In the year 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers were startled by the appearance of a new star that was so bright…
This image of northern Chile was acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on April 7,…
Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light must suddenly have appeared in the…
In this artist’s conception, observers peer through the dark dust of L1014 to witness the birth of a star. NASA’s…
Loops of highly charged particles burst from the sun’s surface in this image, taken on Dec. 4, 2006. Among the…
The city of Seoul (originally known as Hanyang) has been the capital of Korea for more than 600 years and…
This majestic view, taken by NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, tells an untold story of life and death in the Eagle…
Astronaut Jim Reilly (on robot arm) joins forces with his colleagues inside the shuttle and station, as well as flight…
The Escondida copper, gold and silver open-pit mine in Chile’s Atacama Desert is seen in this image from the Advanced…
This artist’s concept shows a supermassive black hole at the center of a remote galaxy digesting the remnants of a…
