Recent images from NASA reveal the stunning remains of an exploded star. Called supernova remnants, the stellar debris includes elements that are the building blocks of life on Earth.
Neptune is the most distant of the solar system's eight planets. Find out about the blue world's orbit, which of Neptune's moons is the largest, and how the planet is home to the most severe weather in the solar system.
According to astronomy, planets the size of Neptune couldn’t possibly form and sustain any kind of atmosphere while orbiting their parent stars at a close proximity. But last year, astronomers found exactly this kind of planet!