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Into the Night
Into the Night

The Space Shuttle Endeavour lights up the early morning sky at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, lifting off at…

Protecting Her Young
Protecting Her Young

A mother osprey (left) sits protectively next to one of her chicks in a nest situated atop a pole at…

Roaring Into Space
Roaring Into Space

Trailing smoke and fire, Space Shuttle Atlantis roars into the sky past the U.S. flag on its journey to the…

Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!

With the cheery attitude of the planet Saturn as their guide, the members of the Cassini-Huygens Project Team wish us…

Wright Brothers First Flight
Wright Brothers First Flight

On December 17, 1903, two brothers from Dayton, Ohio, named Wilbur and Orville Wright, were successful in flying an airplane…

Phytoplankton Bloom off Namibia
Phytoplankton Bloom off Namibia

A flash of blue and green lit the waters off Namibia in early November 2007 as a phytoplankton bloom grew…

The Fairy of Eagle Nebula
The Fairy of Eagle Nebula

The dust sculptures of the Eagle Nebula are evaporating. As powerful starlight whittles away these cool cosmic mountains, the statuesque…

True Colors
True Colors

As seen from the side not illuminated by the sun, Saturn’s thinner rings are highlighted in shades of brown and…

Atlantis Lifts Off!
Atlantis Lifts Off!

Photographers crowd around the countdown clock to capture the successful launch of Space Shuttle Atlantis from Launch Pad 39A. The…

Years in the Making
Years in the Making

These images were taken by the Spitzer Wide-area Infrared Extragalactic Legacy project, which encapsulates one of the primary objectives of…