"This is a tale of a failed galaxy." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have ...

Compact objects are compact stellar remnants, such as white dwarfs, neutron stars and black holes and specific types of these objects (e.g., pulsars and boson stars), as well as their larger ...

These historic objects from the National Air and Space Museum's collection have been 3D scanned and 3D models produced in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution's Digitization Program Office.