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This image obtained by NASA Cassini spacecraft around the time it went into orbit around Saturn in 2004 shows a...
This image shows the low-energy charged particle instrument before it was installed on one of NASA Voyager...
This composite image comes from the ESA Planck shows a festive portrait of our Milky Way galaxy shows a mishmash of...
NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity found and examined this meteorite. The science team used two tools on...
Close-up examination of a freshly exposed area of a rock called "Uchben" in the "Columbia Hills" of Mars reveals an...
This image captured by NASA's Voyager 2 in 1986 revealed a continuous distribution of small particles throughout the...
A fine spray of small, icy particles emanating from the warm, geologically unique province surrounding the south...
This processed image is the highest-resolution color look yet at the haze layers in Pluto's atmosphere. Shown in...
This still image from an animation from NASA GSFC Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a single plume of plasma, many...
This image of Jupiter was taken by the Cassini Imaging Science narrow angle camera through the blue filter (centered...
Recent images of features in Saturn's C ring called "plateaus" have deepened the mystery surrounding them. It turns...
These are images of CGEL-2 samples taken during STS-95. They show binary colloidal suspensions that have formed...
jsc2026e034365 (April 28, 2026) --- The Laplace investigation studies two phenomena: the evolution and growth of...
As a liquefied metal solidifies, particles dispersed in the liquid are either pushed ahead of or engulfed by the...
This conceptual animation shows the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) and the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR)...
jsc2025e036188 (2/3/2025) --- A preflight image of the Exploration Aerosol Monitors (ExAM) hardware which includes...
Recent images of features in Saturn's C ring called "plateaus" have deepened the mystery surrounding them. It turns...
S116-E-07663 (20 Dec. 2006) --- One of the STS-116 crewmembers onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery captured this...
Two masters of their craft are caught at work shaping Saturn's rings. Pandora (upper right) sculpts the F ring, as...
Saturn's C ring is home to a surprisingly rich array of structures and textures. Much of the structure seen in the...
Common Research Model (CRM) Test t11-0216 in the NASA Ames 11x11_foot Transonic Wind Tunnel with PIV laser sheet...
jsc2024e043753 (7/10/2024) --- Confocal microscopy image of a bimodal attractive colloidal suspension with size...
The specks in the sequence of images in this video were caused by charged particles from a solar storm hitting one...
The purple color in this animated GIF shows auroras across Mars' nightside as detected by the Imaging Ultraviolet...