The Star Streams of NGC 5907
Grand tidal streams of stars seem to surround galaxy NGC 5907. The arcing structures form tenuous loops extending […]
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NASA to Announce Additional Commercial Moon Delivery Providers
NASA will host a media teleconference at 4:30 p.m. EST Monday, Nov. 18, to announce additional American companies […]
M16 and the Eagle Nebula
A star cluster around 2 million years young surrounded by natal clouds of dust and glowing gas, M16 […]
Vice President Pence to Visit NASA’s Ames Research Center, Discuss ...
Vice President Mike Pence, along with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, will visit NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s […]
Media Invited to Artemis Day, Unveiling of Moon Mission Rocket ...
Media and social media influencers are invited to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans Monday, Dec. 9, […]
NGC 3717: A Nearly Sideways Spiral Galaxy
Some spiral galaxies are seen nearly sideways. Most bright stars in spiral galaxies swirl around the center in […]
Lunar Craters Langrenus and Petavius
The history of the Moon is partly written in its craters. Pictured here is a lunar panorama taken […]
A Mercury Transit Sequence
Tomorrow — Monday — Mercury will cross the face of the Sun, as seen from Earth. Called a […]
Saturn the Giant
On May 25, 1961 U.S. president John Kennedy announced the goal of landing astronauts on the Moon by […]
NASA TV Coverage Set for Complex Spacewalks, Briefings
Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station for a series of complex spacewalks this month and […]