Caption:In this image, magnetic field streamlines from SOFIA are overlaid on a Spitzer infrared image of the DR21 star-forming region Image ...

An image of the excess of gamma rays that occurs at the center of our Milky Way superimposed with an optical image of the galaxy. The cause ...

An artist’s conception of a star engulfing a planet. The blue lines traces the path of the planet as it spirals toward the star and ultimate...

The black dot in the center of this artist's impression represents the supermassive black hole at the center of the quasar. The red-and-...

Water vapor plumes on Jupiter's Europa A new SwRI study has raised doubts about the existence of water vapor plumes on Jupiter’s moon Eu...

In November 2025, 3I/ATLAS passed between ESA’s Juice and NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft. SwRI researchers informally coordinated efforts ...

The search for life beyond Earth could benefit from an approach that looks beyond any one particular biosignature. Image Credit: NASA Scient...

Scientists at work installing cables and electronic components for the Askaryan Radio Array, a detector for incoming cosmic particles locate...

Illustration of the inner regions of a massive star during its final oxygen (green) and silicon (teal) shell burning phase, before the colla...

The new computer simulations are based on a magnetic field structure that is often associated with prominences: the magnetic field lines in ...

Artist’s interpretation of the cosmic distance ladder — a succession of overlapping methods used to measure distances across the Universe, w...

This image shows two planets being born around the young star WISPIT 2. These observations were made with the SPHERE instrument at ESO’s Ver...

Image Credit: S. Lepp (UNLV) / AI illustration Scientific Frontline: "At a Glance" Summary : Negative Superhump Features in Deep-S...

An artist's impression shows the giant spiral galaxy NGC 1365 as it collides and merges with a smaller companion galaxy, stirring up sta...

Solar magnetic activity observed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory spacecraft. Image Credit: NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE, and HMI science t...

This animation shows the four giant planets orbiting HR 8799, located 133 light-years from Earth. The movie combines real images captured at...

The Final Boundary An illustration of the Cosmic Event Horizon. Unlike the Observable Universe, which is defined by light that has reached u...

Anton Vasyunin leads the research group and laboratory. Photo Credit: UrFU press service Scientific Frontline: Extended "At a Glance...

This ARKS gallery of faint debris disks reveals details about their shape: belts with multiple rings, wide smooth halos, sharp edges, and un...

The galaxy cluster lens J0846 in optical light (bottom right), the ALMA view of dust-enshrouded, star-forming galaxies strongly lensed into ...