Project News

NEOWISE Spots a Comet That Looked Like an Asteroid

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • July 23rd, 2014

Comet C/2013 UQ4 (Catalina) has been observed by NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft just one day after passing through its closest...

Young Sun’s Violent History Solves Meteorite Mystery

Herschel • July 1st, 2014

Astronomers using ESA’s Herschel space observatory to probe the turbulent beginnings of a Sun-like star have found evidence of mighty stellar winds that could solve a puzzling...

New Molecules Around Old Stars

Herschel • June 17th, 2014

Astronomers have discovered that a molecule vital for creating water exists in the burning embers of dying Sun-like stars. When low- to middleweight stars like our Sun approach...

Herschel Sees Budding Stars and a Giant, Strange Ring

Herschel • June 12th, 2014

The Herschel Space Observatory has uncovered a weird ring of dusty material while obtaining one of the sharpest scans to date of a huge cloud of gas and dust, called NGC 7538....

Herschel Uncovers a Dearth of Oxygen near a New Star

Herschel • June 9th, 2014

A cosmic mystery regarding oxygen has deepened, thanks to new findings from the Herschel Space Observatory, a European Space Agency mission with important NASA contributions....

NASA's WISE Findings Poke Hole in Black Hole 'Doughnut' Theory

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • May 22nd, 2014

A survey of more than 170,000 supermassive black holes, using NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), has astronomers reexamining a decades-old theory about the...

Well-behaved, Young Galaxy Surprises Astronomers

Herschel • April 29th, 2014

Scientists have discovered a young galaxy acting in unexpectedly mature ways.

Herschel Completes Largest Survey of Cosmic Dust in Local Universe

Herschel • March 18th, 2014

The largest census of dust in local galaxies has been completed using data from the Herschel space observatory, providing a huge legacy to the scientific community.

NASA's WISE Survey Finds Thousands of New Stars, But No 'Planet X'

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • March 7th, 2014

After searching hundreds of millions of objects across our sky, NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) has turned up no evidence of the hypothesized celestial body in...

NEOWISE Spies Its First Comet

Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer • February 28th, 2014

NASA's Near-Earth Object Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (NEOWISE) spacecraft has spotted a never-before-seen comet -- its first such discovery since coming out of...