NASA’s HiRISE Views Clinoforms in Melas Chasma
This newly released image from the high resolution imaging science experiment on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter gives astronomers a view of the layered deposits in…
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New HiRISE Image Views a Hill in the South Polar Region of Mars
This newly released image from the high resolution imaging science experiment (HiRISE) on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter provides astronomers with a closer look at the…
Hubble Image of the Week – Starbursts in Virgo (NGC 4536)
This new Hubble image of the week gives us a closer look at the starburst region in NGC 4536. Galaxy formation and evolution are still…
New Juno Spacecraft Image of Jupiter – When Jovian Light and Dark Collide
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft reveals “beauty and the beast” in a recent flyby of Jupiter. NASA’s Juno Spacecraft uses the JunoCam imager to highlight features on…
NASA’s Hubble Telescope Captures Close-up Portrait of Jupiter
As Jupiter made its nearest approach to Earth in a year, a distance of 415 million miles (668 million kilometers) away, Hubble took advantage and…
New HiRISE Image Shows a Possible Impact Crater in Icy Terrain
HiRISE continues to provide astronomers with interesting and revealing images of the Martian surface. The latest image is no different. This new image from the…
Cassini Spacecraft Views a Sliver of Saturn
Although only a sliver of Saturn’s sunlit face is visible in this new Cassini image, the mighty gas giant planet still dominates the view. From…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Views a Trio of Solar Flares
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the new images of the three solar flares. The sun emitted a trio of mid-level solar flares on April 2-3,…
Hubble Image of the Week – Alien Aurorae on Uranus
This Hubble image of the week is a composite image of Uranus by Voyager 2 and two different observations made by Hubble — one for…
NASA Launches New Video, Audio and Imagery Library for the Public
NASA has launched a new website that will allow the public search and download out-of-this-world images, videos and audio files by keyword and metadata searches…
HiRISE Views Splitting Dunes on Mars
This new HiRISE image shows a group of dunes on the surface of Mars. The mound in the center of this image appears to have…
Hubble Image of the Week – NGC 4424 and LEDA 213994
This newly released Hubble image of the week shows NGC 4424 and LEDA 213994. Some astronomical objects have endearing or quirky nicknames, inspired by mythology…
New HiRISE Image Reveals Dunes of the Southern Highlands of Mars
This newly released image from HiRISE shows sand dunes in the Southern hemisphere of Mars. Sand dunes are scattered across Mars and one of the…
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory Views a Spotless Sun
For a 15 day stretch beginning on March 7, 2017, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory returned visible light images of a yolk-like spotless sun. This is…
NASA’s HiRISE Views Gullies in Winter Shadow
This newly released HiRISE image shows gullies on the surface of Mars. This is an odd-looking image. It shows gullies during the winter while entirely…
HiRISE Views the Colorful Hills of Juventae Chasma
This new HiRISE Image shows the hills of Juventae Chasma on Mars. There are many hills about 1 kilometer high in Juventae Chasma, which is…
NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft Zooms in on Saturn’s A Ring
This newly released Cassini image gives us a closer look at Saturn’s A ring. NASA’s Cassini spacecraft zoomed in on Saturn’s A ring, revealing narrow,…
NASA’s HiRISE Views Layered Deposits in Uzboi Vallis
This newly released image from NASA’s high resolution imaging science experiment (HiRISE) shows layered deposits in Uzboi Vallis. Layered deposits in Uzboi Vallis sometimes occur…