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Youngest Planet Seen As It's Forming
LkCa 15 b is a young forming planet 450 light-years from Earth in the constellation Taurus. 10.2011
Art by Karen Teramura, UH Institute for Astronomy.

Nature's Best Magnifying Glass
The gravity of a gigantic cluster of galaxies has bent and magnified the light of the distant spiral galaxy Sp1149 making its spiral arms visible and available for study by astronomers. Normally gravitational lensing distorts the structures of distant galaxies beyond recognition. The inset labaled "galaxy" shows how Sp1149 would look without lensing. 3.2011
Art by K. Teramura, UH IfA.

Water in the Universe
How does water form in interstellar space and how did it get to Earth?
Art by K. Teramura, UH IfA.