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This aurora image was taken by Jonathan Tucker from the Yukon on February 19, 2014.

The mystery of Cassiopeia A (Cas A), a massive star that exploded in a supernova more than 11,000 years ago,…

Although the crack-like features seen here on Dione’s surface appear wispy and faded, they are in reality a series of…

This image—acquired by the Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA’s Earth Observing-1 (EO-1) satellite on February 8, 2014—offers a view…

Elements making up the shredded remains of a massive star that exploded in a supernova are highlighted in this three-panel…

These illustrations show the progression of a supernova blast. A massive star (left), which has created elements as heavy as…

A new composite image using data from from Chandra shows an extraordinary jet trailing behind a runaway pulsar.

Overall view of the Mission Operations Control Room in the Mission Control Center, Building 30, during the Apollo 9 Earth-orbital…

The mystery of how Cassiopeia A exploded is unraveling thanks to new data from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or…

New observations from NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array of the heart of the Cassiopeia supernova remnant are allowing researchers to…