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Carina Nebula: 14,000+ Stars
Carina Nebula: 14,000+ Stars

Chandra has detected more than 14,000 stars in the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region in the Sagittarius-Carina arm of the…

Bending the Light
Bending the Light

This image of galaxy cluster MACS J1206.2-0847 (or MACS 1206 for short) is part of a broad survey with NASA’s…

STS-134 Crew at the California Science Center
STS-134 Crew at the California Science Center

On Oct. 11, 2011, NASA officially transferred title and ownership of space shuttle Endeavour to the California Science Center during…

Making a Spectacle of Star Formation in Orion
Making a Spectacle of Star Formation in Orion

Looking like a pair of eyeglasses only a rock star would wear, this nebula brings into focus a murky region…

Seeing Red
Seeing Red

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope infrared mosaic image represents the sharpest survey of the Galactic Center to date. It reveals…

Vice President Biden Honors Mark Kelly
Vice President Biden Honors Mark Kelly

Vice President Joe Biden shakes hands with Captain Mark Kelly during his retirement ceremony in the Secretary of War Suite…

SOFIA Exhibit at Balloon Fiesta
SOFIA Exhibit at Balloon Fiesta

Ron Strong, a SOFIA telescope technician at NASA’s Ames Research Center, explains elements of the infrared telescope carried aboard the…

Trigger-Happy Star Formation
Trigger-Happy Star Formation

This composite image, created using data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory and the Spitzer Space Telescope, shows the molecular cloud…

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011

Colorful hot-air balloons filled the skies during a mass ascension on the second day of the 40th annual Albuquerque Balloon…

Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta 2011

Members of the Darth Vader hot air balloon crew dressed as “Star Wars” storm troopers take their turns in the…