You are looking at more than 84 million stars, the largest ever catalogue of the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Astronomers at the Paranal Observatory in Cerro Paranal, Chile, stitched the 9 gigapixels of the original image from thousands of individual infrared pictures.You can see the full, zoomable version here. Read More >>
This amazing video shows a NASA-created simulation of the entire life of a single disk galaxy — all the way from the Big Bang 13.5 billion years ago to the present time. Read More >>
Featured comment by ParaSitius:
"Why didn't NASA just buy Universe Sandbox on Steam? Would've done all that in an afternoon (minus the funky effects)." More »
Check out this video made with images created by NASA. It shows Earth's night sky during the next four billion years, with the Milky Way on a head-on collision with Andromeda. The destruction of our galaxy as we know it will be so beautiful. Read More >>
Scientists have discovered two gigantic structures resembling soap bubbles in the middle of the Milky Way, above and below the galactic plane. How gigantic? 25,000 light-years tall, one quarter the size of our galaxy! They are not sure where they are coming from. Read More >>
Featured comment by Prozac:
"The electrons are surely from a quantum electron field. Electrons and positrons with opposite spin cancelling each other out and emitting a dim radiat..." More »
It never fails. Every month or so, the astronauts at the International Space Station capture Earth in the most amazing, astonishing, rock-your-socks-off way imaginable. Every time it's better than the previous one. This one is the current winner by far. Read More >>
We knew there was a gigantic black hole in the middle of our very own Milky Way. Now we have images of how this monster eats. This video shows it devouring a massive gas cloud. Read More >>
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