This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right,…
Category: NASA Image of the Day
Best of 2025: Artemis II SLS (Space Launch System) Projected on Washington Monument
Images depicting NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are projected onto the Washington Monument as part…
Best of 2025: Artemis II Countdown Demonstration Test
Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot;…
Lightning from Above – NASA
NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this image of lightning while orbiting aboard the International Space Station…
First Sky Map from NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory
NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in…
Scientific Balloon Begins Antarctic Ascent
A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASA’s…
Hubble Glimpses Galactic Gas Making a Getaway
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy NGC 4388, a member of the Virgo…
Curiosity Sends Holiday Postcard from Mars
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas at two times of…
A Galactic Embrace – NASA
Data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory come together in this eye-catching…
Studying Physics in Microgravity – NASA
Tiny ball bearings surround a larger central bearing during the Fluid Particles experiment, conducted inside the…