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NASA's Image and Video Library is one of the most comprehensive public archives of space imagery in the world, containing over 140,000 images, videos, and audio recordings spanning more than six decades of space exploration. From the earliest Mercury and Gemini missions through the Apollo Moon landings, the Space Shuttle era, and today's cutting-edge observations from the James Webb Space Telescope, this collection documents humanity's journey into the cosmos.

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Use the search bar above to find specific subjects — try queries like "Apollo 11," "Hubble Deep Field," "Mars surface," or "astronaut EVA." You can also filter by media type (image, video, or audio). For a daily curated experience, visit the Astronomy Picture of the Day.

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NASA image: Cratered Surface of Ceres
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Mar 2, 2015

Cratered Surface of Ceres

The surface of Ceres is covered with craters of many shapes and sizes, as seen in this new mosaic of the dwarf...

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NASA image: On the Way to Ceres Artist Concept
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Dec 3, 2013

On the Way to Ceres Artist Concept

This artist concept shows NASA Dawn spacecraft heading toward the dwarf planet Ceres. When Dawn arrives, it will be...

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NASA image: Unveiling Ceres Animation
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Mar 22, 2016

Unveiling Ceres Animation

NASA Dawn spacecraft flys over dwarf planet Ceres which Dawn has been orbiting for mre than a year, providing us...

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NASA image: Hints at Ceres Composition from Color
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Sep 30, 2015

Hints at Ceres Composition from Color

This map-projected view of Ceres was created from images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft during its high-altitude...

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NASA image: Ceres Persistent Shadow
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Dec 15, 2016

Ceres Persistent Shadow

This frame from an animation made of images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a crater in the northern polar region...

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NASA image: Collage of Features on Ceres
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Jan 17, 2018

Collage of Features on Ceres

This collage shows some of the most interesting geological sites that NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed at dwarf...

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NASA image: Battered Crater Rim on Ceres
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Jun 13, 2018

Battered Crater Rim on Ceres

This image of a battered crater rim on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 10, 2018 from an...

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NASA image: Subtle Features on Ceres
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Jun 13, 2018

Subtle Features on Ceres

This image, obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2018, shows subtle features on Ceres from an altitude of...

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NASA image: Limb View of Ceres
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Jun 13, 2018

Limb View of Ceres

This image of Ceres' limb was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about 280 miles...

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NASA image: Smooth Material on Ceres
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Jun 13, 2018

Smooth Material on Ceres

This image of smooth material on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2018 from an altitude of...

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NASA image: Ceres Map With Crater Names -- August 2015
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Aug 17, 2015

Ceres Map With Crater Names -- August 2015

This map of Ceres, constructed from data collected by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows the dwarf planet's surface with...

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NASA image: New Names on Ceres
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Sep 1, 2017

New Names on Ceres

Often, the names of features on planetary bodies are connected through a specific theme -- for example, many...

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NASA image: Topographic Ceres Map With Crater Names
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Jul 28, 2015

Topographic Ceres Map With Crater Names

This color-coded map from NASA Dawn mission shows the highs and lows of topography on the surface of dwarf planet...

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NASA image: Last Look: Ahuna Mons on Ceres
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Nov 1, 2018

Last Look: Ahuna Mons on Ceres

This photo of Ceres and one of its key landmarks, Ahuna Mons, was one of the last views Dawn transmitted before it...

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NASA image: Ceres Topographic Globe Animation
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Jul 28, 2015

Ceres Topographic Globe Animation

This frame from an animation shows a color-coded map from NASA Dawn mission revealing the highs and lows of...

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NASA image: Hanami Planum on Ceres
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Mar 22, 2018

Hanami Planum on Ceres

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft showing the northern part of Hanami Planum on Ceres honors the Japanese...

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NASA image: View of Ceres' Limb
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Jan 23, 2019

View of Ceres' Limb

Dawn captured this view on May 19, 2018. The image shows the limb of Ceres at about 270E, 30N looking south. The...

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NASA image: Water Ice Abundance on Ceres
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Dec 15, 2016

Water Ice Abundance on Ceres

This frame from an animation shows dwarf planet Ceres overlaid with the concentration of hydrogen determined from...

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NASA image: Navigation Image of Ceres
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Apr 7, 2017

Navigation Image of Ceres

NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this picture on its way to a new orbit, at an altitude of about 30,000 miles (48,300...

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NASA image: Flow Around a Crater on Ceres
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May 2, 2017

Flow Around a Crater on Ceres

Ceres surface shows evidence for different types of flows that indicate the presence of ice in the regolith. One...

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NASA image: Ceres RC3 Animation
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May 11, 2015

Ceres RC3 Animation

In this closest-yet view of Ceres, the brightest spots within a crater in the northern hemisphere are revealed to be...

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NASA image: Ceres North Pole
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Apr 16, 2015

Ceres North Pole

This frame from an animation shows the north pole of dwarf planet Ceres as seen by the Dawn spacecraft on April 10,...

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NASA image: Dawn First Color Map of Ceres
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Apr 13, 2015

Dawn First Color Map of Ceres

This map-projected view of Ceres was created from images taken by NASA Dawn spacecraft during its initial approach...

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NASA image: Water Molecule Hops on Ceres
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Dec 15, 2016

Water Molecule Hops on Ceres

This graphic shows a theoretical path of a water molecule on Ceres. Some water molecules fall into cold, dark...

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NASA's Image and Video Library contains over 140,000 publicly accessible images, videos, and audio files spanning the agency's entire history, from the Mercury program of the 1960s to the latest James Webb Space Telescope discoveries. The collection grows daily as new missions capture imagery and archival materials are digitized. Individual mission archives, such as Mars rover photos, contain hundreds of thousands of additional images.
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