Dropping In
A probe dropped through Jupiter’s atmosphere in December of 1995, measuring the atmosphere’s temperature, pressure, and composition. Part of the…
Space (Shuttle) Telescope
A set of telescopes stares into space from the cargo bay of space shuttle Columbia in December 1990. The telescopes…
Spectacular Crab
Strands of gas and dust form the spectacular Crab Nebula, the remnant of a star that exploded almost a millennium…
Worlds of Worlds
This artist’s concept depicts two moons orbiting a Jupiter-like planet in another solar system, as seen from the surface of…
Two-Fer
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus (background) slides behind Dione in this series of images shot by the Cassini spacecraft on September…
Hiding an Ocean
A deep ocean may lie far below the icy crust of Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter. In this image,…
Lunar Eclipse
The Moon will pass through Earth’s long shadow on the night of September 27, creating a total lunar eclipse, such…
Brilliant Encounter
Venus and Jupiter, the brightest objects in the night sky other than the Moon, are staging a spectacular encounter in…
Blue Snowball
A Hubble Space Telescope image shows NGC 7662, the Blue Snowball Nebula, which is the final act of a dying…
Stormy Skies
A giant storm swirls all the way around Saturn in this 2010 view from the Cassini spacecraft. Such storms have…