Astronomy Story Briefs

Among the many awesome views of nebulae, released by NASA, is this one of the Orion Nebula (also known as M42).

Hubble, the orbiting space telescope, has taken sensational pictures over many years. This picture is actually a merger of 15 separate images ending i...

This image depicts the Orion Nebula OMC-1 Region. The Hubble Space Telescope took this image.What is going on in this image, and how did it come toget...

Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac(1902-1984), a British physicist known as a man of few words, developed a stunning equation in 1928. His ideas led to today'...

The Hubble Space Telescope took this image which NASA describes as a “Glowing Pool of Light: Planetary Nebula NGC 3132.”  In the midd...

This image depicts the Reflection Nebula in the Pleiades - IC 349.  The Hubble Space Telescope took this image.What we actually see here is a sta...

Reflection Nebula, aptly named, looks much like a street lamp, surrounded by fog. What causes its reflection-like appearance?

NASA honored Sacajawea when the federal agency used her name to describe an elliptical caldera on the planet Venus.

Thanks to the sophisticated technology of the Cassini orbiting space telescope, we are able to see things never-before possible. This image, for exam...

Einstein's theory of General Relativity, including its description of gravity, is proved with a total solar eclipse.

Since the start of the space age, countries sending objects into space have created a large amount of debris which continues to orbit the Earth.

This NASA video explains Super Moons (and why they are so bright and beautiful).