This artist's concept compares the size of a gargantuan star and its surrounding dusty disk to that of our solar…
Pilot Bill Dana looks up as the B-52 "mothership" cruises over NASA's HL-10 "lifting body" on Muroc Dry Lake, California,…
Why does the Sombrero Galaxy look like a hat? Reasons include the Sombrero's unusually large and extended central bulge of…
This image of Torino, Italy was photographed by Expedition 12 on the International Space Station. Located in the Piemonte region…
How would it look to have four suns in the sky? Planets of the HD 98800 system, if they exist,…
What happens when a galaxy falls in with the wrong crowd? The irregular galaxy NGC 1427A is a spectacular example…
While driving eastward toward the northwestern flank of "McCool Hill," the wheels of Mars Exploration Rover Spirit churned up the…
An artist's conception shows a gas-giant planet orbiting very close to its parent star, creating searingly hot conditions on the…
This test conducted in May 1988 shows what happens during launch if a space shuttle main engine fails. The test…
In 1787, astronomer William Herschel discovered the Eskimo Nebula, which from the ground resembles a person's head surrounded by a…
