International Space Station Commander Dan Burbank captured spectacular imagery of Comet Lovejoy from about 240 miles…
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Celestial Bauble Intrigues Astronomers
With the holiday season in full swing, a new image from an assembly of telescopes reveals…
Expedition 30 Lifts Off
The Soyuz TMA-03M rocket launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011,…
A ‘Rose’ Made of Galaxies
In celebration of the twenty-first anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's deployment in April 2011, astronomers…
Expedition 30 Soyuz Rolls to the Pad
The Soyuz TMA-03M spacecraft is rolled out by train on its way to the launch pad…
Spiral Galaxy
Resembling festive lights on a holiday wreath, this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the nearby…
Hubble Serves Up a Holiday Snow Angel
The bipolar star-forming region, called Sharpless 2-106, looks like a soaring, celestial snow angel. The outstretched…
A Galaxy Cluster Gets Sloshed
Like wine in a glass, vast clouds of hot gas are sloshing back and forth in…
Apollo 17 Extravehicular Activity – 39 Years Ago Today
39 years ago, today, scientist-astronaut Harrison H. Schmitt is photographed standing next to a huge, split…
USS Intrepid Aircraft Carrier at Enterprise Title Transfer
USS Intrepid aircraft carrier which is home to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum is…