This movie made from images obtained by NASA's EPOXI mission spacecraft shows an active end of the nucleus of comet…
Seen here is the Hayabusa spacecraft's special spatula, as observed by a scanning electron microscope.
This unique, close-up view of the X-38 under the wing of NASA's B-52 mothership prior to launch of the lifting-body…
Originally released May 30, 2007, this image is centered on a small cone on the side of one of Mars'…
The DC-8 pilots on NASA's IceBridge mission point out the narrow Antarctic time zones on the navigation map. IceBridge, a…
Scientists first saw these somewhat wedge-shaped, transient clouds of tiny particles known as "spokes" in images from NASA's Voyager spacecraft.…
The Getz Ice Shelf extended several miles into the ocean from the Getz glacier as it emptied into the ocean…
Originally released Aug. 1, 2007, this image is of Mars' Russell Crater dune field, which is covered seasonally by carbon…
"The 'Cupola', attached to the nadir side of the space station, gives a panoramic view of our beautiful planet," said…
In the well known Pleiades star cluster, starlight is slowly destroying this wandering cloud of gas and dust. The star…