Cold Landing
This sequence of images depicts the landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn’s moon Titan on January 14, 2005. Clockwise…
This sequence of images depicts the landing of the Huygens probe on Saturn’s moon Titan on January 14, 2005. Clockwise…
A kink in one of its spiral arms suggests that the galaxy M66 recently staged a close encounter with a…
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A brilliant aurora blazes high in Earth’s atmosphere in this photo from the International Space Station. An aurora forms when…
A burned-out Earth bakes in the heat of the red-giant Sun in this illustration depicting our planet’s bright, hot future.…
Scientists look for the most elusive particles in the universe in underground laboratories, such as this one adjacent to an…
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A system known as Scholz’s Star passes just 0.8 light-years from the Sun as seen in this artist’s concept. That…
This illustration depicts laboratory experiments designed to simulate the interiors of giant planets. The National Ignition Facility, at Lawrence Livermore…
Thousands of ancient stars sparkle in the heart of M13, one of the largest star clusters in the Milky Way…
An artist’s concept shows the Solar Maximum Mission spacecraft in orbit. It was launched on February 14, 1980, to measure…
The constellation Corvus, the crow, glows to the lower right of the brilliant star Spica on May evenings. Its brightest…