Planet HD 209458b is evaporating. It is so close to its parent star that its heated atmosphere is simply expanding…
This infrared image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows a galaxy that appears to be sizzling hot, with huge plumes…
U.S. Air Force Thunderbird F-16 jets fly in formation past the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center. Later…
A growing black hole, called a quasar, can be seen at the center of a faraway galaxy in this artist’s…
Northeastern Argentina’s Ibera Swamp was photographed from aboard the International Space Station by Leroy Chiao, the Expedition 10 commander. The…
Crisp details in a suite of mid-latitude gullies on a crater wall are captured in this Mars Global Surveyor Mars…
The Expedition 10 and 11 crews give the “thumbs up” after the change of command ceremony on the International Space…
Why does Jupiter have rings? Jupiter’s rings were discovered in 1979 by the passing Voyager 1 spacecraft, but their origin…
Strange shapes and textures can be found in the neighborhood of the Cone Nebula. These patterns result from the tumultuous…
One of the largest and brightest spiral galaxies found in the Virgo cluster of galaxies, this image of galaxy NGC…
