Coccolithophores are a group of phytoplankton that are identifiable from space. These microscopic plants armor themselves with external plates of…
Looking more like an alien landscape than an Earthly landscape, the Morenci open-pit copper mine in southeast Arizona is North…
This Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) thermal-infrared composite image, the first high spatial resolution multi-spectral thermal infrared…
In a view from 1965, the full moon is out dazzled by the lights of the launch gantries on Missile…
A detail of the Eagle Nebula shows a portion of a pillar of gas and dust in this photo from…
The largest canyon in the Solar System cuts a wide swath across the face of Mars. Named Valles Marineris, the…
In this stunning vista recorded with the Hubble Space Telescope’s Advanced Camera for Surveys, distant galaxies form a dramatic backdrop…
This image of the western part of the city of Pasadena, Calif. – home to NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory –…
This natural-color satellite image shows the meeting place of Earth’s second largest and second smallest continents: Africa and Europe. It’s…
An artist’s concept shows the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter going into orbit around the Red Planet. Set to launch this August…
