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NASA release July 27, 2011 These jets, known as spicules, were captured in an SDO image on April 25, 2010. Combined...
NASA release July 27, 2011 These jets, known as spicules, were captured in an SDO image on April 25, 2010. Combined...
Dark spots appear on the south polar ice cap just after the sun starts to shine in this image captured by NASA Mars...
A brilliant spot of sunlight, the opposition effect, travels outward across the rings as the Cassini spacecraft...
The dunes in Richardson crater, located at 72 degrees south latitude, are still covered in frost as seen by NASA...
As winter turns to spring at the south polar ice cap of Mars, the rising sun reveals dark spots and fans emerging...
Several small sunspots appeared this week, giving NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory a chance to illustrate their...
Artist impression of Herschel is set against an image captured by the observatory, showing baby stars forming in the...
This image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the nasty effects of living near a group of massive stars:...
This graph of data from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows how astronomers located a hot spot on a distant gas...
These two images show HD 157728, a nearby star 1.5 times larger than the sun. Project 1640 uses new technology on...
What are some skywatching highlights in January 2021? Mark Earth's closest approach to the Sun for the year, called...
Solar Vector Magnetograph is used to predict solar flares, and other activities associated with sun spots. This...
STS109-345-032 (1-12 March 2002) --- One of the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia photographed this...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- An alligator is spotted sunning on the muddy bank of a canal in KSC. Nearly 5,000...
ISS040-E-129950 (4 Sept. 2014) --- In this photograph. taken by one of the Expedition 40 crew members aboard the...
art002e009573 (April 6, 2026) - The Moon, seen here backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse on April 6, 2026, is...
art002e009571 (April 6, 2026) - The Moon, backlit by the Sun during a solar eclipse, is photographed by NASA’s Orion...
The sun has been virtually spotless, as in no sunspots, over the past 11 days, a spotless stretch that we have not...
The sun has had no sunspots for almost two weeks (as of Feb. 1, 2018) and just has a single, tiny one that appeared...
During the total solar eclipse, the Sun’s corona, only visible during the total eclipse, is shown as a crown of...
During the total solar eclipse, the Sun’s corona, only visible during the total eclipse, is shown as a crown of...
During the total solar eclipse, the Sun’s corona, only visible during the total eclipse, is shown as a crown of...