Image of the DayLooks can be deceiving, especially when it comes to celestial objects like galaxies and nebulas. These objects are so far...One of the most volcanically active regions of the world is the Kamchatka Peninsula in eastern Siberia, where it is...As space shuttle Endeavour raced into space to begin the STS-123 mission, an amateur photographer captured this view from the...The Plane of the Ecliptic is illustrated in this Clementine star tracker camera image which reveals (from right to left)...NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured Dione against the globe of Saturn as it approached the icy moon for its close rendezvous...A mere 6,000 light-years distant and sailing through the constellation Vela, star cluster RCW 38 is full of powerful stars....Is this a scene from a corny science fiction movie of the 1950s? This 1951 image actually is of scientists...Scientists who study dust storms have long known that Saharan dust can travel across the Atlantic to the Americas. Asian...New observations of Ceres, the largest known asteroid, have revealed that the object may be a "mini-planet," and may contain...NASA's Terra satellite captured this image of phytoplankton in bloom in Australia's Shark Bay on November 6, 2004.Attired in Russian Sokol launch and entry suits, NASA astronaut and Expedition 16 commander Peggy A. Whitson, the station's first...A large tornado that cut a 66-kilometer (41-mile) swath of destruction across southern Indiana and northwestern Kentucky in the early...As part of the Project Fire study in 1962, technicians at NASA's Langley Research Center ready materials to be subjected...This artist's conception illustrates the decline in our universe's "birth-rate" over time. When the universe was young, massive galaxies were...An artist's concept shows the Astro-E2 spacecraft, set to launch this month. A joint effort between NASA and the Japan...This Hubble Space Telescope image reveals an expanding shell of glowing gas surrounding a hot, massive star in our Milky...What lies at the bottom of Hyperion's strange craters? Noone knows. To help find out, Cassini took this image, containing...An image from NASA's Mars Global Surveyor shows a crater in southern winter with frost deposits on the northern wall.What's happening to the galaxies of cluster Abell 2667? On the upper left, a galaxy appears to be breaking up...Expedition 16 flight engineer Garrett Reisman participated in the STS-123 mission's first scheduled spacewalk as construction and maintenance continue on...This self-portrait of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity comes courtesy of the Sun and the rover's front hazard-avoidance camera. The...THEMIS' mission is to help improve the understanding of severe space weather effects on Earth. THEMIS (Time History of Events...NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft launches from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 1:47:08 p.m. EST on Jan. 12, 2005....The Sand Hills seen in this simulated natural-color image from NASA's Terra spacecraft cover about a quarter of the state...The Turpan Depression, nestled at the foot of China's Bogda Mountains, is a strange mix of salt lakes and sand...This image from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on NASA's Terra spacecraft shows North and South...Shark Bay, Australia as seen by the Expedition 10 crew on the International Space Station. This image shows large solar...In celebration of the 17th anniversary of the launch and deployment of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, this, one of the...This is a false-color image of the star AE Aurigae (bright source of light near the center of image) embedded...A close-up view of the exterior of space shuttle Endeavour's crew cabin, starboard wing and payload bay door was provided...This view out the aft windows on Endeavour's flight deck was one of a series of images recorded by the...In this 1959 image of the Atmospheric Entry Simulator at NASA's Ames Research Center, a large tank containing air under...Located just north of the equator (3.85° North, 154.9° East), this classically shaped atoll is part of the Caroline Islands,...Before the Expedition 10 crew on the International Space Station could get its much needed Christmas supplies, the Progress 15...Detailed analysis of two continent-sized storms that erupted in Jupiter's atmosphere in March 2007 showed that the planet's internal heat...A maze of long white clouds is interwoven into the uneven field of white that covers the Atlantic Ocean off...This false-color composite of Central Africa from 1994 shows the Virunga volcano chain along the borders of Rwanda, Democratic Republic...This stunning false-color picture shows off the many sides of the supernova remnant Cassiopeia A, which is made up of...The International Space Station (ISS) is backdropped over Miami, Florida, in this 35mm frame photographed by STS-108 Commander DomInic Gorie...Saturn's northern hemisphere is a serene blue, more befitting of Uranus or Neptune, as seen in this natural color image...
