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As Cassini watches the rings pass in front of bright red giant star Aldebaran, the star light fluctuates, providing...
Located 10 million light-years away in the southern constellation Sculptor, the Silver Dollar galaxy, or NGC 253, is...
This diagram compares the planets of the inner solar system to Kepler-62, a five-planet system about 1,200...
Lit by reflected light from Saturn, Enceladus appears to hover above the gleaming rings, its well-defined ice...
During its flyby of Mercury, on January 14, 2008 NASA MESSENGER spacecraft acquired the first high-resolution...
A galaxy cluster 7.7 billion light-years away has been discovered using infrared data from NASA Wide-field Infrared...
The red X marks the spot where NASA Curiosity rover landed on Mars. This is well within the targeted landing region,...
This image from NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows the funnel-shaped terminus of Lethe Vallis, a winding channel...
Iapetus shows off its puzzling light and dark terrain in this image captured by NASA Cassini spacecraft. Lit terrain...
By measuring absorption of light at specific wavelengths, Tunable Laser Spectrometer TLS onboard NASA Curiosity...
A dusty planetary system left is compared to another system with little dust in this artist concept. Dust can make...
In this image taken by NASA Cassini spacecraft two light sources illuminate Saturn highly reflective moon Enceladus...
Located 1,000 light years from Earth in the constellation Perseus, a reflection nebula called NGC 1333 epitomizes...
This graphic demonstrates the hiss-like radio noise generated by electrons moving along magnetic field lines from...
Heavily cratered highlands dominate this view from NASA's Viking Orbiter 1. Toward the lower right, a conspicuous...
This painterly portrait of a star-forming cloud, called NGC 346, is a combination of multiwavelength light from NASA...
The Dumbbell nebula, also known as Messier 27, pumps out infrared light in this image from NASA Spitzer Space...
The Ghost of Mirach galaxy is shown in visible light on the left, and in ultraviolet as seen by NASA Galaxy...
This mosaic of images from NASA Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity shows terrain that includes light-toned bedrock...
The magenta spots in this image from NASA NuSTAR show two black holes in the spiral galaxy called NGC 1313, or the...
The ChemCam instrument for NASA Mars Science Laboratory mission uses a pulsed laser beam to vaporize a pinhead-size...
This infrared image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Rosette nebula, a pretty star-forming region more...
The green and red splotch in this image is the most active star-making galaxy in the very distant universe....
NASA Cassini spacecraft looks toward the dark region of Belet on Saturn largest moon, Titan. This large region on...