The ninth crew of the International Space Station rocketed into orbit from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome at 11:19 p.m. EDT on…
In the center of star-forming region 30 Doradus lies a huge cluster of the largest, hottest, most massive stars known.…
The spiral galaxy M33 also is called the Triangulum Galaxy for the constellation in which it resides. About four times…
This 2003 photo from the International Space Station shows a pair of volcanoes in Mexico. As part of the "Ring…
The Colorado Plateau of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah is made of mostly flat-lying layers of sedimentary rock that…
The pale blue Earth serves as a backdrop for astronaut Michael Gernhardt, who is attached to the Shuttle Endeavour's robot…
This image of the elliptical galaxy NGC 1132 and its surrounding region combines data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and…
Professor Stephen Hawking ireceived the world's oldest award for scientific achievement - the Royal Society's prestigious Copley medal - for…
Astronaut Scott Parazynski smiles for a photograph while he and the crew of STS-120 walk inspect the underside of the…
This glowing region reveals arcs and bubbles formed when stellar winds - streams of charged particles ejected by the Trapezium…
