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What happens when two galaxies collide? One of the brightest galaxies in the night sky, Centaurus A, is well known for its distinct "S" shape. This...

The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, SOFIA, directly measured atomic oxygen in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere, offering a new ...

In 2016, the Comet Catalina hurtled past Earth, before disappearing forevermore out of the solar system. Among the many observatories that captured a ...

USRA's Dr. Erick Young is among the 232 astronomers and astrophysicists honored as Legacy Fellows of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The...

After six months, more than 300 million miles and seven precarious minutes, NASA's spacecraft Mars 2020 and the rover Perseverance will have landed...

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) will conduct its first-ever series of observations from Germany in March 2021. Many...

What's fueling the massive ejection of gas and dust out of the Cigar galaxy, otherwise known at Messier 82? We know that thousands of stars bursting...

Not all appears as it would seem in the Whirlpool galaxy. One of the best-studied spiral galaxies and a delight to amateur astronomers, Messier 51,...

On April 15, a brief burst of high-energy light swept through the solar system, triggering many space-based instruments, including those aboard NASA...

Scientists at Universities Space Research Association and their colleagues at NASA, University of Texas and other organizations have determined that...

Universities Space Research Association proudly announced today the winners of the prestigious 2020 USRA Distinguished Undergraduate Awards. In...

Black holes are thought to gobble up so much surrounding material that they put an end to the life of their host galaxy. In that process they create...

Dr. Ghassem Asrar, Senior Vice President, Science, Universities Space Research Association, has been named Fellow of the American Association for the ...

Universities Space Research Association (USRA) today announced the appointment of Dr. Lisa Gaddis as Director, Lunar and Planetary Institute,...

A new study reveals that the Chicxulub impact crater and its hydrothermal system hosted a subterranean ecosystem that could provide a glimpse of...

NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) has confirmed, for the first time, water on the sunlit surface of the Moon. This...

Scientists have offered new insights into the origin of diamonds in ureilites (a group of stony meteorites). These diamonds most likely formed by...

A quantum research competition inviting universities and nonprofits to compete for free time on a quantum computer was just announced by three...

Scientists from Universities Space Research Association's Earth from Space Institute officially released the much-awaited space-based NASA's Black...

Stars like our Sun form when clouds of gas and dust collapse under gravity. But how does the material get from interstellar space into these clouds...

Data from NASA's recent Dawn mission show that salty groundwaters in Occator Crater on Ceres were driven to the surface by impact heat and formed low ...

As Carl Sagan famously said, "We're made of star stuff" — but how do stars distribute their essential "stuff" for life into space? NASA's telescope...

Incorporating satellite observations in disease models has become a valuable component in informing public health policy and decisions. Twenty years...

Standard Chartered Bank and Universities Space Research Association (USRA) have signed a Collaborative Research Agreement to partner on quantum...