Solar Soaring
A pair of high-altitude NASA jets will chase the April 8 solar eclipse, as depicted in this composite image. Using…
Older Moon
Earth hangs above a large boulder examined by Apollo 17 astronauts Gene Cernan and Jack Schmidt in December 1972. A…
Fat Cluster
Thousands of galaxies crowd this Webb Space Telescope image of a giant galaxy cluster known as El Gordo–"the fat one."…
Big Collisions
Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, periodically gets walloped by comets or asteroids, producing massive explosions. The most…
Freeing an Asteroid
A NASA technician frees the final bolts on the Osiris-Rex asteroid sample capsule after months of delays. The bolts had…
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Double Trouble
This image reveals the aftermath of not one, but two supernova explosions in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a companion galaxy…
In the Picture
A satellite streaks in front of a pair of interacting galaxies in this Hubble Space Telescope image. The number of…
Morning, Noon, and (Almost) Night
The Curiosity rover shot a series of images of its location in Gale Crater on Mars in November, which NASA…
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Getting Close
SLIM, a Japanese Moon lander, entered lunar orbit on December 25 (Japanese time), as depicted in this illustration. The craft…
Jovian Danger Zone
This animation depicts Jupiter and its massive radiation belts and magnetic field. The belts are fed by particles from the…
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