With the charming name of SDSS J0146-0929, this is a galaxy cluster — a monstrous collection of hundreds of galaxies all shackled together in the…
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Does NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government that succeeded the National…
This global view of the surface of Venus is centered at 180 degrees east longitude. Magellan synthetic aperture radar mosaics from the first cycle of…
The state-of-the-art Earth science satellites launching in the near future will be generating unprecedented quantities of data on our planet’s vital signs. Cloud computing will…
This 2016 photo shows a rift that, within a few months, widened even farther and and released a Delaware-size iceberg from Antarctica’s Larsen C ice…
October 1 – 12, 2021 Warm and dry conditions continue to affect agricultural lands in the U.S. Northern Plains and the Canadian Prairies. Decades of drought…
This image indicates the location of several prominent geologic features visible in a mosaic composed of 84 pictures taken by the Mastcam-Z imager aboard NASA’s…
October 19, 2019 October 20, 2021 Recent storms added to an already heavy monsoon season. Persistent rain in mid-October 2021 brought more flooding to central…
Perseverance View of the Delta in Jezero Crater: From its landing site, “Octavia E. Butler Landing,” NASA’s Perseverance rover can see a remnant of a…
Credit: Frank Michaux Teams with Exploration Ground Systems successfully lifted the Orion Spacecraft for the Artemis I mission inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASAEstablished…
October 18, 2021 Volcanoes emit sulfur dioxide — a pungent gas that reacts with oxygen and moisture in the air to produce a haze called…
If they exist, alien lifeforms probably won’t look anything like this. Do aliens exist? Extraterrestrial life has never been discovered, but that doesn’t mean it…
Illustration of NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration communicating with the International Space Station over laser links. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center NASAEstablished in 1958,…
A full Moon rises over Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park in Santa Clarita, California, on June 24, 2021. Credit: NASA/Preston Dyches The Next Full Moon…
October 12, 1987 October 9, 2021 As temperatures rise on the Tibetan Plateau, lakes are growing larger and deeper. Glaciologists often call the Tibetan Plateau and its…
September 8, 2021 Spencer Gulf in South Australia hosts the world’s largest cuttlefish mass spawning event. Each winter from May to August, thousands of Australian giant…
The Compton Spectrometer and Imager (COSI) is a soft gamma-ray survey telescope (0.2-5 MeV) designed to probe the origins of Galactic positrons, uncover the sites…
This illustration depicts NASA’s Perseverance rover operating on the surface of Mars. Credit: NASA Two microphones aboard the six-wheeled spacecraft add a new dimension to…
Is there weather on MarsMars is the second smallest planet in our solar system and the fourth planet from the sun. Iron oxide is prevalent…
The Soyuz MS-18 crew ship with three Russian crew mates is pictured just moments from landing in the steppe of Kazakhstan. Credit: NASA TV Russian…