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Kepler Data Suggest Earth-size Planets May Be Next Door
02.06.2013 - Astronomers estimate that six percent of red dwarfs have a temperate Earth-size planet, as close as 13 light-years away.
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A Cosmological Masterpiece
02.05.13 - Renowned astro-photographer Robert Gendler combined Hubble archive data with his own ground-based observations to assemble a photo illustration of the magnificent spiral galaxy M106.
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2012: The Webb Telescope's Big Year of Progress
02.05.13 - The James Webb Space Telescope marked another year of significant progress in 2012 as flight instrumentation was completed and delivered to NASA.
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Hubble Catches the Moment the Lights Went Out
02.01.13 - The galaxy in this image marks a transitional phase - a young star-forming galaxy settles down to become a massive, red and dead galaxy.
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Video Brings Webb Telescope's 3rd Mirror to Light
01.31.13 - A new video takes viewers behind the scenes for a special look at one of the many mirrors of the upcoming Webb telescope.
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Herschel Finds Past-Prime Star may be Making Planets
01.30.13 - A star thought to have passed the age at which it can form planets may, in fact, be creating new worlds.
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Cool, New Views of Andromeda Galaxy
01.28.13 - Two new eye-catching views from the Herschel space observatory are fit for a princess.
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Hubble Finds Appearances can be Deceptive
01.25.13 - Globular clusters are roughly spherical collections of extremely old stars, and around 150 of them are scattered around our galaxy. This is not one of them.
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NASA Readies Famous "Chamber A" to Welcome the James Webb Space Telescope
01.23.13 - NASA's "Chamber A" thermal vacuum testing chamber has been upgraded and remodeled to accommodate testing the James Webb Space Telescope.
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Hidden Treasure in Large Magellanic Cloud
01.23.13 - Nearly 200,000 light-years from Earth, the Large Magellanic Cloud floats in space, in a long and slow dance around the Milky Way.