Science

Raising awareness of the effects of light pollution

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A screenshot of the Light Pollution Simulator: the default screen.

Science Results - Oldest Galaxy Protocluster forms "Queen’s Court”

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The most distant protocluster discovered by the Subaru Telescope. The blue shading shows the calculated extent of the protocluster, and...

Hubble Tracks a Galaxy on the Move

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Hubble Tracks a Galaxy on the Move

Why the Sun Won't Become a Black Hole

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NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this view of a solar eruption on April 21, 2015.

NASA’s TESS Mission Spots Its 1st Star-shredding Black Hole

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This illustration shows a tidal disruption, which occurs when a passing star gets too close to a black...

A planet that should not exist

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Artistic impression of the gas giant planet GJ 3512b orbiting its red dwarf host star.

Glowing Solar Cell

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Glowing Solar Cell

NASA Visualization Shows a Black Hole’s Warped World

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Seen nearly edgewise, the turbulent disk of gas churning around a black hole takes on a crazy double-humped...