
Lyot Crater, pictured here, is one of at least nine craters in the northern lowlands of Mars with exposures of…

Stokes Crater, pictured here, is one of at least nine craters in the northern lowlands of Mars with exposures of…

The Seagull nebula, seen in this infrared mosaic from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, draws its common name…

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa spacecraft streaked across the sky like a saber of light through the clouds as…

Scientists flying aboard NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory captured this image of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa spacecraft June 13,…

Scientists flying aboard NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory captured this image of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa spacecraft June 13,…

This artist's concept depicts the Hayabusa spacecraft (left) and its sample return capsule (right) entering the atmosphere over South Australia.

Michael Winter of NASA's Ames Research Center, principal investigator for the SLIT spectrogratph, installs his instrument in a framework behind…

Project scientist Peter Jenniskens of the SETI Institute and NASA's Ames Research Center and Christina Giannopapa of the Netherlands' Eindhoven…

Scientists flying aboard NASA's DC-8 airborne laboratory captured this image of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's Hayabusa spacecraft June 13,…