NASA’s newest planet hunter, the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), is now providing valuable data to help scientists discover and study exciting new exoplanets, or planets beyond our solar ...

The Southern Ring Nebula, captured by Hubble (left) and the JWST (right). Credit: NASA/The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA/NASA), NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI Scroll down to compare the new JWST images to ...

Results of the 14th annual Cool Science Image Contest were announced on Wednesday with winners selected from a pool of entries that include University of Wisconsin faculty, professors and students.

The University of Wisconsin’s Cool Science Image Contest taps into the creative processes of both the judges and participants. In its 13th annual contest, contestants submitted projects spanning from ...

In a surprise shakeup, President Joe Biden today (July 12) unveiled the first science image released by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), NASA’s next-generation infrared observatory. The ...

We’ve now seen farther, deeper and more clearly into space than ever before. A stellar birthplace, a nebula surrounding a dying star, a group of closely interacting galaxies, the first spectrum of an ...

The wait is finally over — for the photos and for all the research that will follow. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. GREENBELT, ...

NASA’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer which launched Dec. 9, 2021, has delivered its first imaging data since completing its month-long commissioning phase. All instruments are functioning well ...

A gray, cloud-like substance swirls inward, creating a calm eye in the center. Wispy remnants break free from the vortex and get lost in a sea of blue. A person looking at the image described above ...

NASA's newly-launched X-ray hunting probe has snapped its first science image and — wow — it's spectacular. The Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE) probe launched Dec. 9, 2021, on a mission to ...

Above: A custom-made barrel enzyme, a type of protein seen as redoubling the efficiency of industrial processes.Credit... Supported by By William J. Broad Artificial intelligence often gets criticized ...