But there's much more information to be gleaned from growth rings than simply a tree's age. This information comes to us through the science of dendrochronology. Tree rings can reveal more than ...

The stars are surrounded by swirls of gas, which look like pine needles of an evergreen tree. They are green because they represent the light in the visible spectrum, according to NASA.

It actually experiences a growth spurt—with new cells growing between the previous year's tree ring and the tree's bark. The cells that grow during this initial period are large. As the season ...

NASA is getting into the festive spirit, sharing some stunning images of the Christmas Tree Cluster and the Cosmic ... light-years from Earth, the dark ring-like outline of the wreath is made ...

Scientists have highlighted the gas in the nebula in green to look like a tree ... from NASA's Chandra telescope and infrared data from the James Webb Space Telescope. The dark ring-like outline ...