A powerful new antenna has been added to the NASA Space Communications and Navigation’s Deep Space Network. Source : NASA
Located in the constellation of Virgo (The Virgin), around 50 million light-years from Earth, the galaxy NGC 4535 is truly a stunning sight to behold. Source...
NASA has once again joined forces with the community in the continuing effort to fight COVID-19. Source : NASA
The core stage for the first flight of NASA’s Space Launch System, or SLS, rocket is seen in the B-2 Test Stand during a scheduled 8-minute...
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act on July 2, 1964, as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and others, look on. Source :...
Inside star cluster NGC 602, a star-forming region in the Small Magellanic Cloud, bright, blue, newly formed stars are blowing a cavity in this nebula. Source...
Astronomers have no evidence that a distant black hole estimated to weigh between 3 billion and 100 billion times the mass of the Sun is anywhere...
The HUNCH – High school students United with NASA to Create Hardware – Program has expanded its partnership opportunities to the Dade County, Georgia, school system...
In this black and white infrared image, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Demo-2 mission. Source...
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus space freighter departs the International Space Station moments after being released from the Canadarm2 robotic arm. Source : NASA
The lights of the city of Boston seemingly spread from a central point in this image taken by the crew of the International Space Station. Source...
Slated to launch in October 2021, NASA’s Lucy mission will be the first space mission to study the Trojan asteroids. Source : NASA
What is pareidolia? It is the psychological phenomenon where we see recognizable shapes in clouds, rock formations, or otherwise unrelated objects or data. Source : NASA
NASA astronaut Michael Hopkins tends to radish plants growing for the Plant Habitat-02 experiment. Source : NASA
Chaos at the Heart of the Orion Nebula Source : NASA
Retrofuturistic NASA Space Art Source : NASA
Dr. George Carruthers, right, and William Conway, a project manager at the Naval Research Institute, examine the gold-plated ultraviolet camera/spectrograph, the first Moon-based observatory that Carruthers...
Magnetic fields in NGC 1068, or M77, are shown as streamlines over a visible light and X-ray composite image of the galaxy. Source : NASA
The Moon, left, Saturn, upper right, and Jupiter, lower right, are seen after sunset with the Washington Monument, Thurs. Dec. 17, 2020, in Washington. Source :...
Thousands of sparkling young stars are nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603, one of the most massive young star clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy....
The newly revealed infant stars appear as pink and red specks toward the center and appear to have formed in regularly spaced intervals along linear structures....
This iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon. Source : NASA
With its heat shield facing the planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover begins its descent through the Martian atmosphere in this illustration. Source : NASA
The Hubble Space Telescope captured a crowd of stars that looks rather like a stadium darkened before a show, lit only by the flashbulbs of the...
Using the unique capabilities of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered the most energetic outflows ever witnessed in the universe. Source :...
Ten NASA-sponsored CubeSats are preparing to fly on the agency’s next Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission, making this the first payload carried by Virgin Orbit’s...
Dec. 11, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Langley Research Center’s 14×22 Subsonic Wind Tunnel. Source : NASA
Vice President Mike Pence introduces NASA astronauts during a meeting of the National Space Council on Dec. 9, 2020. Source : NASA
Future lunar landers might come equipped with 3D printed rocket engine parts that help bring down overall manufacturing costs and reduce production time. Source : NASA
NASA and Boeing have completed Starliner’s last parachute balloon-drop test designed to strengthen the spacecraft’s landing system ahead of crewed flights. Source : NASA
The International Space Station is seen in this 13 second exposure as it flies over Arlington, Virginia, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. Source : NASA
JAXA and Expedition 64 astronaut Soichi Noguchi relaxes at the end of the work day inside the seven-windowed cupola on the International Space Station. Source :...
Lying inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this Herbig–Haro object is a turbulent birthing ground for new stars in a region known as the Orion...
This illustration shows Earth surrounded by theoretical filaments of dark matter called “hairs.” Source : NASA
Carol Carol “Bird Song” Harrison is a a quality assurance specialist (QAS) working in the Mission Assurance Branch at NASA’s Langley Research Center. Source : NASA
What is a black hole? A black hole is an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it....
Kenneth Attocknie has worked as an engineer for more than two decades at NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Source : NASA
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov....
Observed with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the faint galaxy featured in this image is known as UGC 12588. Source : NASA
Marcellus Proctor is an enrolled member of the Piscataway-Conoy Nation and the Assistant Chief in the Electrical Engineering Division at NASA Goddard . Source : NASA
The SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft is pictured approaching the International Space Station for a docking. Source : NASA
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy LRG-3-817, also known as SDSS J090122.37+181432.3. Source : NASA
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launches Crew-1 to the space station on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020. Source : NASA
With a degree in computer engineering and computer science from the University of Southern California, Lauren Denson is now an quality engineer and supervisor at the...
With a degree in computer engineering and computer science from the University of Southern California, Lauren Denson is now an quality engineer and supervisor at the...
The galaxy UGCA 193, seen here by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is a galaxy in the constellation of Sextans (The Sextant). Source : NASA
Launch is scheduled for 7:49 p.m. EST on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020. Source : NASA
NASA astronauts Shannon Walker, left, Victor Glover, second from left, Mike Hopkins, second from right, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Soichi Noguchi, right, are...
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich ocean-monitoring satellite is being encapsulated in the SpaceX Falcon 9 payload fairing. Source : NASA
Joseph Connolly is an aerospace engineer at NASA’s Glenn Research Center. Source : NASA