Voyager 1 is the first man-made object to leave our solar system and pass into interstellar space. Scientists confirmed this…
More than fifty years ago, a supernova was discovered in M83, a spiral galaxy about 15 million light years from…
On July 28, 2012, the sun emitted a mid-level flare, categorized as an M6.2 flare. The flare is visible here…
This diagram illustrates the differences between orbits of a typical near-Earth asteroid (blue) and a potentially hazardous asteroid, or PHA…
The space shuttle Discovery atop NASA’s modified 747 is captured over the Mojave Desert while being ferried from NASA Dryden…
The Cassini spacecraft watches a pair of Saturn’s moons, showing the hazy orb of giant Titan beyond smaller Tethys. This…
Saturn’s moon Enceladus is partially eclipsed by the planet in this Cassini spacecraft view which also features the moon Titan…
In July 2012, a massive ice island broke free of the Petermann Glacier in northwestern Greenland. On July 16, the…
NASA Ames hosted the NASA Lunar Science Forum on July 17-19. Yvonne Pendleton, Director of the NASA Lunar Science Institute…
The Flame Nebula sits on the eastern hip of Orion the Hunter, a constellation most easily visible in the northern…