This image from the Chandra X-ray Observatory shows the central region of the starburst galaxy M82…
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Building Planets
This artist's animation illustrates a massive asteroid belt in orbit around a star the same age…
Solar Prominence
This new image from the Solar Dynamics Observatory’s Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) shows in great detail…
Oil Slick Spreads off Gulf Coast
NASA's Aqua satellite captured this image of the Gulf of Mexico on April 25, 2010 using…
Renewing Partnerships
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson signed a Memorandum…
The Birth of Stars
This new Hubble photo is but a small portion of one of the largest seen star-birth…
Cumulonimbus Cloud Over Africa
High above the African continent, tall, dense cumulonimbus clouds, meaning 'column rain' in Latin, are the…
Another World
This other worldly landscape is actually Dagze Co, one of many inland lakes in Tibet. In…
Separation
As the shuttle and the space station began their post-undocking relative separation, Expedition 23 flight engineer…