Follow this link to go to the text only version of nasa.gov
NASA -National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Follow this link to skip to the main content
+ Text Only Site
+ Site Help & Preferences
Go
ABOUT NASALATEST NEWSMULTIMEDIAMISSIONSMyNASAWORK FOR NASA

+ Home
EXPLORING THE UNIVERSE
MAIN FEATURES
OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
STARS AND GALAXIES
WATCH THE SKIES
NEW WORLDS
ROBOTIC EXPLORERS
 
 + Life on Earth
+ Humans in Space
NASA FACT?

Most of the elements in the human body were created in the inferno of a burning star.


+ More NASA Facts...
Hubble wallpaper adpart of black hole, link to Chandra images
+ NASA Home > Exploring the Universe > Stars and Galaxies

  STARS AND GALAXIES FEATURES
 
 Artist's rendering of the overweight black hole
Black Hole Record Shattered
Astronomers using NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory found a black hole in the galaxy M33 contains 16 times the mass of the Sun.
+ Read More
 
 This image shows the relative sizes of six different kinds of planets.
Scientists Model a Cornucopia of Earth-sized Planets
Is Tatooine out there somewhere?
+ Read More
 
 In this artist depiction of the system, the foreground object is the planet mass object.
Star Eats Star
NASA astronomers have discovered one of the most bizarre planet-mass objects ever found.
+ Read More
 
 Thumbnail of a gas disk
Probing Scrunched Stars
Teams of astronomers have developed a new method for finding out what happens when matter is packed together as tightly as it can possibly be.
+ Read More
 
 a 1/6 model of the JWST mirrors
NASA Telescope's 19 Mirrors Pass Critical Test
Scientists and engineers have tested a set of math-based instructions that will enable 19 mirrors of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to work together.
+ Read More
 
 distant galaxy located by gravitational lensing
Astronomers Claim to Find Most Distant Galaxies
Using natural "gravitational lenses," an international team of astronomers claim to have found the first traces of a population of the most distant galaxies yet seen-the light we see from them today left more than 13 billion years ago, when the universe was just 500 million years old.
+ Read More
 
 + View Archives 
  RELATED MULTIMEDIA 
 
 halloween ghoul
Who Ya Gonna Call?
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is a galactic ghost buster, spotting hidden massive stars and other monsters lurking in our galaxy.
+ View this Video
 
 artist concept of space
Smart Art: Imaging the Cosmos
Ever wonder how astronomers get those amazing pictures from space telescopes?
+ View this Video
 
 + View Archives 


  RELATED NASA SITES 
 Amazing Space
+ View site
 
 NASA's Origins Site
+ View site
 
 Hubble Space Telescope
+ View site
 




+ Back to Top



+ Freedom of Information Act
+ Budgets, Strategic Plans and Accountability Reports
+ The President's Management Agenda
+ Privacy Policy and Important Notices
+ Inspector General Hotline
+ Equal Employment Opportunity Data Posted Pursuant to the No Fear Act
+ Information-Dissemination Priorities and Inventories
+ USA.gov
+ ExpectMore.gov
NASA
Editor: Susan Watanabe
NASA Official: Brian Dunbar
Last Updated: October 30, 2007
+ Contact NASA
+ SiteMap