Mercury Redstone 3 Launch
Sixty years ago, near the dawn of the space age, NASA controllers “lit the candle” and sent Mercury […]
astronomy
Windblown NGC 3199
NGC 3199 lies about 12,000 light-years away, a glowing cosmic cloud in the nautical southern constellation of Carina. […]
STEVE over Copper Harbor
What creates STEVEs? Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancements (STEVEs) have likely been seen since antiquity, but only in […]
Space Station, Solar Prominences, Sun
That’s no sunspot. It’s the International Space Station (ISS) caught passing in front of the Sun. Sunspots, individually, […]
Apollo 11: Earth, Moon, Spaceship
After the most famous voyage of modern times, it was time to go home. After proving that humanity […]
Clouds of the Carina Nebula
What forms lurk in the mists of the Carina Nebula? The dark ominous figures are actually molecular clouds, […]
Perseverance from Ingenuity
Flying at an altitude of 5 meters (just over 16 feet), on April 25 the Ingenuity helicopter snapped […]
Pink and the Perigee Moon
On April 25 a nearly full moon rose just before sunset. Welcomed in a clear blue sky and […]
Apollo 17: The Crescent Earth
Our fair planet sports a curved, sunlit crescent against the black backdrop of space in this stunning photograph. […]
North Star: Polaris and Surrounding Dust
Why is Polaris called the North Star? First, Polaris is the nearest bright star toward the north spin […]