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This image composite compares visible-light and infrared views from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope of the glowing...
This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy NGC 2841, located about 46 million...
NASA’s flying telescope SOFIA captured a crisp infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Spanning more...
Technicians installing the tertiary mirror onto the SOFIA telescope.
SOFIA’s flight crew prepare to takeoff from the U.S. Antarctic Program facility at Christchurch International...
Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility - aircraft fleet on ramp
SOFIA’s telescope mirror is seen as it appears during a science mission.
In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, NASA's Great Observatories -- the Hubble Space...
This image of the Andromeda galaxy, or M31, includes data from the ESA (European Space Agency) Herschel mission,...
Image released April 19, 2013. Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to photograph the iconic...
This image of the Triangulum galaxy, or M33, includes data from the ESA (European Space Agency) Herschel mission,...
NASA image release January 13, 2011 These images by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show off two dramatically...
NASA image release January 13, 2011 These images by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope show off two dramatically...
April Torres is an electronics technician and telemetry specialist at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in...
Scientists on the airborne observatory SOFIA detected the first type of molecule that ever formed in the universe....
Enjoy a moment of Zen with this fly-through of the Orion Nebula, based on images captured by NASA and ESA (European...
NASA Spitzer Space Telescope celebrated its 12th anniversary with a new digital calendar showcasing some of the...
Scientists carefully examine data being received during nighttime line operations testing of the SOFIA airborne...
he SOFIA airborne observatory's 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA rear fuselage...
The 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA airborne observatory during nighttime line...
The SOFIA airborne observatory's 2.5-meter infrared telescope peers out from its cavity in the SOFIA rear fuselage...
nside the world's largest clean room at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., engineers worked...
Astronomers have made the most detailed study yet of an extremely massive young galaxy cluster using three of NASA's...
This archival image was released as part of a gallery comparing JPL's past and present, commemorating the 80th...