Variable star V838 Monocerotis lies near the edge of the Milky Way Galaxy, about 20,000 light-years from our sun. Still,…
As Spirit descended onto Mars’ surface on Jan. 3, it performed a series of entry, descent and landing actions, leaving…
This psychedelic view of Saturn and its rings is a composite made from images taken with the Cassini spacecraft wide-angle…
On Mar. 16, 1926, Dr. Robert H. Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket in Auburn, Mass., laying the foundation…
STS-114 astronaut Soichi Noguchi waves from the Shuttle payload bay, backdropped by the Earth below. During the mission’s second spacewalk,…
A camera on the International Space Station captured this image of the docked Space Shuttle Discovery’s payload bay. There is…
A Delta II rocket lit up the early morning sky over Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida as it…
NASA engineer and test pilot Bruce Peterson (right) discusses the M2-F2 Lifting Body airplane with actor James Doohan, who played…
Dust makes this cosmic eye look red. This eerie Spitzer Space Telescope image shows infrared radiation from the well-studied Helix…
The Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco formed as a result of the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates about…
