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This is a composite image of NGC 1068, one of the nearest and brightest galaxies containing a rapidly growing supermassive…

Crew and researchers gathered in front of the DC-8 before an early morning flight on Oct. 24, to measure sea…

After breaking away from Pine Island Glacier, ice is set adrift in Pine Island Bay. The icebergs were visible from…

The DC-8 makes a turn over Pine Island Bay on Oct. 20, 2009, as it heads back up the glacier…

Sea ice is seen out the window of NASA's DC-8 research aircraft on Oct. 21, 2009, as it flies 2,000…

NASA's DC-8 returns to Punta Arenas, Chile, after an eleven-hour flight on Oct. 21, 2009, to study sea ice in…

Cracks in the ice could be seen during the Operation Ice Bridge flight on Nov. 4, 2009. The low-altitude flight…

Many glaciers could be seen during the Operation Ice Bridge flight on Nov. 4, 2009. The low-altitude flight collected data…

NASA's DC-8, on its way to the nearest point to the South Pole during the mission, flew over the Transantarctic…