NASA's Dawn spacecraft spotted this tall, conical mountain on Ceres from a distance of 915 miles…
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Sea Ice in the Greenland Sea
As the northern hemisphere experiences the heat of summer, ice moves and melts in the Arctic…
A Hubble Cosmic Couple
Here we see the spectacular cosmic pairing of the star Hen 2-427 — more commonly known…
Curiosity Low-Angle Self-Portrait at ‘Buckskin’ Drilling Site on Mount Sharp
This low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle above the "Buckskin" rock target,…
Testing on Deck
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated August 19 as National Aviation Day in honor of…
Aurora’s Colorful Veil Over Earth
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shared this photograph on social media, taken from the International Space Station…
Chasms on Dione
While not bursting with activity like its sister satellite Enceladus, the surface of Dione is definitely…
Hubble Sees a “Mess of Stars”
Bursts of pink and red, dark lanes of mottled cosmic dust, and a bright scattering of…
Welding Preparations For Orion Spacecraft at Michoud Assembly Facility
At NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, engineers are welding together the Orion crew module pathfinder in preparation…
For Anniversary of Orbiter’s Launch: Seasonal Flows in Mars’ Valles Marineris
Among the many discoveries by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter since the mission was launched on Aug.…