NASA WEB · SETI Institute This stunning image of the reflection nebula Messier 78 was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This color composite image was created from many monochrome exposures taken through blue, yellow/green and red filters, supplemented by exposures through a filter that isolates light from glowing hydrogen gas.

This stunning image of the reflection nebula Messier 78 was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This color composite image was created from many monochrome exposures taken through blue, yellow/green and red filters, supplemented by exposures through a filter that isolates light from glowing hydrogen gas. 

NASA WEB · SETI Institute Buzzfeed takes a look at "10 Awesome Things That Happened In Space In 2014" The list includes one of our favorite stories - the discovery of 715 new exoplanets! SETI Institute's Jason Rowe is a member of the Kepler team behind the planet bonanza. See the list

Buzzfeed takes a look at "10 Awesome Things That Happened In Space In 2014"

The list includes one of our favorite stories - the discovery of 715 new exoplanets! SETI Institute's Jason Rowe is a member of the Kepler team behind the planet bonanza. See the list 

NASA WEB ·SETI Institute Dawn spacecraft has entered an approach phase in which it will continue to close in on Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never before visited by a spacecraft. Dawn launched in 2007 and is scheduled to enter Ceres orbit in March 2015.

Dawn spacecraft has entered an approach phase in which it will continue to close in on Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never before visited by a spacecraft. Dawn launched in 2007 and is scheduled to enter Ceres orbit in March 2015. 

NASA WEB · SETI Institute Happy New Year from all of us at SETI Institute! Photo taken by astronaut Terry Virts aboard the ISS.

Happy New Year from all of us at SETI Institute!

Photo taken by astronaut Terry Virts aboard the ISS.