The largest river on the planet, the Amazon, forms from the confluence of the Solimões (the upper Amazon River) and…
One of the highest mountain reliefs on Earth can be found in the tiny country of Bhutan. Sandwiched between eastern…
A computer-generated view shows the bottom of the Space Shuttle Discovery in flight with the new Remote Manipulator System/Orbiter Booster…
The Optical Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) camera on board the Rosetta spacecraft observed Earth during its swing-by…
From left to right: Sigmar Wittig, head of the German Space Agency; William Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations;…
Scattered debris from a cosmic supernova explosion lights up the sky in this gorgeous composited image based on data from…
This photograph shows the salt ponds of one of Africa’s major producers of soda ash (sodium carbonate) and salt. Soda…
In 1991, the governments of Denmark and Sweden agreed to build a bridge to connect the two countries across the…
The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (now Spitzer Space Telescope) whizzes in front of a brilliant, infrared view of the Milky…
Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired this false-color image on the rover’s on Martian day, or sol, 746 (Feb. 26, 2006)…
