Sample site Osprey on asteroid Bennu. Credits: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona This view of sample site Osprey on asteroid Bennu is a mosaic of images collected…
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These animated images show AIM’s observations from the first week of the Arctic noctilucent cloud season, which began on May 17, 2020. The colors —…
This image is from a scientific visualization of the electric currents around Mars. Electric currents (blue and red arrows) envelop Mars in a nested, double-loop…
Illustration of the WFIRST spacecraft against a starry background. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center At the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, team members are building…
This illustration shows NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft descending towards asteroid Bennu to collect a sample of the asteroid’s surface. Credit: NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona NASA’s first asteroid…
Filled with briny lakes, the Quisquiro salt flat in South America’s Altiplano represents the kind of landscape that scientists think may have existed in Gale…
Credits: ESA/NASA/SOHO In late May and early June, Earthlings may be able to glimpse Comet SWAN. The comet is currently faintly visible to the unaided…
Realignment of open and closed magnetic field lines on the Sun, called interchange reconnection, could explain the magnetic “switchbacks” observed by Parker Solar Probe. Credit:…
Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland account for roughly a half-inch of sea level rise between 2003 and 2019. Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser…
This is an artist’s illustration of the super-hot exoplanet WASP-79b, located 780 light-years away. The planet orbits precariously close to a star that is much…
These two Hubble Space Telescope images of comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS), taken on April 20 (left) and April 23, 2020, provide the sharpest views yet…
On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two stunning nebulas named NGC…
A colorful image resembling a cosmic version of an undersea world teeming with stars is being released to commemorate the Hubble Space Telescope’s 30 years…
When amateur astronomer Gennady Borisov discovered an interstellar comet zipping through our solar system on Aug. 30, 2019, scientists promptly turned their telescopes towards it…
[embedded content] On April 24, 2020, the Hubble Space Telescope celebrated its 30th year in orbit by premiering a never-before-seen view of two beautiful nebulas…
This artist’s concept shows the trajectory and configuration of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during Checkpoint rehearsal, which is the first time the mission will practice the…
The Hi-C telescope zoomed in on Active Region 12712, capturing fine threads of solar material. Credit: NASA/University of Central Lancashire New images from a NASA…
Illustration of an exoplanet. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith In a generic brick building on the northwestern edge of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight…
V906 Carinae’s 2018 nova eruption illustration. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (USRA) Unprecedented observations of a nova outburst in 2018 by a trio…
This artist’s concept shows the trajectory and configuration of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft during Checkpoint rehearsal, which is the first time the mission will practice the…