The Argyle open-pit diamond mine, located in the Kimberley region in the far northeast of Western Australia, is the world’s…
New data on sea-level heights from February 2007 show that the tropical Pacific Ocean has transitioned from a warm (El…
Astronaut Robert L. Behnken, STS-123 mission specialist, participates in the mission’s third scheduled spacewalk. During the 6-hour, 53-minute spacewalk, Behnken…
Surely one of the most spectacular sights the solar system has to offer, Saturn sits enveloped by the full splendor…
The Trifid Nebula, aka M20, is easy to find with a small telescope and a well-known stop in the nebula…
In addition to looking heavenward, NASA helps the world see the Earth in ways no one else can. On Nov.…
Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth’s horizon, the docked Space Shuttle Discovery and a Soyuz spacecraft are shown…
The massive C-19 iceberg, which broke from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica in May 2002, is the long smooth…
As NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity creeps farther into “Endurance Crater,” the dune field on the crater floor appears even…
The Grand Canyon is one of North America’s most spectacular geologic features. Carved primarily by the Colorado River over the…