JUICE snaps Moon
The Moon looms in front of JUICE, a European spacecraft designed to study the moons of Jupiter, during an August…
NGC 1333
Clouds of gas and dust veil vigorous young stellar nurseries in this Hubble Space Telescope view of NGC 1333, a…
Moon Bounce
Navy technicians listen for radio signals bounced off the surface of the Moon aboard the USS Oxford, in the early…
Cold Exoplanet
A cold giant planet orbiting the star Epsilon Indi A shines bright orange in this infrared image from Webb Space…
WASP-39b
An artist’s concept depicts the dividing line between day and night on WASP-39b, a gas giant planet in a star…
Odyssey Olympus Mons
The 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft snapped this image of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system, in March.…
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Starliner Aurora
A bright green aurora trails below and behind the Starliner spacecraft, which is docked to the International Space Station. Starliner’s…
chang’e 6 landing
This animation shows before and after views of the landing site of Chang’e 6, a Chinese mission that landed on…
chang’e 6 landing 24 06 03
The engine on the Chang’e 6 lander kicks up dust as the spacecraft touches down on the Moon on June…
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solar flare 24 05 27
A massive solar flare erupts from the lower left limb of the Sun on May 27 in this sequence of…
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