Measuring Clouds and Aerosols From the Space Station

Clouds can be observed from the International Space Station moving across Earth’s surface, as in this…

Measuring Clouds and Aerosols From the Space Station

Clouds can be observed from the International Space Station moving across Earth’s surface, as in this…

Solar Dynamics Observatory Welcomes the New Year

There were no fireworks on the sun to welcome in the New Year and only a…

Ceres, Target of NASA’s Dawn Mission

Discovered on Jan. 1, 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi of Italy, Ceres is the largest object in…

Hubble Sees an Ancient Globular Cluster

This image captures the stunning NGC 6535, a globular cluster 22,000 light-years away in the constellation…

Space Simulation Chamber Prepared for Testing Webb Telescope

This photo was captured from outside the enormous mouth of NASA's giant thermal vacuum chamber, called…

View of the Alps From Space

Expedition 42 Flight Engineer Samantha Cristoforetti of the European Space Agency (ESA) took this photograph of…

Hubble Sees the Beautiful Side of Galaxy IC 335

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the galaxy IC 335 in front of a…

Frosty Slopes on Mars

This image of an area on the surface of Mars, approximately 1.5 by 3 kilometers in…

Holiday Lights on the Sun: Imagery of a Solar Flare

The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 7:28 p.m. EST on Dec. 19, 2014.…