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Using NASA Herschel Space Observatory, astronomers have discovered that comet Hartley 2 possesses a ratio of heavy...
Artist rendering of NASA’s Stardust returning to Earth. Stardust is the first U.S. space mission dedicated to the...
This image from the High-Resolution Instrument on NASA EPOXI mission spacecraft shows part of the nucleus of comet...
This artist concept shows the NASA WISE spacecraft, in its orbit around Earth. In September of 2013, engineers will...
The eastern rim of this unnamed crater in Southern Arabia Terra, imaged by NASA Mars Odyssey, is very degraded,...
This image shows how NASA Deep Impact impactor targeted comet Tempel 1 as the spacecraft made its final approach in...
A large spiral galaxy dominates this view from NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. The galaxy, often called...
The image depicts the first moments after NASA Deep Impact probe interfaced with comet Tempel 1. The illuminated,...
The impact of an asteroid or comet several hundred million years ago left scars in the landscape that are still...
This artist concept depicts a comet-like tail of a possible disintegrating super Mercury-size planet candidate as it...
NASA Deep Impact flyby spacecraft shows the flash that occurred when comet Tempel 1 ran over the spacecraft probe...
This image is from an animation that chronicles the travels of NASA Deep Impact spacecraft, from its launch in...
Infrared scans of comet Hartley 2 by NASA EPOXI mission spacecraft show carbon dioxide, dust, and ice being...
This image is a compilation of four images that were taken on June 13, 2005 by NASA Deep Impact. The spacecraft is...
This image obtained by NASA Stardust spacecraft shows a side of the nucleus of comet Tempel 1 that has never been...
This series of images shows the area where NASA Deep Impact probe collided with the surface of comet Tempel 1 in...
This image taken by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the comet Encke riding along its pebbly trail of debris long...
This image shows comet Tempel 1 approximately 90 seconds before NASA Deep Impact probe smashed into its surface. It...
This enhanced image, one of the closest taken of comet Harley 2 by NASA EPOXI mission, shows jets and where they...
This display shows highly processed images of the outburst of comet Tempel 1 between June 22 and 23, 2005. The...
This image from NASA EPOXI mission shows Hartley 2 moving across the background field of stars. The coma, or cloud...
This movie was taken by Deep Impact flyby spacecraft shows the flash that occurred when comet Tempel 1 ran over the...
This image from NASA Galaxy Evolution Explorer shows NGC 4565, one of the nearest and brightest galaxies not...
This image shows comet Tempel 1 approximately 30 seconds before NASA Deep Impact probe smashed into its surface. It...