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Galactic Hearts of Glass
Galactic Hearts of Glass

This artist’s concept shows delicate green crystals sprinkled throughout the core of a pair of colliding galaxies. The white spots…

The Last Titan
The Last Titan

On October 19, 2005, a rocket blasted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base – the last Titan rocket. Carrying a…

Algerian Sand Sea
Algerian Sand Sea

The Issaouane Erg (sand sea), seen in this January 2005 photo from the International Space Station, is located in eastern…

The Brightest of Stars
The Brightest of Stars

Swirls of gas and dust reside in this ethereal-looking region of star formation seen by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. This…

Cascading Dunes
Cascading Dunes

Rabe Crater lies among hundreds of thousands of other impact craters in the rough-hewn southern highlands of Mars. Spanning 108…

Saturn’s Subtle Spectrum
Saturn’s Subtle Spectrum

Dreamy colors ranging from pale rose to butterscotch to sapphire give this utterly inhospitable gas planet a romantic appeal. Shadows…

New York’s Finger Lakes
New York’s Finger Lakes

New York’s Finger Lakes region is seen in this December 2004 image from the International Space Station. Shapes of the…

Expedition 15
Expedition 15

Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, cosmonauts Fyodor N. Yurchikhin (right), Expedition 15 commander, and Oleg V. Kotov,…

Before NASA, There was NACA
Before NASA, There was NACA

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) was formed on March 3, 1915, with a charter to “supervise and direct…

Sombrero Galaxy
Sombrero Galaxy

Why does the Sombrero Galaxy look like a hat? Reasons include the Sombrero’s unusually large and extended central bulge of…