Hubble Views a Cosmic Interaction

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope feels incredibly three-dimensional for a piece of deep-space imagery. The image shows Arp 282, an ...

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New Sun Missions to Help NASA Better Understand Earth-Sun Environment

NASA has selected two science missions – the Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and HelioSwarm – to help improve our understanding of the dynamics of th...

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NASA to Discuss Webb Telescope Progress, Mirror Alignment

NASA will hold a media teleconference at 11 a.m. EST on Friday, Feb. 11, to share progress made in the early stages of aligning the James Webb Space T...

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Voyager's View of Jupiter's Great Red Spot

​This view of Jupiter was taken by Voyager 1.

Mark Vande Hei's Window to the World

Astronaut Mark Vande Hei peers at the Earth below from inside the seven-windowed cupola, the International Space Station's window to the world.

The Sky This Week, 2022 February 8 - 15

The Moon, imaged 2021 April 20, 01:31 UT from Alexandria, Virginia with an Explore Scientific AR102 10.2-cm (4-inch) f/6.5 refractor, Antares 1.6X...

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Daniel G. Nichols

Mathematician Daniel G. Nichols, who worked in the Real-Time Program Development Branch, Mission Planning and Analysis Division, is photographed in NA...

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First Rays of an Orbital Sunrise

Ths January 2022 image shows the first rays of an orbital sunrise as seen from the International Space Station as it orbited above Venezuela.

​Dark Mode Activated!

Divers at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory (NBL) in Houston are setting the stage for future moonwalk training by simulating lunar lighting conditions.

R Aquarii: An Expanse of Light

This object is, in fact, a pair: a white dwarf star that steadily burns at a relatively cool temperature and a highly variable red giant.