Tag: Astrophysics Division

  • NASA’s GUSTO Prepares to Map Space Between the Stars

    NASA’s GUSTO Prepares to Map Space Between the Stars

    Editor’s Note: The GUSTO mission successfully launched on a scientific balloon from Antarctica Dec. 31, 7:30 p.m. local time (Dec. 31, 1:30 a.m EST). The balloon is floating 128,000 feet above Earth’s surface and can be tracked in real-time on…

  • Hubble Provides Unique Ultraviolet View of Jupiter

    Hubble Provides Unique Ultraviolet View of Jupiter

    This newly released image from the NASA Hubble Space Telescope shows the planet Jupiter in a color composite of ultraviolet wavelengths. Released in honor of Jupiter reaching opposition, which occurs when the planet and the Sun are in opposite sides…