SDO captured this image of the sun emitting a mid-level solar flare, peaking at 2:23 EDT on June 22, 2015.
NASA’s Aqua satellite recently spotted smoke from the Washington Fire south of Carson City, Nevada.
A single crescent moon is a familiar sight in Earth’s sky, but with Saturn’s many moons, you can see three…
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft took this image, which includes an interesting mountain in the upper right, on June 6, 2015.
A cluster of mysterious bright spots on dwarf planet Ceres can be seen in this image, taken by NASA’s Dawn…
This image, taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on June 14, 2015, shows an intriguing mountain on dwarf planet Ceres protruding…
A variety of craters and other geological features can be found on dwarf planet Ceres. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft took this…
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden presents a commemorative NASA montage to Professor Stephen Hawking, British theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director…
SOFIA’s predecessor, the Kuiper Airborne Observatory (KAO), was dedicated on May 21, 1975. Carrying a 36 inch telecope, the KAO…
Two solar filaments that looked like an arrow, survived a transition around the sun, but the shape sharpness has degraded,…