The Colorful Clouds of Rho Ophiuchi
The many spectacular colors of the Rho Ophiuchi (oh’-fee-yu-kee) clouds highlight the many processes that occur there. The […]
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Mars, Pleiades, and Andromeda over Stone Lions
Three very different — and very famous — objects were all captured in a single frame last month. […]
Descending Toward Asteroid Bennu
What would it be like to land on an asteroid? Although no human has yet done it, NASA‘s […]
Milky Way over the Pinnacles in Australia
What strange world is this? Earth. In the foreground of the featured image are the Pinnacles, unusual rock […]
Virgo Cluster Galaxies
Galaxies of the Virgo Cluster are scattered across this deep telescopic field of view. The cosmic scene spans […]
The Very Large Array at Moonset
An inspirational sight, these giant dish antennas of the Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array (VLA) rise above […]
Mare Frigoris
Lighter than typically dark, smooth, mare the Mare Frigoris lies in the far lunar north. Also known as […]
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Awarded to 2 Scientists for Work ...
Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna developed the Crispr tool, which can change the DNA of animals, plants […]
Ou4: A Giant Squid in a Flying Bat
A very faint but very large squid-like nebula is visible in planet Earth’s sky — but inside a […]
Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded to 3 Scientists for Work ...
The prize was awarded half to Roger Penrose for showing how black holes could form and half to […]