NASA WEB ·SETI Institute Planet hunters plot course for habitable worlds. Together, Kepler and WFIRST will work to produce a rough census of how many planets there are in our Galaxy.

Planet hunters plot course for habitable worlds. Together, Kepler and WFIRST will work to produce a rough census of how many planets there are in our Galaxy. 

NASA WEB ·SETI Institute Venus Gets Weirder: CO2 Oceans May Have Covered Surface Venus is often described as Earth's twin planet because it is the world closest to Earth in size, mass, distance and chemical makeup. However, whereas Earth is a haven for life, Venusis typically described as hellish, with a crushing atmosphere and clouds of corrosive sulfuric acid floating over a rocky desert surface hot enough to melt lead.,

Venus Gets Weirder: CO2 Oceans May Have Covered Surface

Venus is often described as Earth's twin planet because it is the world closest to Earth in size, mass, distance and chemical makeup. However, whereas Earth is a haven for life, Venusis typically described as hellish, with a crushing atmosphere and clouds of corrosive sulfuric acid floating over a rocky desert surface hot enough to melt lead.,

NASA WEB ·Astronomy Today For the first time, a mission designed to set its eyes on black holes and other objects far from our solar system has turned its gaze back closer to home, capturing images of our sun. NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has taken its first picture of the sun, producing the most sensitive solar portrait ever taken in high-energy X-rays. "NuSTAR will give us a unique look at the sun, from the deepest to the highest parts of its atmosphere," said David Smith...

For the first time, a mission designed to set its eyes on black holes and other objects far from our solar system has turned its gaze back closer to home, capturing images of our sun. NASA's Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has taken its first picture of the sun, producing the most sensitive solar portrait ever taken in high-energy X-rays.

"NuSTAR will give us a unique look at the sun, from the deepest to the highest parts of its atmosphere," said David Smith...

NASA WEB ·Mystery Object Appears Near Milky Way's Monster Black Hole A mystery object at the center of the galaxy has astronomers scratching their heads, and a new piece of information won't be solving the case before the New...

See how this mysterious object has experts stumped.

Mystery Object Appears Near Milky Way's Monster Black Hole

A mystery object at the center of the galaxy has astronomers scratching their heads, and a new piece of information won't be solving the case before the New...