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This artist concept illustrates a young, red dwarf star surrounded by three planets. NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer...
These three versions of the same image taken by the Mast Camera Mastcam on NASA Mars rover Curiosity illustrate...
In this artist concept illustration, NASA Phoenix Mars Lander begins to shut down operations as winter sets in. The...
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope set its infrared eyes upon the dusty remains of shredded asteroids around several dead...
This artist concept illustrates an imminent planetary collision around a pair of double stars. NASA Spitzer Space...
The shadow of the moon Mimas strikes the F ring at a different angle than the angle at which it is cast on the A...
This diagram illustrates why NASA NuSTAR can see radioactivity in the remains of exploded stars for the first time....
A simple illustrative comparison of the number of rain gauges active worldwide. Taking all of the rain gauges...
This illustration depicts the two main types of radiation that NASA Radiation Assessment Detector RAD onboard...
This daytime infrared image of Rabe Crater illustrates the warming effect of the sun on sand. The extensive sand...
This illustration shows three possible scenarios for the evolution of asteroid belts. At the top, a Jupiter-size...
NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft passes above Mars south pole in this artist concept illustration. The spacecraft has...
This diagram illustrates that mature planetary systems like our own might be more common around twin, or binary,...
This artist concept illustrates the fate of two different planets: the one on the left is similar to Earth, made up...
Artist's illustration of the trajectory of asteroid 2017 YE5 through the solar system. At its closest approach to...
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope has detected the solid form of buckyballs in space for the first time. To form a solid...
This image of terrain inside Mars Gale Crater and the calibration target for Mastcam on NASA Mars rover Curiosity...
This illustration depicts potential origins of methane found in the plume of gas and ice particles that sprays from...
This image from NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows a different part of Olympica Fossae. In this region lava...
This diagram illustrates how astronomers using NASA Spitzer Space Telescope can capture the elusive spectra of...
This diagram illustrates research from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer showing that black holes once they reach a...
Every 27 years, a bright star called Epsilon Aurigae fades over period of two years, then brightens back up again. A...
The slumping of materials in the walls of this impact crater imaged by NASA Mars Odyssey spacecraft illustrates the...
This set of images illustrates how the science filters of the Mast Camera Mastcam on NASA Mars rover Curiosity can...