The mosaic of the Moon
The NASA Galileo spacecraft took this false-color mosaic, constructed from a series of 53 images, as the spacecraft flew over…
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Stellar Powers in the Eagle Nebula
A spectacular section of the well-known Eagle Nebula was targeted by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. This collection of…
The Big Dipper
If you ask someone to name you a constellation they will most likely point you to the Big Dipper. Known…
Do you know the biggest asteroid in the solar system?
Meet asteroid 1 Ceres, the largest and most massive in the inner solar system, and it was discovered for the…
THERE IS FOG IN SATURN AND IT IS THE BIGGEST AND DENEST IN THE ENTIRE SOLAR SYSTEM
Saturn’s north pole is a place where clouds end in an amazing hexagonal pattern. The exact mechanism of this unusual…
China May Build A Massive Space Station The Size Of A Small Town
According to South China Morning Post, this ship would be so big that it would cover miles! The National Natural…
Victoria crater
This beautiful crater on the Martian surface was the home of the Opportunity rover for a few months. The crater,…
This is Hoba
Every year several thousand tourists pass through this small amphitheater to admire the central rock. The reason is simple: it…
Naos, the closest supergiant blu star
Zeta Puppis, also known as Naos, is a supergiant blue star visible in the constellation of the Stern, about 1000…
ASASSN-15lh: superluminous event explained by rotating black hole “swallowing” star
This artist print shows a Sun-like star near a fast-rotating supermassive black hole with a mass about 100 million times…