Using combined data from a trio of orbiting X-ray telescopes, including NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Japan-led Suzaku satellite, astronomers have obtained a rare glimpse of the powerful phenomena that accompany...

This live-action video program is about the word universe. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word universe through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...

Discover the ancient origins of constellations.

A new NASA-sponsored website, DiskDetective.org, lets the public discover embryonic planetary systems hidden among data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission.

The site is led and funded by NASA and...

Exploring the mysteries of dark energy and black holes. Identifying exoplanets. Capturing the origins of galaxies. Just some of what's happening at ground-based observatories -- windows on the universe that allow researchers to gaze...

It's time to take a tour of the solar system, one object at a time! First up is Mercury, the planet that orbits closest to the Sun. So closely in fact that there is no atmosphere, and things get very toasty during the daytime. What else...

This live-action video program is about the word black hole. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word black hole through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and...

This captivating series of programs explores many of the amazing features of our universe. Special attention is given to our solar system, distances in space, and stars. Terminology and concepts include: Milky Way Galaxy, light-year,...

The video explains the concept of our Milky Way galaxy and our solar system's formation. The Inner Planets part 2/11

This live-action video program is about the word universe. The program is designed to reinforce and support a student's comprehension and retention of the word universe through use of video footage, photographs, diagrams and colorful,...

Upon viewing the Stars and Galaxies video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy. Understand that the Milky Way galaxy is huge and contains billions of...

This video is a lesson about the solar system, specifically focusing on the Milky Way galaxy, the inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars), the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune), and their characteristics. The...

Upon viewing the Stars and Galaxies video series, students will be able to do the following: Explain that our solar system is part of the Milky Way galaxy. Understand that the Milky Way galaxy is huge and contains billions of stars....

Astronomers have unveiled Quipu, a colossal cosmic mega-structure stretching 1.3 billion light-years, more than 13,000 times the length of the Milky Way, and containing 200 quadrillion solar masses, making it the largest known structure...

Astronomers have discovered a mind-bending structure a colossal ring of galaxies which are behaving differently. The filament of matter stretches 50 million light-years, and contains a row of galaxies 5.5 million light-years long....

NASA scientists have reported observing a mysterious red sphere-like object moving out of the Milky Way at a record speed of 283 miles per second. The phenomenon has sparked global curiosity among astronomers and space enthusiasts as...

Prepare to witness the cosmos like never before. Astronomers have released two extraordinary images reshaping how we see our galaxy. The first: a 32-hour exposure of the Lion Nebula, revealing a stellar nursery bursting with newborn...

Scientists have made a breakthrough revealing a form of "cosmic blindness" caused by the Sun’s glare, which hides potentially dangerous Earth-killer asteroids from detection.

Astronomers led by Valerio Carruba (UNESP) discovered a mostly hidden group of asteroids orbiting the Sun alongside Venus. These Venus co-orbitals share Venus’s orbital period but aren’t its satellites.

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The Aug. 21 solar eclipse has astronomers and eclipse chasers from around the world flocking to a long thin line in the U.S.

Seven Earth-sized planets, all of which could contain water, have been found orbiting a small star 39 light-years away

Australian scientists have discovered the most luminous object in the universe — a black hole that eats equivalent to a sun per day.

Teams of astrophysicists have discovered the universe gives off a hum of ultralow-frequency gravitational waves.