Stars

Using a simple film camera, astronomer Bill Livingston photographed satellites that hover above the equator.
Rodrigo Pérez Ortega, Contributor
Gaze upon halos of light, streams of interstellar gas, and nearby Earthlike planets this month.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
Peer into the past and predict the future with the stars this month.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
Spring has sprung: Interstellar edition.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
Space salt, Martian clay, and unexpected X-rays feature in this month's slideshow.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
Planets closely orbiting red dwarf stars may have dynamic tectonic plates, making them more life-friendly than previously thought.
Ramin Skibba, Contributor
The dragon's large belly holds clues about how stars form -- and how the process stops.
Catherine Meyers, Editor
We look back in space-time this month to herald a new year.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
An assortment of twinkling images of space, stars and spacecrafts.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
View new pictures of Mars, the last picture of the dwarf planet Ceres and images of the brightest galaxy in the universe.
Abigail Malate, Staff Illustrator
Researchers calculate all the photons ever emitted by the observable universe and find an astronomical number.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor
Mysterious dark matter particles may be blowing past Earth at 1.8 million kilometers per hour.
Charles Q. Choi, Contributor