One of the most recognizable points on the Earth for astronauts to photograph is the Bahamas.…
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Spiraling Cloud Patterns Over Guadalupe Island
On May 24, 2017, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP satellite…
SpaceX CRS-12 Cargo Mission Launch
The two-stage Falcon 9 launch vehicle lifts off Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kenney Space Center…
Highlighting Titan’s Hazes
NASA's Cassini spacecraft looks toward the night side of Saturn's moon Titan in a view that…
Hubble Displays a Dwarf Spiral Galaxy
Dwarf galaxy NGC 5949 sits at a distance of around 44 million light-years from us, placing…
A Starburst with the Prospect of Gravitational Waves
More than a hundred years after Swift’s discovery of the "starburst" galaxy IC 10, astronomers are…
Solar Evaporation Ponds Near Moab, Utah
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of solar evaporation ponds outside the…
Moon Rise From the Space Station
From his vantage point aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik pointed his camera…
Prometheus and the Ghostly F Ring
The thin sliver of Saturn's moon Prometheus lurks near ghostly structures in Saturn's narrow F ring…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Watches a Sunspot
On July 5, 2017, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory watched an active region — an area of…