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NASA-ISRO Radar Satellite Captures First Image of Mount Desert Island

Captured on Aug. 21, 2025, this image from NISAR's L-band radar shows Maine's Mount Desert Island.

Sep 25, 2025
NASA-ISRO Radar Satellite Captures First Image of North Dakota Wetlands, Farmlands

On Aug. 23, 2025, NISAR imaged land adjacent to northeastern North Dakota's Forest River.

Sep 25, 2025
Curiosity Works Its Robotic Arm During Sunset

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of its robotic arm during sunset on Sept. 16, 2025.

Sep 22, 2025
Curiosity Views Gale Crater’s Rim, Homing in on Ancient River Channel

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama under exceptionally clear conditions of Gale Crater's northern rim on Aug. 25, 2025.

Sep 17, 2025
Curiosity’s ChemCam Views Summit and Cliffs Beyond Gale Crater

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured this view of a mountain nearly 57 miles (91 kilometers) away and outside of Gale…

Sep 17, 2025
Curiosity’s ChemCam Views Ancient River Channel Peace Vallis

Dark rocky outcrops can be seen within Peace Vallis in a set of 10 images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover…

Sep 17, 2025
Image of Sun From NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory

On Sept. 10, 2025, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of the Sun.

Sep 15, 2025
Perseverance’s PIXL Finds Vivianite, Greigite in ‘Cheyava Falls’ Sample

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover generated this mineral map showing the presence of two minerals on the surface of a rock…

Sep 10, 2025
Perseverance’s SHERLOC Finds Organic Molecules in ‘Bright Angel’

This graph displays data collected by NASA's Perseverance Mars rover from targets in a rock formation nicknamed Bright Angel.

Sep 10, 2025
NASA’s Planetary Radar Reveals Peanut Shape of Asteroid 1997 QK1

Asteroid 1997 QK1 is shown to be an elongated, peanut-shaped near-Earth object in this series of 28 radar images obtained…

Sep 2, 2025
Impactor Debris Scattered Within Mars’ Mantle (Artist’s Concept)

A cutaway view of Mars reveals debris from ancient impacts scattered through the planet's mantle. A meteoroid impact sends seismic…

Aug 28, 2025
Giant Impacts on Ancient Mars (Artist’s Concept)

Scientists believe giant impacts occurred on Mars 4.5 billion years ago, injecting debris from the impact deep into the planet's…

Aug 28, 2025
Fluid Flow in Ceres Due to Core Heating

This illustration depicts the interior of dwarf planet Ceres. Carbon dioxide and methane are among the molecules carrying chemical energy…

Aug 20, 2025
NASA’s Psyche Images Earth and Moon

NASA's Psyche spacecraft captured images of Earth and our Moon from about 180 million miles (290 kilometers) away in July…

Aug 19, 2025
SWOT Satellite Measures Pacific Tsunami

The SWOT satellite caught the leading edge of the tsunami wave that rolled through the Pacific Ocean on July 30,…

Aug 7, 2025
NASA’s Perseverance Rover at ‘Falbreen’

Captured at a location called Falbreen, on May 26, 2025, 96 images were stitched together to create this 360-degree view.

Aug 6, 2025
NASA’s Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Fast-Spinning Asteroid

This series of 41 radar images obtained by the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar on July 28, 2025,…

Aug 4, 2025
Curiosity’s ChemCam Views a Rock Shaped Like Coral

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover used the Remote Micro Imager, part of its ChemCam instrument, to view this wind-eroded rock shaped…

Aug 4, 2025