This artist's concept illustrates the two types of spiral galaxies that populate our universe: those with…
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Skirting an Obstacle
This view from the navigation camera on NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows tracks left by…
The Birth of Stars
The spectacular new camera installed on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 in May…
Greetings From Palmer Station, Antarctica
Residents of Palmer Station, Antarctica, used their bright red United States Antarctic Program parkas to send…
Successful Flight Through Enceladus Plume
The Cassini spacecraft has weathered the Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in…
Successful Flight Through Enceladus Plume
The Cassini spacecraft has weathered the Monday, Nov. 2, 2009, flyby of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in…
Test Stand A-2 Peering Out from the Fog
At Stennis Space Center, three large engine test stands were built the early 1960s to test…
Spring Bloom in New Zealand Waters
Off the east coast of New Zealand, cold rivers of water that have branched off from…
X-38
One of NASA's three X-38 Crew Return Vehicle technology demonstrators that flew at NASA's Dryden Flight…
Operation Ice Bridge Sees Antarctic Sea Ice
An iceberg is seen out the window of NASA's DC-8 research aircraft as it flies 2,000…