More than a hundred years after Swift’s discovery of the "starburst" galaxy IC 10, astronomers are…
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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…
A Look Inside the Space Station’s Expandable BEAM Module
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik looks through the hatch of the International Space Station's Bigelow Expandable Aerospace…
Space Station Flyover of Super Typhoon Noru
NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik photographed Super Typhoon Noru on August 1, 2017, as the International Space…
August 1, 1971 – Second Apollo 15 Moonwalk
This mini-panorama combines two photographs taken by Apollo 15 lunar module pilot Jim Irwin, from the…
Sunrise Through the Solar Arrays
On July 26, 2017, a member of the Expedition 52 crew aboard the International Space Station…
Expedition 52 Soyuz Launches to the Space Station
The Soyuz MS-05 rocket is launched with Expedition 52 flight engineer Sergei Ryazanskiy of Roscosmos, flight…