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These are two views of the same observation of the Martian moon Phobos taken in both infrared and visible light by...
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer took this image on May 21 and 22, 2003. The image was made from data gathered by...
July 4 fireworks came early when a NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket was successfully launched at 4:25...
July 4 fireworks came early when a NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute sounding rocket was successfully launched at 4:25...
This composite image of NGC 2207 and IC 2163 contains Chandra data in pink, optical-light data from NASA Hubble...
This mosaic from the Mast Camera on NASA Curiosity rover shows a close-up view looking toward the Glenelg area. One...
Of all the varieties of exploding stars, the ones called Type Ia are perhaps the most intriguing. Their predictable...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the remnants of a long-dead star. These rippling wisps of...
art002e020686 (April 6, 2026) – A portion of the Moon’s farside is seen along the terminator—the boundary between...
iss072e399852 (Dec. 20, 2024) --- The city lights of Busan, South Korea, a port city with a population of over 3.3...
iss072e399065 (Dec. 19, 2024) --- The city lights of Los Angeles, California, and its Terminal Island (center...
iss073e0686324 (Aug. 30, 2025) --- The nighttime coastal lights of Morocco and Spain, where the Atlantic Ocean meets...
iss073e0855854 (Sept. 21, 2025) --- City lights dot the Brazilian landscape and trace a path to Rio de Janeiro and...
iss074e0162703 (Dec. 30, 2025) --- City lights outline the boot of Italy and shine through the cloud‑covered central...
This enhanced-color image from the HiRISE camera on NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a landscape of sand dunes...
Illumination in this image comes from MAHLI two ultraviolet LEDs, which emit light in a waveband centered at a...
The Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) on the space station beams laser light down to Earth to reveal...
Light material emplaced within darker vein material is seen in this view of a mineral vein at the "Garden City" site...
iss074e0043931 (Jan. 3, 2026) --- Yerevan, Armenia, and its modernized bright LED city lights contrast with the...
This is a single scene from a pair (frames 021 & 024) to study the effects of polarized light in Earth Observations....
iss073e0312086 (May 22, 2025) --- At top left, the city lights of Benghazi, Libya, arc downward toward the glow of...
Many of the Valles Marineris canyons, called chasmata, have kilometer-high, light-toned layered mounds made up of...
This video answers why Webb is an infrared telescope.
This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows Gorgonum Basin, one of several large basins within the...