Seven Earth-sized planets have been observed par NASA's Spitzer l’espace Telescope around a tiny, nearby, ultra-cool dwarf étoile, star called TRAPPIST-1. Three of these planets are firmly in the habitable zone.
récent images from NASA reveal the stunning remains of an exploded star. Called supernova remnants, the stellar debris includes elements that are the building blocks of life on Earth.
30 years ago, scientist Carl Sagan asked NASA’s Voyager 1 to capture an iconic portrait of our world. This humbling view of Earth from 6.4 billion km away is known as the “Pale Blue Dot.”
Neptune is the most distant of the solar system's eight planets. Find out about the blue world's orbit, which of Neptune's moons is the largest, and how the planet is accueil to the most severe weather in the solar system.
According to astronomy, planets the size of Neptune couldn’t possibly form and sustain any kind of atmosphere while orbiting their parent stars at a close proximity. But last year, astronomers found exactly this kind of planet!
Watch as this NASA animation shows the sun blasting out a giant explosion of magnetic energy called a coronal mass ejection and the Earth being shielded from this par its powerful magnetic field.
