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A test rocket is launched the night of Feb. 17 from the Poker Flat Research Range in Alaska. Test rockets are...
STS039-342-026 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- This view of the Aurora Australis, or Southern Lights, shows a band of...
This image, created with data from Juno's Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (UVS), marks the path of Juno's readings...
Red and Green colors predominate in this view of the Aurora Australis photographed from the Space Shuttle Discovery...
NASA file image acquired September 11, 2005 To view a video of this event go here:...
STS-45 Earth observation taken onboard Atlantis, Orbiter Vehicle (OV) 104, is of the Aurora Australis or Southern...
ISS039-E-009160 (2 April 2014) --- This nighttime view featuring the aurora borealis, the moon and Moscow was...
Want to catch a glimpse of the northern lights? You’ll need dark skies, the right location, good space weather and a...
STS039-25-006 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- A 35mm frame of the Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights,...
The landslide deposit in this image captured by NASA 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft is located in Aurorae Chaos...
Aurorae Chaos is located at the eastern end of the chasmata forming Vallis Marineris. This image from NASA 2001 Mars...
Ultraviolet and infrared images from NASA Cassini spacecraft and Hubble Space Telescope show active and quiet...
An aurora, shining high above the northern part of Saturn, moves from the night side to the day side of the planet...
This photograph of aurora borealis, northern aurora, was taken during the Spacelab-J (SL-J) mission (STS-47). People...
This photograph of aurora borealis, northern aurora, was taken during the Spacelab-J (SL-J) mission (STS-47). People...
iss058e005282 (Jan. 19, 2019) --- A portion of the International Space Station's solar arrays caps this nighttime...
Jupiter's aurora on the night side of the planet is seen here at five different wavelengths. Jupiter's bright...
Join NASA experts to talk about EZIE, a trio of just-launched NASA spacecraft that will study powerful electric...
NASA acquired July 15, 2012 On July 15, 2012, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the Suomi NPP...
62-MA7-169 (1962) --- John Glenn congratulates Scott Carpenter (left) on his three-orbit mission aboard the Aurora 7...
ISS043e059141 (03/26/2015) --- Members of Expedition 43 on the International Space Station captured this contrasting...
The purple color in this animated GIF shows auroras across Mars' nightside as detected by the Imaging Ultraviolet...
Number 3 in the Top 5 Solar Discoveries is the finding of how the auroras form from magnetic reconnection.
ISS043E155854 (04/27/2015) --- A rising sun spreads across the Earth and through the green blooming aurora to...