Despite its cold waters and harsh winds, the North Sea is a fertile basin for phytoplankton…
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Stellar Sparklers That Last
While fireworks only last a short time here on Earth, a bundle of cosmic sparklers in…
Curiosity’s Stars and Stripes
This view of the American flag medallion on NASA's Mars rover Curiosity was taken by the…
Light Toned Deposit in the Aureum Chaos Region on Mars
The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter acquired this closeup…
Eruption of Wolf Volcano, Galapagos Islands
In late May 2015, the highest volcano in the Galapagos Islands, Wolf volcano, erupted for the…
Spirals in the D Ring
Although the D ring of Saturn is so thin that it's barely noticeable compared to the…
Watching Meteors From the Space Station
Astronaut Ron Garan tweeted this image from the International Space Station in August, 2011, writing, “What…
Solar Dynamics Observatory Sees M7.9-Class Solar Flare
The sun emitted a mid-level solar flare, an M7.9-class, peaking at 4:16 a.m. EDT on June…
Lights of an Aurora From the International Space Station
NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly captured this photo of an aurora from the International Space Station on…
Flying Over An Aurora
NASA astronaut Scott Kelly (@StationCDRKelly) captured photographs and video of auroras on June 22, 2015. Kelly…