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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
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
SPHEREx Vela Molecular Ridge

This image of the Vela Molecular Ridge was captured by SPHEREx and is part of the mission's first public data…

Jul 2, 2025
SPHEREx’s Dust Cloud Reveal

Infrared image showing a dense field of teal stars with faint, cloudy regions of interstellar dust, captured by NASA's SPHEREx…

May 1, 2025
SPHEREx Scans the Sky

This video shows SPHEREx's field of view as it scans across one section of sky inside the Large Magellanic Cloud,…

May 1, 2025
First Images From NASA’s SPHEREx

NASA's SPHEREx, which will map hundreds of millions of galaxies across the entire sky, captured one of its first exposures…

Apr 1, 2025
NASA’s Psyche Images Stars, Jovian System

NASA's Psyche spacecraft captured multiple star and planet images in late January 2025 that include notable appearances by Mars, Jupiter,…

Mar 4, 2025
First Images From NASA’s Europa Clipper

This mosaic of a star field was made from three images captured Dec. 4, 2024, by star tracker cameras aboard…

Feb 4, 2025
Asteroid 2024 PT5’s Orbit Around the Sun (Animation)

This animation depicts the motion of small near-Earth asteroid 2024 PT5 as it orbits the Sun.

Oct 2, 2024
NASA’s Planetary Radar Spies (Another) Peanut-Shaped Asteroid

This series of radar images obtained by the DSN's Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Sept. 16, 2024,…

Sep 17, 2024
Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Peanut-Shaped Asteroid

This series of radar images obtained by the Goldstone Solar System Radar near Barstow, California, on Aug. 18, 2024, shows…

Aug 29, 2024
NASA’s NEOWISE Captures Final Image Moments Before End of Mission

This final image captured by NASA's NEOWISE shows part of the Fornax constellation in the Southern Hemisphere. It was taken…

Aug 8, 2024
Goldstone Planetary Radar Observes Binary Asteroid 2011 UL21

These seven radar observations by the Deep Space Network's Goldstone Solar System Radar shows the mile-wide asteroid 2011 UL21 during…

Jul 3, 2024
Detailed Planetary Radar Observations of Asteroid 2024 MK

Because close approaches by asteroids the size of 2024 MK are relatively rare, JPL's planetary radar team gathered as much…

Jul 3, 2024
The Infrared Face of the Andromeda Galaxy

This image from NASA's retired Spitzer Space Telescope highlights the stars and dust clouds in the Andromeda galaxy.

May 9, 2024
NASA’s Planetary Radar Images Slow-Spinning Asteroid 2008 OS7

The day before asteroid 2008 OS7 made its close approach with Earth on Feb. 2, 2024, this series of images…

Feb 26, 2024
A Magnetar Loses Mass (Artist’s Concept)

A magnetar is depicted losing material into space in this artist's concept. The magnetar's strong, twisted magnetic field lines can…

Feb 14, 2024
Rho Ophiuchi Imaged by IRAS

Clouds of gas and dust in space – like Rho Ophiuchi, shown here – mostly radiate infrared light. IRAS, imaged…

Dec 22, 2023