The most recent discoveries in our universe.
Fly over Pluto
A new amazing video from NASA, showing simulated flyover of Pluto’s Norgay Montes (Norgay Mountains) and Sputnik Planum (Sputnik Plain), created from New Horizons closest-approach images.
Close-up images of Pluto
New close-up images of a region near Pluto’s equator. It’s about a range of youthful mountains rising as high as 11,000 feet above the surface of the
A discussion on Pluto
Watch Neil deGrasse Tyson and Stephen Colbert, rightfully excited about the successful Pluto flyby of New Horizons.
Pluto is bigger than expected
New Horizons finally gets up close with Pluto, the most remote object ever visited in the Solar System, for only 15 minutes. Watch the videos…
Black Hole Bull’s-eye
It looks like a shooting target, but actually is an image of nested rings of X-ray light centered on an erupting black hole.
Watch the historic Pluto Flyby
Watch The Historic Pluto Flyby
This is Pluto!
With the speed of 30,800 miles per hour, New Horizons spacecraft will pass by Pluto tomorrow, offering us for the first time, unique images of the distant
Biggest Explosion in the Universe Powered by Magnets
Some long-duration gamma-ray bursts, driven by strongest magnets, created the biggest explosion in the Universe.
Five-Star Solar System
Astronomers discovered a five-star Solar System, made of two binary stars and a fifth star all orbiting about each other.
Staring at the Sun by NuSTAR
New image combining observations from several telescopes, highlighting flaring and active regions of our sun.