The sun is slowly expanding and brightening, and over the next few billion years, it will eventually desiccate Earth, leaving it hot, brown and uninhabitable.…
Dr. Miho Janvier is an astrophysicist at the Institute of Space Astrophysics, South Paris University. She studies solar storms (solar flares), capable of disrupting life…
This short film is based on the chapter in Neil DeGrasse Tyson's book "Death by Black Hole." Beautifully made by YouTuber Aperture. Music: Jeremiah Pena…
How will we live elsewhere in the galaxy? On Earth, natural resources for creating structures are abundant, but sending these materials up with us to…
By combining the visible and infrared capabilities of the Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes, astronomers and visualization specialists from NASA’s Universe of Learning program have…
This video is about the astronomical amount of astronomical evidence for black holes, ranging from x-ray binaries with accretion disks, supermassive infrared-radiating galactic nuclei black…
Observations by NASA's Swift spacecraft, now renamed the Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after the mission's late principal investigator, have captured an unprecedented change in the…
Have you ever wondered how important the Sun is to us here on Earth? Exactly what would happen if the Sun suddenly disappeared? Or what…
NASA Goddard's 2017's trip around the sun brought us milestones, discoveries, and excitement! And as always, we hope you join us as we chase the…
More than 360 images and videos were posted to the NASA Instagram account in 2017. This video showcases the 10 most liked posts of the…
Astronomers studying the star RZ Piscium have found evidence suggesting its strange, unpredictable dimming episodes may be caused by vast orbiting clouds of gas and…
A team of scientists led by Laura Hayes –a solar physicist who splits her time between NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center and Trinity College in…
With 2018 approaching rapidly and 2017 coming to a close, ESA can look back on a fruitful year. It has been a year dominated by…
Scheduled to launch in the mid-2020s, the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) will function as Hubble’s wide-eyed cousin. While just as sensitive as Hubble's…
A long-overlooked skull from a cave in Morocco pushed back the fossil record of our species, Homo sapiens, and energized the study of modern human…
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope have for the first time directly observed granulation patterns on the surface of a star outside the Solar System…
American Museum of Natural History shows us that the sky is more than meets the eye. There’s much more beyond the visible that we cannot…
This zoom video sequence takes the viewer towards the rich central regions of the Milky Way, in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer). Many striking…
Climate patterns and storms on Jupiter can have striking similarities to those on Earth. One such pattern is a four-year temperature cycle in the Jovian…
This 4K visualization shows the Moon's phase and libration at hourly intervals throughout 2018, as viewed from the Northern Hemisphere. Each frame represents one hour.…