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Hubble Views a Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star
This star is ending its life by casting off its outer layers of gas, which formed…
Practicing Orion Spacecraft Recovery After Splashdown
A group of U.S. Navy divers, Air Force pararescuemen and Coast Guard rescue swimmers practice Orion…
One Billion Base Pairs Sequenced on the Space Station
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins checks a sample for air bubbles prior to loading it in the…
Space Station Flight Over the Southern Tip of Italy
The southern tip of Italy is visible in this image taken by the Expedition 49 crew…
Where the Small Moon Rules
Pan may be small as satellites go, but like many of Saturn's ring moons, it has…
NASA’s IceBridge Observes Effects of Summer Melt on Greenland Ice Sheet
NASA's IceBridge, an airborne survey of polar ice, flew over the Helheim/Kangerdlugssuaq region of Greenland on…
Infrared Echoes of a Black Hole Eating a Star
This illustration shows a glowing stream of material from a star, disrupted as it was being…
Sept. 14, 1966 – View From Gemini XI, 850 Miles Above the Earth
The western half of Australia, looking west, as seen from the Gemini XI spacecraft, 850 miles…
A Streamlined Form in Lethe Vallis, Mars
This image shows a portion of Lethe Vallis, an outflow channel that also transported lava. This…