The magnificent central bar of NGC 2217 (also known as AM 0619-271) shines bright in the…
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Navigating the Moon with Art
Artists used paintbrushes and airbrushes to recreate the lunar surface on each of the four models…
Tracking Spring Flooding – NASA
Rivers swelled in southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan in April 2024 following heavy rain and rapid…
Little Dumbbell Nebula (WFC3 Image)
In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took…
Our Beautiful Water World – NASA
Behold one of the more detailed images of Earth. This Blue Marble Earth montage—created from photographs…
Looking Beyond the Veil – NASA
This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of star-forming region NGC 604…
Water Touches Everything – NASA
The ocean holds about 97 percent of Earth’s water and covers 70 percent of our planet’s…
Sometimes Getting the Perfect Picture Really Is Rocket Science
NASA Engineer Cindy Fuentes Rosal waves goodbye to a Black Brant IX sounding rocket launching from…
NASA’s VIPER Gets Its Head and Neck
A team of engineers lifts the mast into place atop of NASA’s VIPER robotic Moon rover…
Seeing the Solar Eclipse from 223,000 Miles Away
This spectacular image showing the Moon’s shadow on Earth’s surface was acquired during a 20-second period…