Signs of Katrina Linger in the Marshes

Ten years after making landfall, scars from Hurricane Katrina still linger.

Astronaut Kjell Lindgren Corrals the Supply of Fresh Fruit

NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren corrals the supply of fresh fruit that arrived on the Kounotori 5…

Stark Beauty of Supersonic Shock Waves

Updating a 150-year-old German photography technique, NASA and the U.S. Air Force released what's called a…

The Lonely Mountain

NASA's Dawn spacecraft spotted this tall, conical mountain on Ceres from a distance of 915 miles…

Sea Ice in the Greenland Sea

As the northern hemisphere experiences the heat of summer, ice moves and melts in the Arctic…

A Hubble Cosmic Couple

Here we see the spectacular cosmic pairing of the star Hen 2-427 — more commonly known…

Curiosity Low-Angle Self-Portrait at ‘Buckskin’ Drilling Site on Mount Sharp

This low-angle self-portrait of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover shows the vehicle above the "Buckskin" rock target,…

Testing on Deck

In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt designated August 19 as National Aviation Day in honor of…

Aurora’s Colorful Veil Over Earth

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly shared this photograph on social media, taken from the International Space Station…

Chasms on Dione

While not bursting with activity like its sister satellite Enceladus, the surface of Dione is definitely…