Latest articles by Nola Taylor Tillman
As a black hole consumes a star, an echoing "burp" reveals insight into the process.
Graphic designers reveal how they translate hard science collected by Hubble into some incredibly artistic designs, while keeping the science as accurate as possible.
Water may continue to play a vital role on the dwarf planet Ceres.
The intricate threads of cold gas in the Orion Nebula reveal that star formation in the largest clouds works much as it does in the smaller ones, thus unifying theories about how stars are born.
Nancy Grace Roman helped fight for what would become the Hubble Space Telescope. At 92, she continues to encourage women in astronomy today.
A dense star may help solve the mystery of a class of extremely bright objects.
The universe's early gas may have been cooled by interactions with dark matter.
Discovered in 1781, the seventh planet was destined to cause snickers whenever someone says its name.
Fears of closure or destruction for the Arecibo Observatory were put to rest with the announcement of a new team of partners.
The solar system's first known visitor is spinning wildly as it zips around the sun.
While current evidence for the Neptune-size exomoon around a Kepler world is tentative, the distant moon seems to defy current moon-formation theories.
A thick, gooey, asphalt-like layer could lie beneath Pluto's crust.
One of the longest-serving women at NASA celebrated her 60th year with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory this January. At age 81, she has no plans to retire anytime soon.
In the "Star Trek" universe, the fantastic speed of warp 10 has remained annoyingly out of reach. However, a recent paper in an open-access journal describes an attempt to break that boundary.
What gives Jupiter's Great Red Spot its distinct color? A new study shows why the answer may not be easy to find.
The Deep Space Network is NASA's worldwide radio telescope array that makes it possible to communicate with spacecraft.
NASA's Earth Observing System is a collection of satellites that monitor the planet's climate system over an extended period.
