An unusually low number of sunspots since the start of the year has prompted NASA to conclude that our normally stormy star is at its lowest cycle of activity in almost a century.
A lacy web of dust encircles galaxy NGC 7049, shown backlighted by millions of stars in this Hubble Space Telescope image.
Astronomers are studying a family of globular clusters that appear as glittering spots around the dusty halo to learn more about the formation and evolution of the galaxy
Fanlike features create unusual patterns on Mars's permanent south polar ice cap in a new image released by the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
Within our cosmic neighborhood, the survey counted more than a hundred thousand galaxies, seen above as dots in a computer simulation
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