Resembling festive lights on a holiday wreath, this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of the nearby…
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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…
NASA Deputy Administrator Tours Blue Origin
NASA Deputy Administrator Lori Garver, fourth from left meets Blue Origin Founder Jeff Bezos, third from…
Fresh Impact Craters on Asteroid Vesta
This image, taken December 6, 2011, combines two separate views of the giant asteroid Vesta obtained…
Alan Bean Descends Intrepid
Alan L. Bean, Lunar Module pilot for the Apollo 12 mission, starts down the ladder of…
Echo II, a Balloon Satellite
Echo II is shown here undergoing a tensile stress test in a dirigible hanger at Weekesville,…
Kepler Launch in 2009
On Launch Pad 17-B at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, United Launch Alliance's Delta…