Spectators at the NASA News Center at Kennedy Space Center get a birds-eye-view of Space Shuttle Discovery as it roars…
Ten thousand years ago, before the dawn of recorded human history, a new light must suddenly have appeared in the…
This image of northern Chile was acquired by the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on April 7,…
In the year 1054 A.D., Chinese astronomers were startled by the appearance of a new star that was so bright…
Saturn's hazy moon Titan appears to drift above Saturn's ringplane in this view taken only a tenth of a degree…
The city of Seoul (originally known as Hanyang) has been the capital of Korea for more than 600 years and…
Loops of highly charged particles burst from the sun's surface in this image, taken on Dec. 4, 2006. Among the…
In this artist's conception, observers peer through the dark dust of L1014 to witness the birth of a star. NASA's…
The Escondida copper, gold and silver open-pit mine in Chile's Atacama Desert is seen in this image from the Advanced…
Astronaut Jim Reilly (on robot arm) joins forces with his colleagues inside the shuttle and station, as well as flight…
