Galaxy clusters are the largest objects in the universe held together by gravity. They contain enormous amounts of superheated gas,…
Messier 82, or M82, is a galaxy that is oriented edge-on to Earth. This gives astronomers and their telescopes an…
The well-lit United Arab Emirates on the Arabian Peninsula.
The well-lit Middle Eastern cities along the Persian Gulf coast.
The well-lit United Arab Emirates with Qatar and Bahrain.
This nighttime photograph from the International Space Station looks north across Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan with the Caspian Sea at left…
An Expedition 63 crew member photographed the well-lit, highly populated areas of Pakistan and northern India.
This week in 1984, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-41D, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on its maiden voyage.
NASA's Mars Pathfinder mission landed on the Red Planet on July 4, 1997. It's tiny rover, named Sojourner after abolitionist…
Expedition 63 Flight Engineer Anatoly Ivanishin works inside the International Space Station's Zvezda service module.