
Terry Herter, Cornell University’s principal investigator for the Faint Object InfraRed Camera for the SOFIA Telescope (FORCAST), mounted on SOFIA’s…

This infrared image of the heart of the Orion star-formation complex was taken from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy…

This infrared image of the heart of the Orion star-formation complex was taken from the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy…

This view of grains from a sand dune near Christmas Lake, Ore., was taken by a test version of the…

This image shows a high-resolution heat intensity map of part of the south polar region of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, made…

Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft have enabled scientists to make the highest-resolution heat intensity maps yet for the hottest part…

Jets of water ice particles spew from Saturn’s moon Enceladus in this image obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft on Aug.…

Small water ice particles fly from fissures in the south polar region of Saturn’s moon Enceladus in this image taken…

The dark rippled dunes of Mars’ Proctor Crater likely formed more recently than the lighter rock forms they appear to…