NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope precisely measured the mass of the oldest known planet in our Milky Way galaxy. At an…
Outcrops define the flank of “Husband Hill” inside Gusev Crater in this false-color view taken by the Mars rover Spirit…
In the center of star-forming region 30 Doradus lies a huge cluster of the largest, hottest, most massive stars known.…
The ninth crew of the International Space Station rocketed into orbit from Kazakhstan’s Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:19 p.m. EDT on…
Hurricane Emily menaces Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula in this July 16, 2005 image from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument…
Laser power stations, perhaps drawing energy from the local environment, might one day propel spacecraft throughout the solar system, as…
The first hint of what will become of our sun was discovered inadvertently in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier…
The spiral galaxy M33 also is called the Triangulum Galaxy for the constellation in which it resides. About four times…
This image of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1132 and its surrounding region combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and…
The pale blue Earth serves as a backdrop for astronaut Michael Gernhardt, who is attached to the Shuttle Endeavour’s robot…
