Illuminated by the light of nearby stars, the nebula M-78 exhibits a ghostly appearance in this…
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Orion Heat Shield Transported Aboard Super Guppy Plane
The heat shield for NASA's Orion spacecraft was loaded onto a Super Guppy plane in Manchester,…
Forty Years Ago, Pioneer 10’s Closest Approach to Jupiter
On Dec. 4, 1973, NASA's Pioneer 10 spacecraft sent back images of Jupiter of ever-increasing size.…
View of the Transantarctic Mountains
This image of the Transantarctic Mountains was taken from the NASA P-3 airborne laboratory on Nov.…
Sunlit Edge of Saturn’s Largest Moon, Titan
The sunlit edge of Titan's south polar vortex stands out distinctly against the darkness of the…
Black Holes Have Simple Feeding Habits
At the center of spiral galaxy M81 is a supermassive black hole about 70 million times…
Comet ISON Streams Toward the Sun
In the early hours of Nov. 27, 2013, Comet ISON entered the field of view of…
Lighting the Paths Across the U.S.
Thanksgiving is a time for family, for feasting, and for gratitude in the United States. It…
Cubesats Released From Space Station
ISS038-E-003872 (19 Nov. 2013) --- Three nanosatellites, known as Cubesats, are deployed from a Small Satellite…
A Portrait of Global Winds
High-resolution global atmospheric modeling provides a unique tool to study the role of weather within Earth’s…