This image from 1996 shows space shuttle Atlantis as it began the slow journey to Launch…
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The Next Generation
In October 2010, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center and White Sands Test Facility worked with Pratt…
Seeing Red
This image by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a dramatic view of the spiral galaxy M51,…
Going Supernova
While searching the skies for black holes using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers discovered a giant…
Princess Rhea and Her Ladies in Waiting
NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this image showing Saturn's icy moon Rhea taking center stage, with cameo…
The Triangulum Galaxy
The Triangulum Galaxy is located nearly 3 million light years from Earth. And, in a study…
Space Oddity
In this image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope, an unusual, ghostly green blob of gas…
First Appearance
Space shuttle Enterprise made its first appearance mated to supportive propellant containers/boosters cluster, as it was…
Stirring Up a Bloom Off Patagonia
Off the coast of Argentina, two strong ocean currents recently stirred up a colorful brew of…
Andromeda’s Once and Future Stars
Two European Space Agency observatories combined forces to show the Andromeda Galaxy in a new light.…