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