‘once-in-20-years’ aurora formed at the North Pole Here's how astronomers found one of the rarest phenomenons in space Here's how astronomers found one of the rarest phenomenons in space ...

One important part of the telescope is the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), which captures images of magnificent celestial bodies and phenomenons in space. Here are five remarkable images from MIRI ...

This story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Want to take a cosmic Rorschach test? If you see a pair of bright eyes in the inky depths of space, you’re seeing ...