At 86 meters (282 feet) below sea level, Death Valley, California, is one of the hottest, driest places on the…
Like a butterfly, a white dwarf star begins its life by casting off the cocoon that enclosed it. In the…
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity recently stopped to analyze an exposure of rock near "Beagle Crater," on a target nicknamed…
An engineer and a technician check out an ion engine in the Electronic Propulsion Research Building at the Lewis Research…
Mimas drifts along in its orbit against the azure backdrop of Saturn's northern latitudes in this true color view from…
A space suit floats freely away from the International Space Station in a scene reminiscent of a sci-fi movie. But…
Astronaut Dave Williams, representing the Canadian Space Agency, participates in the last of four STS-118 spacewalks.
The latest remote sensing data from NASA's Jason satellite show near normal conditions across the equatorial Pacific Ocean. As we…
This composite image shows the Acidalia/Mare Erythraeum face of Mars, picturing the last days of the Mars' northern autumn/southern spring.…
his is the first color image of Mars taken by the panoramic camera on the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit. It…
