
NGC 1448, a galaxy with an active galactic nucleus hidden by gas and dust, is seen in this image.

This artist's concept shows a pulsar, which is like a lighthouse, as its light appears in regular pulses as it…

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Here is a view of Earth and its moon, as seen from Mars. It combines two images acquired on Nov.…

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite collected this natural-color image which detected dozens of fires burning…

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This graphic shows all the cosmic light sources in the sky that are included in the NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database (NED),…

Robert H. Goddard was, in many ways, ahead of his time. And, like most such people, his work was misunderstood…

Made with over 7 million seconds of Chandra observing time, this image is part of the Chandra Deep Field-South and…

Astronomers have discovered what happens when the eruption from a supermassive black hole is swept up by the collision and…