Archivo de la etiqueta: Astronomy photo

TOI 700 d is the first Earth-size habitable-zone planet discovered by TESS, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite.

On Jan.1, 2020, ​​NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine tweeted: «Making progress! The massive @NASA_SLS core stage is moving to Building 110 at the Michoud Assembly Facility.

This smattering of celestial sequins is a spiral galaxy named NGC 4455, located in the northern constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair). This might sound like an odd name for a constellation — and in fact it is somewhat unusual. It’s the only modern constellation named in honor of a real person from history: Queen Berenice II of Egypt.

Stars glitter in the night sky above the Earth’s atmospheric glow.

NGC 4258, a galaxy about 23 million light years away, is the site of impressive, ongoing fireworks.