A disk of hot gas swirls around a black hole in this illustration. The stream of gas stretching to the right is what remains of…
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This artist’s concept shows NASA’s InSight lander with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface. InSight’s package of weather sensors, called the Auxiliary Payload Subsystem…
A satellite image of the Mississippi River Delta with land shown in bright green and water shown in dark blue. Credit: NASA Earth Observatory image…
This infrared image of the Orion Nebula features plenty of dust but no stars. In these infrared wavelengths, it’s possible to see hot spots where…
NASA’s Mars Perseverance Rover Deposits First Sample on Martian Surface for Possible Return to Earth
NASA’s Perseverance rover deposited the first of several samples onto the Martian surface on December 21, 2022, the 653rd Martian day, or sol, of the…
The location where NASA’s Perseverance will begin depositing its first cache of samples is shown in this image taken by the Mars rover on December…
This view compares a lucky imaging view of Jupiter from VISIR (left) at infrared wavelengths with a very sharp amateur image in visible light from…
On Friday, December 16, 2022, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched with the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) spacecraft onboard from Space Launch Complex…
NASA’s Juno mission captured this infrared view of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io on July 5, 2022, when the spacecraft was about 50,000 miles (80,000 kilometers)…
This illustration shows NASA’s Lunar Flashlight over the Moon. The SmallSat mission will have a very elongated orbit, taking it within 9 miles (15 kilometers)…
Two holes are left in the Martian surface after NASA’s Perseverance rover used a specialized drill bit to collect the mission’s first samples of regolith…
The Moon occasionally moves in front of all of the Solar System’s planets, including Mars. Credit: Sergio Scauso What are some skywatching highlights in December…
This illustration depicts Mars Helicopter Ingenuity during a test flight on Mars. Ingenuity was taken to the Red Planet strapped to the belly of the…
This image of “Yori Pass” was taken by a Hazcam imager aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover on November 5, 2022.Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Tantalizing opportunities for the…
The appearance of the Moon during the November 2022 total lunar eclipse. Credit: NASA’s Scientific Visualization Studio The Moon goes all red, plus Leonid meteors!…
This illustration shows NASA’s Lunar Flashlight over the Moon. The SmallSat mission will have a very elongated orbit, taking it within 9 miles (15 kilometers)…
Artist’s impression of the meteorite impact of December 24, 2021, in the Amazonis Planitia region on Mars. Credit: © IPGP -CNES – N. Starter NASAEstablished…
Low-angle self-portrait of NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the…
An illustration of SHIELD, a Mars lander concept that would allow lower-cost missions to reach the Red Planet’s surface by safely crash landing, using a…
This mosaic shows the entire sky imaged by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Infrared light refers to wavelengths that are longer than those visible…