Deep Space
Beyond the planets: black holes that bend light, stars at every stage of life, worlds around other suns, whole galaxies, and the invisible ingredients that shape the universe. Every guide comes with a real-time 3D view.
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Stars & remnants
- Yellow dwarf star (G2V) · 8.3 light-minutes
The Sun
The star at the heart of the Solar System
- Star-forming nebula · ≈ 1,340 ly
Orion Nebula
The nearest great nursery where new stars are born
- Red supergiant · ≈ 550–700 ly
Betelgeuse
Orion's red shoulder, a giant nearing its end
- White dwarf · 8.6 ly
Sirius B
The Dog Star's tiny, dense and dazzling companion
- Supernova remnant · ≈ 6,500 ly
Crab Nebula
The glowing wreckage of a star seen exploding in 1054
- Neutron star · pulsar · ≈ 6,500 ly
Crab Pulsar
A spinning city-sized star left by a supernova
Other worlds
- Exoplanet · 4.24 ly
Proxima Centauri b
The nearest known world beyond the Solar System
- Seven-planet system · ≈ 40 ly
TRAPPIST-1
Seven Earth-sized worlds around a tiny, cool star
- Dwarf planet · ≈ 39 AU
Pluto
The icy dwarf planet with a heart of nitrogen
- Belt of icy worlds · 30–50 AU
Kuiper Belt
The frozen frontier of small worlds beyond Neptune
Galaxies
Invisible universe
- Invisible mass · Everywhere
Dark matter
The invisible scaffolding that holds galaxies together
- Accelerating expansion · Everywhere
Dark energy
The mysterious force speeding up cosmic expansion
- Ripples in spacetime · GW150914: ≈ 1.3 billion ly
Gravitational waves
Ripples in spacetime from colliding black holes
- Afterglow of the Big Bang · ≈ 46 billion ly (today)
Cosmic microwave background
The oldest light in the universe, the Big Bang's afterglow