From left, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Associate Director for Science Carl Wieman;…
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The Early Cosmos
Stars are forming in Henize 2-10, a dwarf starburst galaxy located about 30 million light years…
Celebrating JFK
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, third from left, introduces Edward Moore Kennedy III, fourth from left, to…
A Supermassive Black Hole
In a single exposure, astronomers were able to confirm the existence of a supermassive black hole…
Shuttle Atlantis
This image from 1996 shows space shuttle Atlantis as it began the slow journey to Launch…
The Next Generation
In October 2010, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and White Sands Test Facility worked with Pratt…
Seeing Red
This image by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a dramatic view of the spiral galaxy M51,…
Going Supernova
While searching the skies for black holes using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers discovered a giant…
Princess Rhea and Her Ladies in Waiting
NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image showing Saturn's icy moon Rhea taking center stage, with cameo…
The Triangulum Galaxy
The Triangulum Galaxy is located nearly 3 million light years from Earth. And, in a study…