Sunlight on the Atlantic Ocean

In this image from April 10, 2022, sunlight glints off the Atlantic Ocean in this photograph…

Night Skies and National Parks

NASA helped to create a web-based tool that helps park managers better understand the impact of…

Finding the Origins of Supermassive Black Holes

This artist’s impression is of a supermassive black hole that is inside the dust-shrouded core of…

Space Butterfly

What looks like a red butterfly in space is in reality a nursery for hundreds of…

April 12, 1981: Launch of the First Shuttle Mission

On April 12, 1981, NASA launched is first Space Transportation System, or space shuttle, mission, carrying…

When Galaxies Collide

A spectacular head-on collision between two galaxies fueled the unusual triangular-shaped star-birthing frenzy, as captured in…

Axiom-1 at Pad 39A and Artemis I at Pad 39B

SpaceX’s Axiom-1 is in the foreground on Launch Pad 39A with NASA’s Artemis I in the…

Axiom Mission 1 at Pad 39A and Artemis I at Pad 39B

SpaceX’s Axiom-1 is in the foreground on Launch Pad 39A with NASA’s Artemis I in the…

Japan's Geiyo Archipelago

Japan’s Geiyo Archipelago, in the Seito Inland Sea, was once home to pirates. Click…

Testing the Aircraft of the Future

NASA and industry partners are working towards a future that sees aviation meet cleaner sustainability standards. …