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Sun Shines in High-Energy X-rays
Sun Shines in High-Energy X-rays

X-rays stream off the sun in this image showing observations from by NASA's NuSTAR, overlaid on a picture taken by…

Darkness
Darkness

Saturn’s main rings, seen here on their “lit” face, appear much darker than normal.

Holiday Lights on the Sun: Imagery of a Solar Flare
Holiday Lights on the Sun: Imagery of a Solar Flare

The sun emitted a significant solar flare, an X1.8, peaking at 7:28 p.m. EST on Dec. 19, 2014. NASA’s Solar…

First Excavation for the Ames Laboratory on Dec. 20, 1939
First Excavation for the Ames Laboratory on Dec. 20, 1939

Before there was a “Silicon Valley,” there was the Ames Aeronautical Laboratory between Mountain View and Sunnyvale in California, founded…

CV-990A
CV-990A

A Convair 990 (CV-990) aircraft formerly used by NASA as a medium-altitude research platform was used at Dryden as a…

Orion arrives at the Launch Abort System Facility
Orion arrives at the Launch Abort System Facility

NASA's Orion spacecraft arrives at the Launch Abort System Facility at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Horsehead Nebula Disappears in Infrared Light
Horsehead Nebula Disappears in Infrared Light

The famous Horsehead nebula seen in visible-light images (inset) looks quite different when viewed in infrared light, as seen in…

Pegasus Barge Continues Renovations
Pegasus Barge Continues Renovations

Work continues on NASA's Pegasus barge, which is undergoing refurbishments at Conrad Shipyard LLC in Morgan City, Louisiana.

NASA Balloons Begin Flying in Antarctica for 2014 Campaign
NASA Balloons Begin Flying in Antarctica for 2014 Campaign

The Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA-III), pictured here, successfully launched at 11:27 a.m. EST Wednesday, Dec. 17, and was the…

Global Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
Global Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Global atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations from Oct. 1 through Nov. 11, as recorded by NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2.