
The Soyuz rocket is rolled out to the launch pad by train, on Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012, at the Baikonur…

The sun emitted a significant solar flare, peaking at 2:14 p.m. EDT on Oct. 20, 2012 NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory…

The robotic arm on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity delivered a sample of Martian soil to the rover’s observation tray for…

An aerial photograph of NASA’s Ames Research Center taken in February 2012.

The MODIS instrument on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Sea Ice off eastern Greenland on October 16,…

A solar prominence rose up and swept away from the sun as captured in this image at 4:15 a.m. EDT…

Blue Origin’s pusher escape system rockets its New Shepard crew capsule away from a simulated propulsion module launch pad at…

At the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Expedition 33 crew share a playful moment Oct. 10, 2012 during the first…

Jupiter has been suffering more impacts over the last four years than ever previously observed, including this meteoroid impact on…

Images in the visible-light and infrared parts of the spectrum highlight the massive changes roiling the atmosphere of Jupiter. In…