'Monster Star' Baby Photos Captured by Giant Telescope
New observations using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter array (ALMA) have given astronomers the best view yet of a monster star in the process of forming within a dark cloud. A stellar womb with over 500 times the mass of the Sun has been found - the largest ever seen in the Milky Way - and it is still growing. [Watch the video]
Images: Blue Alien Planet's True Color Revealed by Hubble
This illustration shows HD 189733b, a huge gas giant that orbits very close to its host star HD 189733. The planet's atmosphere is scorching with a temperature of over 1000 degrees Celsius, and it rains glass, sideways, in howling 7000 kilometer-per-hour winds. Image released July 11, 2013. [See More Images]
NASA Spacecraft Photographs Pluto's Largest Moon Charon
A NASA spacecraft bound for Pluto has captured its first photo of the dwarf planet's largest moon Charon, a cosmic snapshot snapped from nearly 550 million miles away. [Read the Full Story]
Photos: Space Shuttle Enterprise Exhibit Reopens NYC Museum
Space shuttle Enterprise relaunched on public display July 10, 2013 at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City. [See More Images]
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