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A Young Pulsar Shows Its Hand
A Young Pulsar Shows Its Hand

A small, dense object only 12 miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light…

Galaxy Triplet ARP 274
Galaxy Triplet ARP 274

On April 1-2, the Hubble Space Telescope photographed the winning target in the Space Telescope Science Institute’s ‘You Decide’ competition…

The Road to Apollo – Gemini’s Rendezvous Docking Simulator
The Road to Apollo – Gemini’s Rendezvous Docking Simulator

After Mercury came Gemini, the project that would put to the test the maneuvers that would be required if Apollo…

The Road to Apollo
The Road to Apollo

In the opinion of many space historians, Langley’s most important contribution to the Apollo program was its development of Lunar…

Kepler’s Primary Mirror
Kepler’s Primary Mirror

Technicians from Ball Aerospace inspected the honeycomb structure of the Kepler Space Telescope’s primary mirror. The mirror has been 86%…

Measuring Rainfall
Measuring Rainfall

Data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite in September 2005 show the heaviest rain developing in the eastern bands…

Earth at Night
Earth at Night

This composite image, which has become a popular poster, shows a global view of Earth at night, compiled from over…

Island Beauty
Island Beauty

The south end of Eleuthera Island in the Bahamas shimmers in turquoise waters in this 2002 photo from the International…

Changing Sea Ice Along Antarctic Peninsula
Changing Sea Ice Along Antarctic Peninsula

Changing weather conditions left their mark on sea ice along the Antarctic Peninsula in late 2008 and early 2009. In…