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Black Widow Nebula Hides in the Dust
Black Widow Nebula Hides in the Dust

In this Spitzer Space Telescope image, the two opposing bubbles are being formed in opposite directions by the powerful outflows…

Chimborazo and Tungurahua
Chimborazo and Tungurahua

Landsat 7's Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) sensor captured this image or Ecuador's Mount Chimborazo on September 16, 2001. Snowcapped…

Go for Launch
Go for Launch

NASA senior managers completed a detailed review of space shuttle Discovery's readiness for flight and selected Oct. 23, 2007, as…

Dying Star Sculpts Rungs of Gas and Dust
Dying Star Sculpts Rungs of Gas and Dust

This intriguing image of the intriguing ladder-like structures surrounding a dying star reveals startling new details of one of the…

Io’s Colorful Face
Io’s Colorful Face

Io is a colorful place. The closest large moon of Jupiter, Io has the most volcanic activity of any moon…

Cosmic Pearls
Cosmic Pearls

Two decades ago, astronomers spotted one of the brightest exploding stars in more than 400 years. Since that first sighting,…

The ATHLETE Rover
The ATHLETE Rover

JPL leads in the development of the ATHLETE (All-Terrain Hex-Legged Extra-Terrestrial Explorer) robotic vehicle. Other members of the team include…

Attacking Mars
Attacking Mars

The Spirit rover attacked Mars again in September 2005. However, what might look like a military attack was once again…

The View From Iapetus
The View From Iapetus

While on final approach for its September 2007 close encounter with Saturn's moon Iapetus, Cassini spun around to take in…

Destination: Moon
Destination: Moon

On Tuesday, Jan. 6, 1998, at 9:28 p.m. EST, NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft climbed into the sky above Cape Canaveral…