Astronomy

NASA is exploring our solar system and beyond to answer age-old questions, such as: Where did we come from? Where are we going? Are we alone? We aim to discover how our universe began and evolved, and how galaxies, stars and planets come to be. We study our own solar system, including how our Sun changes the space environment.

NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is a telescope specially designed to detect X-ray emission from very hot regions of the Universe such as exploded stars, clusters of galaxies, and matter around black holes.

Under the leadership of CEO Bill Nye, The Planetary Society is the world’s largest and most influential non-profit space organization on a mission to empower the world’s citizens to advance space science and exploration.

Access research, equipment and news for the amateur and professional astronomer.

The purpose of the American Astronomical Society's WorldWide Telescope project is to enable the seamless visualization and sharing of scientific data and stories from major telescopes, observatories, and institutions among students and researchers, through science museums and full-dome immersive planetariums, and in scholarly publications.

Web-based science, research and technology news service which covers a full range of topics.