Jets generated by supermassive black holes at the centers of galaxies can transport huge amounts of…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
Ghost of Jupiter Nebula
This ghostly image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the disembodied remains of a dying star,…
‘Witch Head’ Brews Baby Stars
A witch appears to be screaming out into space in this new image from NASA's Wide-Field…
Fifteen Years Later: John Glenn’s Shuttle Flight
In the launch pad's White Room, STS-95 Payload Specialist John H. Glenn Jr., U.S. Senator from…
Sunlit Side of the Planet Mercury
Another day, another beautiful view of Mercury's horizon. In this scene, which was acquired looking from…
Solar Filament Eruption Creates ‘Canyon of Fire’
A magnetic filament of solar material erupted on the sun in late September, breaking the quiet…
Pathfinding Operations for Orion Spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center
At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the Orion ground test vehicle has been lifted high…
Cygnus Releases from International Space Station
Expedition 37 crew members aboard the International Space Station released Orbital Sciences' Cygnus spacecraft from the…
Astronaut Karen Nyberg With Cosmonaut Fyodor Yurchikhin and Astronaut Luca Parmitano
ISS037-E-011136 (14 Oct. 2013) --- NASA astronaut Karen Nyberg, Expedition 37 flight engineer; Russian cosmonaut Fyodor…