Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a large asteroid belt around the bright star Vega, as illustrated here at…
This artist's concept illustrates an asteroid belt around the bright star Vega. Evidence for this warm ring of debris was…
Spitzer Space Telescope wide-field image of the galactic center of the Milky Way at a wavelength intermediate between those of…
SOFIA/FORCAST mid-infrared image of the Milky Way Galaxy's nucleus showing the Circumnuclear Ring (CNR) of gas and dust clouds orbiting…
Milky Way Galaxy Black Hole Circumnuclear Ring - HST
SOFIA/FORCAST mid-infrared image of a region including the Quintuple Cluster (QC), a group of young stars near the left margin…
Since the last Kepler catalog was released in February 2012, the number of candidates discovered in the Kepler data has…
In the International Space Station's Destiny laboratory, Robonaut 2 is pictured on Jan. 2, during a round of testing for…
2,740 Kepler Planet Candidates, a Family Portrait Poster
A solar eruption gracefully rose up from the sun on Dec. 31, 2012, twisting and turning. Magnetic forces drove the…
