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Tiny solid and liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere are called aerosols. Examples of aerosols include...
As you watch the Moon over the course of a month, you'll notice that different features are illuminated by the Sun...
STS031-83-090 (24-29 April 1990) --- This late afternoon scene over the Andes Mountains features sun glare, heavy...
What does our planet look like from space? Most are familiar with the beloved images of the blue marble or pale blue...
In today's image, Mercury's horizon cuts a striking edge against the stark blackness of space. On the right,...
Enceladus' intriguing south-polar jets are viewed from afar, backlit by sunlight while the moon itself glows softly...
Rhea, like many moons in the outer solar system, appears dazzlingly bright in full sunlight. This is the signature...
NASA's Cassini gazes across the icy rings of Saturn toward the icy moon Tethys, whose night side is illuminated by...
This dramatic view of the Pluto system is as NASA's New Horizons spacecraft saw it in July 2015. The animation, made...
STS077-704-045 (19-29 May 1996) --- As the Space Shuttle Endeavour goes into darkness, the sun setting behind gave...
Winds in this region have modified the surface, carving valleys into a poorly cemented material. The winds in this...
During the total solar eclipse, the Sun’s corona, only visible during the total eclipse, is shown as a crown of...
iss073e0982431 (Oct. 25, 2025) --- A yellow-green airglow, caused by atoms and molecules releasing energy as light...
Technicians attach the five-panel solar arrays to NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the Payload Hazardous...
STS112-E-05607 (14 October 2002) --- Astronauts Piers J. Sellers (left) and David A. Wolf, STS-112 mission...
Range : 1.5 million km ( 930,000 miles ) This high resolution view of Jupitor's ring, part of a set obtained by...
ISS030-E-016617 (25 Dec. 2011) --- Brightness from sunlight appears to peek through the spaces between sections of a...
ForeSight, a fully functional, full-size model of NASA's InSight lander, practices deploying a model of the lander's...
The pattern on the right half of this image of the Bay of Bengal is the result of two opposing wave trains...
During the total solar eclipse, the Sun’s corona, only visible during the total eclipse, is shown as a crown of...
STS039-25-006 (28 April-6 May 1991) --- A 35mm frame of the Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights,...
Technicians attach the five-panel solar arrays to NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft inside the Payload Hazardous...
STS097-376-019 (7 December 2000) --- A close-up view of the P6 solar array on the International Space Station (ISS),...
During the total solar eclipse, the Sun’s corona, only visible during the total eclipse, is shown as a crown of...