This image from the GOES-13 satellite, taken at 10:32 a.m. EDT on Sept. 3, shows a…
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A Chameleon Sky
The sands of time are running out for the central star of this the Hourglass Nebula.…
Orbital Sunrise
The Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station photographed this image of polar mesospheric clouds…
The Red Hills
Backdropped by red hills, the Development Motor-2, or DM-2, ignites during an Aug. 31, 2010, static…
Three Storms
The current Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite GOES-13 captured this image of Hurricane Danielle heading for the…
Galaxy at the Edge
Spiral galaxy NGC 4921 presently is estimated to be 320 million light years distant. This image,…
A Strange Ring Galaxy
Is this one galaxy or two? Astronomer Art Hoag first asked this question when he chanced…
Islands of Four Mountains
The picturesque, but snow-capped volcanoes, composing the Islands of the Four Mountains in Alaska's Aleutian Island…
Hydrogen Sulfide and Dust Plumes on Namibia’s Coast
Cloudless skies allowed a clear view of dust and hydrogen sulfide plumes along the coast of…
Anaxagoras Crater
This image from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the floor of the moon's Anaxagoras crater, including…