
The Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) captured this image of the X1.9 class solar flare from November 3, 2011.

Astronaut Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot, pauses near a tool carrier during the Apollo 12 spacewalk on the moon’s…

Pushing the limits of its powerful vision, NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope uncovered the oldest burned-out stars in our Milky Way…

For astronomers, it’s always been a source of frustration that the nearest white dwarf star is buried in the glow…

ISS029-E-033601 (29 Oct. 2011) — The unpiloted ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station at 5:04…

ISS029-E-033629 (29 Oct. 2011) — The unpiloted ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station at 5:04…

The unpiloted ISS Progress 42 supply vehicle departs from the International Space Station at 5:04 a.m. (EDT) on Oct. 29,…

Vivid orange streamers of super-hot, electrically charged gas (plasma) arc from the surface of the Sun, revealing the structure of…

This image, which combines orbital imagery with 3-D modeling, shows flows that appear in spring and summer on a slope…