Scattered debris from a cosmic supernova explosion lights up the sky in this gorgeous composited image based on data from…
From left to right: Sigmar Wittig, head of the German Space Agency; William Gerstenmaier, NASA Associate Administrator for Space Operations;…
The Optical Spectroscopic and Infrared Remote Imaging System (OSIRIS) camera on board the Rosetta spacecraft observed Earth during its swing-by…
The Space Infrared Telescope Facility (now Spitzer Space Telescope) whizzes in front of a brilliant, infrared view of the Milky…
In 1991, the governments of Denmark and Sweden agreed to build a bridge to connect the two countries across the…
This photograph shows the salt ponds of one of Africa's major producers of soda ash (sodium carbonate) and salt. Soda…
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope has captured infrared images of the "Whirlpool Galaxy" (M51), revealing strange structures bridging the gaps between…
Mars Exploration Rover Spirit acquired this false-color image on the rover's on Martian day, or sol, 746 (Feb. 26, 2006)…
Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska is considered the classic example of a piedmont glacier. Piedmont glaciers occur where valley glaciers…
Floating in the Atlantic Ocean about 150 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral are the right and left solid rocket boosters,…
