The Anti-Atlas Mountains of Morocco formed as a result of the collision of the African and Eurasian tectonic plates about…
Dust makes this cosmic eye look red. This eerie Spitzer Space Telescope image shows infrared radiation from the well-studied Helix…
This delightfully detailed false color image of Saturn is a combination of three images taken in January 1998 by the…
The Lunar Roving Vehicle (LRV) gets a high-speed workout by astronaut John W. Young in the "Grand Prix" run during…
STS-116 Commander Mark Polansky (center) says a few words for the media following the landing of Discovery at the Kennedy…
The equinox is an astronomical event that marks the first day of autumn in the northern hemisphere and spring in…
Dark and sharply defined ring shadows appear to constrict the flow of color from Saturn's warmly hued south to the…
Expedition 16 commander Peggy Whitson, Soyuz commander Yuri Malenchenko and spaceflight participant Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor blasted off from the Baikonur…
In Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center, employees wave American flags after the successful launch of Space Shuttle…
The crew of STS-85 used a 35mm camera with a time exposure to record this image of the southern lights…
