Target: Earth Mission: Terra Instrument: ASTER Image Credit: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
Spotted by Hubble: Dark Star-Hatching frEGGs
This image shows knots of cold, dense interstellar gas where new stars are forming. These Free-floating…
Particles From the Sun Produce Light Show on Earth
The aurora borealis glow on the northern horizon while stars wheel overhead in this long exposure,…
Hubble Images Colorful Planetary Nebula Ringed by Hazy Halo
The colorful planetary nebula, NGC 2438, formed after the death of a Sun-like star. It appears…
Mariner 10: First Mission to Use an Interplanetary Gravity Assist
An artists’ impression of the Mariner 10 mission, the first mission to perform an interplanetary gravity…
An Aurora Seen From Space
An aurora dimly intersected with Earth’s airglow as the International Space Station flew into an orbital…
NASA Armstrong's Visual Communications Manager Steven Lighthill
Steve Lighthill began to study art at the age of 16, taking courses in painting, sculpture,…
SpaceX Crew-3 Rollout
In this 90-second exposure, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard…
Gamma Ray Ghouls!
Take a tour of some of the most terrifying and mind-blowing destinations in our galaxy ……
PIA24975: A Deep Dive Into a Jupiter Vortex
Target: Jupiter Mission: Juno Instrument: JunoCam , Microwave Radiometer (MWR) Image Credit: Image data: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSSImage processing:…