Something unexpected is happening on the Sun. 2013 was supposed to be the year of "solar…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
Winter Storm Hits the Mid-Atlantic
An image from NOAA's GOES-13 satellite on March 6, 2013, shows a winter storm hitting the…
Hubble Sees ‘Space Invader’ Image
The gravitational field surrounding this massive cluster of galaxies, Abell 68, acts as a natural lens…
SpaceX-2 Mission Launch
Space Exploration Technologies' Falcon 9 rocket lifts off Space Launch Complex 40 on Cape Canaveral Air…
Hubble Observes Glowing, Fiery Shells of Gas
It may look like something from "The Lord of the Rings," but this fiery swirl is…
Fermi’s Motion Produces a Study in Spirograph
NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope orbits our planet every 95 minutes, building up increasingly deeper views…
Winter Storm across Central United States
In late February 2013, a major snowstorm made its way across the continental United States, dropping…
The Whirlpool Galaxy
The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy. At only 30 million light years distant and…
Saturn’s North Polar Hexagon
Saturn's north polar hexagon basks in the Sun's light now that spring has come to the…
Colors of the Innermost Planet
This colorful view of Mercury was produced by using images from the color base map imaging…