06.11.13 - NASA's NuSTAR space telescope has found evidence of a slumbering massive black hole in a galaxy bursting with new stars.
06.11.13 - The stuff of stars is not always easy to see. Thanks to the Herschel Space Observatory, invisible pools of gas in our galaxy are being mapped better than before.
06.12.13 - An unprecedented bonanza of black holes has been found in one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way.
06.07.13 - The so-called Trifid of the North is a large, dusty region that is currently forming new stars. These stars are very hot and therefore appear to be very blue.
06.05.13 - New views from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope show blooming stars in our Milky Way galaxy's more barren territories, far from its crowded core.
06.14.13 - Assembly of the backbone of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the primary mirror backplane support structure, is a step closer to completion with the recent addition of the backplane support frame, a fixture that will be used to connect all the pieces of the telescope together.
06.13.13 - Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found compelling evidence of a planet forming 7.5 billion miles away from its star, a finding that may challenge current theories about planet formation.