Westerlund 2 VenusThis relatively young, 2 million year old star cluster contains some of the hottest, brightest, and most massive stars in our galaxy. Westerlund 2 is a giant, sparkling cluster of about 3,000 stars in a raucous stellar breeding ground called Gum 29. It is located 20,000 light years away from Earth in the constellation Carina. The largest stars unleash a torrent of ultraviolet light and hurricane force winds that etch away the enveloping hydrogen gas
The Bubble Nebula lies in the constellation Cassiopeia
When Earth is the place that has all the right conditions for life
There may even be cryovolcanoes of cold liquid water
Meixner and P
These monstrous black holes are among the most distant known
Today both Voyager spacecraft continue sending valuable science from the far reaches of our solar system and have officially exited the solar system to reach interstellar space
When the surface of Venus is anything but pleasant
The burst of energy released from a dying star pulls and energizes gas along with it
McCullough (STScI)
Even simple physical repairs such as fixing an antenna in the extreme environment of Mars will take special skills
to the yellowish central core which serves as the home for older stars
A creative team of visual strategists at JPL
