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Charles Miller talks during a media briefing to discuss the upcoming Orbiting Carbon Observatory mission, the first...
Eric Ianson speaks during a media briefing to discuss the upcoming Orbiting Carbon Observatory mission, the first...
This is image is of the 200-inch Hale Telescope at the Palomar Observatory, located in north San Diego County,...
This illustration shows a newfound reservoir of stellar fuel discovered by the Herschel space observatory.
This artist's concept depicts the third observatory, the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)-3 in orbit....
The dramatic change in x-ray emission from the Terzan 2 cluster is shown in this series of 2.5-minute exposures...
Bi-static radar images of the binary asteroid 2017 YE5 from the Arecibo Observatory and the Green Bank Observatory...
Visualization of the GPM Core Observatory satellite orbitting the planet earth. Credit: Britt Griswold The Global...
The GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) integrated on the GPM Core Observatory in a cleanroom at Goddard Space Flight Center....
Visualization of the GPM Core Observatory satellite orbitting the planet earth. Credit: Britt Griswold The Global...
In this photograph, the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) was installed and mated to the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS)...
The family of High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO) instruments consisted of three unmarned scientific...
Richard Fisher, Heliophysics Division Director at NASA Headquarters, speaks during a briefing to discuss the...
This photograph shows TRW technicians preparing the assembled Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) for an official...
This photograph shows a TRW technician inspecting the completely assembled Chandra X-ray Observatory (CXO) in the...
In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, NASA's Great Observatories -- the Hubble Space...
This photograph was taken during the assembly of the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)-2 at TRW, Inc., the...
This Atlas/Centaur launch vehicle, carrying the High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)-3, lifted off on September...
This schematic details the third High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)-3. The HEAO-3's mission was to survey and...
The ring-like swirls of dust filling the Andromeda galaxy stand out colorfully in this new image from the Herschel...
This graph shows variability in the intensity of the water absorption signal detected at Ceres by the Herschel space...
This is an extraordinary first image from the Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO), the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A,...
NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory (CXO) was launched July 22, 1999 aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, STS-93 mission....
The Chandra X-Ray Observatory has captured this spectacular image of G292.0+1.8, a young, oxygen-rich supernova...