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Galaxy NGC 1068 is shown in visible light and X-rays in this composite image. High-energy X-rays (magenta) captured...
S93-33258 (15 Mar 1993) --- An optical schematic diagram of one of the four channels of the Wide Field\Planetary...
S74-15697 (17 Jan. 1974) --- The solar corona and a solar prominence as seen through the White Light Coronograph,...
Peering more than 10 billion light-years into the distance, WISE has found tens of millions of actively feeding...
This visible-light image of the Fireworks galaxy (NGC 6946) comes from the Digital Sky Survey and is overlaid with...
This artist's animation shows a typical young galaxy, teeming with hot, newborn stars and exploding supernovas. The...
This image shows the dusty disk of planetary material surrounding the young star HD 141569, located 380 light-years...
This composite shows views of Jupiter's northern polar cyclones in three different wavelengths of light – microwave,...
NASA test pilot, Nils Larson, inspects the X-59 cockpit displays and lighting system during system checkouts. The...
On Sept. 14, 2017, one day before making its final plunge into Saturn's atmosphere, NASA's Cassini spacecraft used...
iss072e445148 (Dec. 28, 2024) --- City lights illuminate this triangular area comprising the cities of Abha, Khamis...
iss073e0299808 (June 13, 2025) --- The light from an orbital sunrise refracts through a window inside the...
iss074e0043921 (Jan. 3, 2026) --- The amber high-pressure sodium lights of Van, Türkiye (center), along with its...
iss073e0385784 (July 19, 2025) --- From left, NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 members Kirill Peskov of Roscosmos, NASA...
The Blue Ring Nebula was discovered in 2004 by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX) mission. Astronomers think...
These images from the Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment, or CIBER, show large patches of the sky at two...
Extratropical cyclone in the Northwest Pacific observed by the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) on board the...
Is it a bird, or a plane? No, it comet Siding Spring streaking across the sky, as seen by NASA Wide-field Infrared...
Two extremely bright stars illuminate a greenish mist in this image from the new GLIMPSE360 survey from NASA Spitzer...
The Eastern U.S., Europe, and Japan are brightly lit by their cities, while interiors of Africa, Asia, Australia,...
This artist impression shows how photons from the early universe are deflected by the gravitational lensing effect...
This spectacular image of comet Tempel 1 was taken 67 seconds after it obliterated NASA Deep Impact impactor spacecraft.
Sunlight scattering through the periphery of Titan atmosphere reaches NASA Cassini as the spacecraft camera is...
This observation from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows part of the floor of a large impact crater in the...