A new analysis of about 10,000 normal Sun-like stars in the Milky Way's galactic bulge reveals…
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Now This: The Apollo 11 Crew
On Jan. 9, 1969, NASA announced the prime crew of the Apollo 11 lunar landing mission.…
Veil of Ice
Saturn’s rings, made of countless icy particles, form a translucent veil in this view from NASA’s…
Winter Storm Pummels the East Coast
Millions of people along the East Coast of the United States faced snow and ice, gusty…
Geocolor Image From NOAA’s GOES-16 Satellite of Powerful East Coast Storm
This Geocolor image from NOAA's GOES-16 satellite captures the deepening storm off the East coast of…
From Mercury Mark II to Project Gemini
On Jan. 3, 1962, the newly announced Mercury Mark II project was renamed Project Gemini. This…
From the Earth, Moon and Beyond
THE OSIRIS-REx mission will map and return samples from asteroid Bennu, a carbon-rich hunk of rock…
Under the Midnight Sun
In September 2017, a new iceberg calved from Pine Island Glacier—one of the main outlets where…
Naples at Night
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of the city lights of Naples…