Central NGC 1316: After Galaxies Collide
How did this strange-looking galaxy form? Astronomers turn detectives when trying to figure out the cause of unusual […]
NASA
Southern Cross over Chilean Volcano
Have you ever seen the Southern Cross? This famous four-star icon is best seen from Earth’s Southern Hemisphere. […]
Massive Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 2841
It is one of the more massive galaxies known. A mere 46 million light-years distant, spiral galaxy NGC […]
Recycling Cassiopeia A
Massive stars in our Milky Way Galaxy live spectacular lives. Collapsing from vast cosmic clouds, their nuclear furnaces […]
The Milky Ring
An expanse of cosmic dust, stars and nebulae along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy form a […]
Venus, Mercury, and the Waning Moon
Yesterday, early morning risers around planet Earth were treated to a waning Moon low in the east as […]
NASA Updates TV Coverage for First Crew Rotation Flight on ...
NASA and SpaceX are now targeting 7:27 p.m. EST Sunday, Nov. 15, for liftoff of the agency’s SpaceX […]
NASA TV to Air Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Launch, Prelaunch Activities
NASA is targeting 12:17 p.m. EST (9:17 a.m. PST) Saturday, Nov. 21, for the launch of the Sentinel-6 […]
The Tarantula Zone
The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is more than a thousand light-years in diameter, a giant […]
NASA TV Coverage Set for Russian Spacewalk
Two Russian cosmonauts are scheduled to go outside the International Space Station Wednesday, Nov. 18, to conduct a […]