Twenty million years ago ocean covered the area where Panama is today, creating a gap between the continents of North…
This Cassini image is a color map of the composition of a portion of Saturn's moon Hyperion. In this map,…
Astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the first manned Skylab mission, goes through a checklist of experiment activity during Skylab…
This artist's concept depicts a distant hypothetical solar system, similar in age to our own. Looking inward from the system's…
Eerie, dramatic pictures from the Hubble telescope show newborn stars emerging from "eggs" - not the barnyard variety - but…
Palm Island Resort, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, is featured in this image photographed by Expedition 10 Commander Leroy Chiao from…
In this 1980 photograph, an engineer at the Marshall Space Flight Center holding a replica of the proposed Liquid Booster…
Rhea is the second largest moon of Saturn, behind Titan, and the largest without an atmosphere. It is composed mostly…
Landing and recovery officials conduct post-landing medical checks on spaceflight participant Charles Simonyi, Expedition 14 flight engineer Mikhail Tyurin and…
Expedition 14 flight engineer Suni Williams uses a digital still camera to expose a photo of her helmet visor during…
