Star Dog Icon
Did you know...?

Urbain Le Verrier worked at the Paris Observatory for most of his life, but his efforts to improve the facility made him very unpopular. He was fired from his job in 1870.

The StarChild site is a service of the High Energy Astrophysics Science Archive Research Center (HEASARC), within the Astrophysics Science Division (ASD) at NASA/ GSFC.

StarChild Authors: The StarChild Team
StarChild Graphics & Music: Acknowledgments
StarChild Project Leader: Dr. Laura A. Whitlock
Curator: J.D. Myers
Responsible NASA Official: Amber Straughn