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 ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. Perseverance accomplished something unusual this week: abrading two dramatically different rocks within the span of a ...

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, ...

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 ...

A mini-profile of citizen scientist Judy Schmidt, who works on astronomical image processing.

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. The farthest-flung human-made objects will be able to take their science-gathering even farther, thanks to these ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. All scientific journal articles and many press releases will refer to specific instruments, instrument components, or ...

Hubble Space Telescope astronomers, studying the northern hemisphere field from the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey (GOODS), have measured the distance to the farthest galaxy ever seen. The ...

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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. The path of totality is where observers will see the Moon completely cover the Sun. How much will daylight change ...

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 ...