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NASA’s flying telescope SOFIA captured a crisp infrared image of the center of our Milky Way galaxy. Spanning more...
This artist's rendering shows the proposed starshade flying in sync with a space telescope. The giant sunflower-like...
A group of six streaking objects, the identities of which remain unknown, can be seen here flying across the...
The spider part of The Spider and the Fly nebulae, IC 417 abounds in star formation, as seen in this infrared image...
Enjoy a moment of Zen with this fly-through of the Orion Nebula, based on images captured by NASA and ESA (European...
How do we find Earth-like planets outside our solar system? One idea is to send a giant structure that blocks...
A dragon-shaped cloud of dust seems to fly out from a bright explosion in this infrared light image from NASA...
Employees of Daimler-Benz Aerospace in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility install insulation on the Cryogenic...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The final tasks to prepare the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- Space Shuttle orbiter Discovery's payload bay doors are closed in preparation for the...
Employees of Daimler-Benz Aerospace in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility install insulation on the Cryogenic...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -- The final tasks to prepare the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the...
Employees of Daimler-Benz Aerospace in the Multi-Payload Processing Facility install insulation on the Cryogenic...
Hot Jupiters are exoplanets that orbit their stars so tightly that their temperatures are extremely high, reaching...
The HOST (the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test) payload is prepared for moving to the high bay of the...
Receiving the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope, sending the first uncrewed Artemis mission around...
The HOST (the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test) payload is moved into the high bay of the Space Station...
A close-up view of the Skylab space station cluster photographed against a black sky background from the Skylab 3...
The HOST (the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test) payload is uncrated in the Space Station Processing...
In this 1986 artist's concept, the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle (OMV), at right, prepares to reboost the Hubble Space...
B-roll and sound bites for media and public use. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern...
The SOFIA telescope team collected baseline operational measurements during several nights of characterization...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians monitor the progress as...
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – At Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, technicians monitor the progress as...