Surface of Asteroid Ryugu

Ever wanted to know what the surface of an asteroid looks like? Now’s your chance. Check out the surface of Asteroid Ryugu in this incredible closeup image.

ImagesErin BaileySeptember 8, 2018Asteroid, Ryugu, Hayabusa2, JAXA

Saturn's Hexagon

Saturn isn’t all rings. The newly-discovered hexagonal storm shows that our universe is full of shapes we already know and recognize (but that doesn’t make it less cool).

ImagesErin BaileySeptember 7, 2018Saturn, Planets, Storm

Our Galaxy's Center is Full of Black Holes

Did you think we just had one black hole at the center of our galaxy? Think again. There may actually be as many as 20,000, as recently discovered by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory.

ImagesErin BaileySeptember 6, 2018Milky Way, Black Hole, NASA, Chandra

Kepler-16b - The Real-Life Tatooine?

The planet Tatooine from Star Wars has been famously compared to the discovery of Kepler-16b, as it depicted a world with two suns (prior to the discovery of Kepler-16b), which just goes to show that sometimes truth really is stranger than fiction.

Facts, Deep SpaceErin BaileyAugust 30, 2018Interactive, Circumbinary, Planet, Star, Stars, Kepler-16, Kepler-16b

Galaxy in a Crystal Ball

This is one of the coolest images we’ve seen. Taken at Paranal Observatory in Chile, it seems to capture our entire Milky Way galaxy in a single crystal ball.

ImagesErin BaileyAugust 29, 2018Milky Way, Image, Galaxy

WATCH: Approaching the Bubble Nebula

This weird-looking nebula is a favorite of many. Watch what it would look like to approach it using real data and digital visualization techniques.

Video, Deep SpaceErin BaileyAugust 28, 2018Bubble Nebula, Video, NebulaComment