QuikSCAT observed a rare tropical cyclone in the northern part of the Arabian Sea, threatening the petroleum shipping lanes and…
Flying over the unlit side of Saturn’s rings, the Cassini spacecraft captures the planet’s glow, represented in brilliant shades of…
Dusty grains – including tiny specks of the minerals found in peridot, sapphires and rubies – can be seen blowing…
M51, whose name comes from being the 51st entry in Charles Messier’s catalog, is considered to be a classic example…
Neptune in Visible Light (Left) This natural-color views shows Neptune in visible light with three of its moons.
This image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows infant stars “hatching” in the head of the hunter constellation, Orion. Astronomers…
This artist’s conception shows binary-star system HD 113766, where astronomers suspect a rocky Earth-like planet is forming around one of…
Scroll right to see a breathtaking panorama of Mars from the top of Husband Hill. The image was taken by…
The space shuttle Atlantis is seen on pad 39A as the sun sets, Friday, Dec. 7, 2007, at NASA’s Kennedy…
This false-color image of Saturn’s main rings was made by combining data from multiple star occultations using Cassini’s ultraviolet imaging…
