Saturn’s fascinating meteorology manifests itself as a “string of pearls” formation, spanning more than 60,000 kilometers (37,000 miles). Seen in…
This glimpse of the Tibetan Lake Country north of Katmandu and west of Ihasa was photographed from by Gordon Cooper…
This artist’s concept of a gas giant planet orbiting a red dwarf K star shows a planet has not been…
Even with a good telescope you won’t come across a sight quite like this one. It is a familiar object…
Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 1968: Mission commander Frank Borman, command module pilot James Lovell and lunar module pilot William Anders…
Resembling a work of modern art, variegated green crop circles cover what was once shortgrass prairie in southwestern Kansas. The…
This artist’s concept depicts a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy. NASA’s Galaxy Evolution Explorer found evidence…
Nearly enveloped by the smoke after ignition, the Delta II rocket carrying NASA’s Dawn spacecraft rises from the launch pad…
The Day fire has been burning in Southern California’s Ventura County since Labor Day, and has consumed more than 160,000…
STS-117 mission specialist Steven Swanson participates in the mission’s second extravehicular activity. Among other tasks, Swanson and fellow astronaut Patrick…
