Jets of ionized gas streak across a cosmic landscape from a newly forming star. Image Credit:…
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New York–Newark–Jersey City Metropolitan Area
The New York–Newark–Jersey City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which spans 23 counties across New York, New Jersey,…
NASA’s Pandora Small Satellite Launched
NASA’s Pandora small satellite, and NASA-sponsored Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS), and Black Hole Coded Aperture…
White Dwarf Star (Artist’s Concept)
This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right,…
Best of 2025: Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) Projected on Washington Monument
Images depicting NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are projected onto the Washington Monument as part…
Best of 2025: Artemis II Countdown Demonstration Test
Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot;…
Lightning from Above – NASA
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this image of lightning while orbiting aboard the International Space Station…
First Sky Map from NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory
NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in…
Scientific Balloon Begins Antarctic Ascent
A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASA’s…
Hubble Glimpses Galactic Gas Making a Getaway
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy NGC 4388, a member of the Virgo…