The International Space Station has tracked Hurricane Matthew all week, providing images and video from low…
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Hurricane Matthew Hits Haiti
On October 4, 2016, Hurricane Matthew made landfall on southwestern Haiti as a category-4 storm—the strongest…
Rover’s Panorama Taken Amid ‘Murray Buttes’ on Mars
This 360-degree panorama was acquired by the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover .
A Trio of Plumes in the South Sandwich Islands
On September 29, 2016, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this…
Space Station’s Expandable Habitat
The Bigelow Expandable Activity Module (BEAM) is seen attached to the Tranquility module of the International…
Testing the James Webb Space Telescope Pathfinder
In this photograph taken on Sept. 1, 2016, the James Webb Space Telescope Pathfinder structure has…
‘Pandora’s Cluster’ Seen by Spitzer
This image of galaxy cluster Abell 2744, also called Pandora's Cluster, was taken by the Spitzer…
Water Swirls, Gulf of St. Lawrence
Orbiting above eastern North America, a crew member on the International Space Station photographed a dense…
Tectonically Active Planet Mercury
New NASA-funded research suggests that Mercury is contracting even today, joining Earth as a tectonically active…
Hubble Views a Colorful Demise of a Sun-like Star
This star is ending its life by casting off its outer layers of gas, which formed…