
Two decades ago, astronomers spotted one of the brightest exploding stars in more than 400 years. Since that first sighting,…

Io is a colorful place. The closest large moon of Jupiter, Io has the most volcanic activity of any moon…

This intriguing image of the intriguing ladder-like structures surrounding a dying star reveals startling new details of one of the…

NASA senior managers completed a detailed review of space shuttle Discovery’s readiness for flight and selected Oct. 23, 2007, as…

Landsat 7’s Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensor captured this image or Ecuador’s Mount Chimborazo on September 16, 2001. Snowcapped…

JPL leads in the development of the ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) robotic vehicle. Other members of the team include…

The Spirit rover attacked Mars again in September 2005. However, what might look like a military attack was once again…

On Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998, at 9:28 p.m. EST, NASA’s Lunar Prospector spacecraft climbed into the sky above Cape Canaveral…

While on final approach for its September 2007 close encounter with Saturn’s moon Iapetus, Cassini spun around to take in…

This false-color image captured by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows Cape St. Vincent, one of the many promontories that…