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Atmospheric Illusion
An Optical Illusion
Many odd looking moon photos have been captured over the years by astronauts aboard the International Space Station....
This simulation, which begins and ends with a real image from NASA Cassini spacecraft, demonstrates how the...
This image illustrates how a light echo works, and how an optical illusion of material moving outward is created.
What are some astronomy highlights in the sky in April 2020? This month, Venus visits the Pleiades; Mars, Jupiter...
iss065e050322 (5/21/2021) --- European Space Agency astronaut (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet performing the Illusion...
iss065e050324 (5/21/2021) --- European Space Agency astronaut (ESA) astronaut Thomas Pesquet performing the Illusion...
Saturn atmosphere produces beautiful and sometimes perplexing features. Is the bright feature below center a rare...
In this image of PSR B1509-58 about 170,000 light-years from Earth, X-rays from NASA Chandra in gold are seen along...
Ever noticed how the Moon seems HUGE when it’s near the horizon but smaller when it’s overhead? Trick of the eye or...
ISS007-E-05379 (11 May 2003) --- The moon seems to be floating inside Earth’s atmosphere as it was...
S66-42762 (18 July 1966) --- The Gemini-10 spacecraft is launched from Complex 19 at 5:20 p.m., July 18, 1966. A...
iss065e050323 (May 21, 2021) --- Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency)...
An optical illusion places Lady Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, under an external tank in...
An optical illusion places Lady Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of Great Britain, under an external tank in...
An illusion of perspective, Saturn's moon Tethys seems to hang above the planet's north pole in this view from...
The letter 'B' or perhaps the figure '8' appears to have been etched into the Mars rock at the left edge of this...
At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, the first night of Holidays in Space 2017 ended with a...
ISS030-E-055791 (29 Jan. 2012) --- This Jan. 29 panorama of much of the East Coast, photographed by one of the...
At the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Holidays in Space 2017 kicked off with a dazzling...
This photo, captured by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope's (HST) Advanced Camera for Surveys, is Hubble's latest view...
Atmospheric features in Saturn's north polar region are revealed in spectacular detail in this Cassini image, taken...
ISS026-E-027000 (12 Feb. 2011) --- European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Paolo Nespoli, Expedition 26 flight...