This view combines information from two instruments on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to map color-coded composition…
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Good Night From Space
Earth's thin atmosphere stands out against the blackness of space in this photo taken on Aug.…
Western Wildfire Smoke Has Drifted Over the Atlantic
Smoke from the treacherous western wildfires has wafted across country and out to sea.
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,…