highest-ever resolution images of the Sun from NASA
New stunning images reveal threads of million-degree Plasma woven throughout the Sun’s atmosphere.
Most Earth-like Exoplanet discovered
The most Earth-like exoplanet discovered, 300 light-years away, orbiting in the habitable zone of its star., hidden in early NASA Kepler data.