This colorful skyscape spans about four full moons across nebula rich starfields along the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy...
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In this image, Orion captures a unique view of Earth and the Moon, seen from a camera mounted on one...
Because the Gum Nebula is the closest supernova remnant, it is actually hard to see. Spanning 40 degrees across the...
A portion of the far side of the Moon looms large just beyond the Orion spacecraft in this image taken...
Where will the next meteor appear? Even during a meteor shower, it is practically impossible to know. Therefore, a good...
Yes, but can your rainbow do this? After the remnants of Hurricane Florence passed over the Jersey Shore, New Jersey,...
Saturn is still bright in planet Earth's night skies. Telescopic views of the distant gas giant and its beautiful rings...
The annual Thanksgiving event was held Nov. 24, 2022. via NASA http://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/astronaut-snoopy-lands-in-new-york
Beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 6744 is nearly 175,000 light-years across. That's larger than the Milky Way. It lies some 30...
Stars are forming in Lynds Dark Nebula (LDN) 1251. About 1,000 light-years away and drifting above the plane of our...
Snoopy, the zero-gravity indicator for NASA’s Artemis I flight test, floating in space Nov. 20, 2022, while attached to his...
Eight billion people are about to disappear in this snapshot from space. Taken on November 21, the sixth day of...
NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft snapped this black and white photo of Earth on Nov. 17, 2022, the second day of...
Few star clusters this close to each other. Visible to the unaided eye from dark sky areas, it was cataloged...
On Nov. 20, the fifth day of the 25.5-day Artemis I mission, a camera mounted on the tip of one...
Stars can make beautiful patterns as they age -- sometimes similar to flowers or insects. NGC 6302, the Butterfly Nebula,...
Why would the sky look like a giant target? Airglow. Following a giant thunderstorm over Bangladesh in late April, giant...
When the Artemis 1 mission's Orion spacecraft makes its November 21 powered flyby of the Moon, denizens of planet Earth...