Hubble Eyes a Loose Spiral Galaxy

The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted the spiral galaxy ESO 499-G37, seen here against a backdrop…

Bridging Cities of Galaxies

Planck has discovered a bridge of hot gas that connects galaxy clusters Abell 399 (lower center)…

Double Prominence Eruptions

The Sun erupted with two prominence eruptions, one after the other over a four-hour period on…

Soyuz Re-Entry

Seen from the International Space Station, the Soyuz TMA-05M descent module begins to re-enter the Earth's…

Expedition 33 Lands

The Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft is seen shortly after it landed with Expedition 33 Commander Sunita Williams…

A Reborn Planetary Nebula

These images of the planetary nebula Abell 30 show one of the clearest views ever obtained…

An Exploded Star’s Remains and Its Murky Environment

Supernova remnant W44 is the focus of this new image created by combining data from the…

Portrait of Global Aerosols

High-resolution global atmospheric modeling run on the Discover supercomputer at the NASA Center for Climate Simulation…

Sheldon Glacier

View of Sheldon Glacier with Mount Barre in the background, seen from Ryder Bay near Rothera…

Happy Little Crater on Mercury

It looks like even the craters on Mercury have heard of Bob Ross! The central peaks…