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Monster “El Gordo” Galaxy Cluster is Bigger Than Thought
Monster “El Gordo” Galaxy Cluster is Bigger Than Thought

Like the Bullet Cluster, El Gordo is the site of two galaxy clusters running into each other at several million…

Curiosity’s View From Before Final Approach to ‘The Kimberley’ Waypoint
Curiosity’s View From Before Final Approach to ‘The Kimberley’ Waypoint

This view from NASA's Curiosity Mars rover was taken the day before the rover's final approach drive to "the Kimberley"…

Curiosity’s View From Arrival Point at ‘The Kimberley’ Waypoint
Curiosity’s View From Arrival Point at ‘The Kimberley’ Waypoint

NASA's Curiosity Mars rover recorded this view of various rock types at a waypoint called "the Kimberley" shortly after arriving…

NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2 (Artist Concept)
NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2 (Artist Concept)

Artist's rendering of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO)-2, one of five new NASA Earth science missions set to launch in…

Ocean Inside Saturn’s Moon Enceladus
Ocean Inside Saturn’s Moon Enceladus

This diagram illustrates the possible interior of Saturn's moon Enceladus based on a gravity investigation by NASA's Cassini spacecraft and…

Astronaut Karen Nyberg Inspires the Next Generation of Explorers
Astronaut Karen Nyberg Inspires the Next Generation of Explorers

Astronaut Karen Nyberg poses for a photograph with an enthusiastic NASA Social attendee following a presentation about her time living,…

Aurora Borealis From Station
Aurora Borealis From Station

One of the Expedition 39 crew members aboard the International Space Station photographed this image while the outpost was over…

Return to the Old Stomping Grounds, Five Years Hence
Return to the Old Stomping Grounds, Five Years Hence

By the rationale of some observers, this image of Expedition 39 Flight Engineer Steve Swanson could be titled "Return to…

SDO Sees M6.5-class Solar Flare
SDO Sees M6.5-class Solar Flare

A mid-level flare, an M6.5-class, erupted from the sun on April 2, 2014, peaking at 10:05 a.m. EDT.

James Webb Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Spectrograph Installed
James Webb Space Telescope’s Near Infrared Spectrograph Installed

In March 2014, the James Webb Space Telescope's flight Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) was installed into the instrument module.