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How Stars Explode

Scientists have found fragments of titanium blasting out of a famous supernova.

SpaceX Crew-2 Launch

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is seen to the right of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington as it is launches the Crew-2 mission.

There's No Place Like Home

​Sunset at Gobabeb, Namibia.

The Places We Call Home

In this image that astronaut Scott Kelly posted to Twitter on Aug. 9, 2015 during his #YearInSpace captures all the the places humans dwell.

SpaceX Crew-2 Dress Rehearsal

Crew-2 are seen as they prepare to depart for Launch Complex 39A during a dress rehearsal on Sunday, April 18, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.

Almost Every Galaxy Has One – A Black Hole, That Is

Spectacular jets are powered by the gravitational energy of a supermassive black hole in the core of the elliptical galaxy Hercules A.

Tokyo at Night

The night lights of Tokyo, Japan, are pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 261 miles above the island nation.

Sometimes Black Holes Are Prettier in Pink

This image, taken by the Chandra X-Ray Observatory in 2012, shows an extraordinary outburst from a black hole.

Photographing a Black Hole

In April 2019, ablack hole and its shadow were captured in an image for the first time.

STS-1 Takes Flight

When space shuttle Columbia took to the skies, a new era of spaceflight took wing.

Celebrating Mary W. Jackson's 100th Birthday

Mary W. Jackson (second from left) seen in 1984 Student Symposium at Langley Research Center.

Blue Dunes on the Red Planet

A sea of dark dunes, sculpted by the wind into long lines, surrounds Mars' northern polar cap and covers an area as big as Texas.

Researching the Environment and COVID-19

Today is World Health Day and we're funding studies to determine whether environmental factors influence the spread of the virus.

Expedition 65 Soyuz Rollout

The Soyuz rocket is rolled out by train to the launch pad at Site 31, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

A View of Northrop Grumman's Cygnus Resupply Ship

Northrop Grumman's Cygnus resupply ship, with its prominent cymbal-shaped UltraFlex solar arrays is pictured attached to the space station.

Hubble Revisits the Veil Nebula

This image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope revisits the Veil Nebula, which was featured in a previous Hubble image release.

Space Station View of Sun Over Earth From Space

This view of Earth’s horizon as the Sun sets over the Pacific Ocean was taken by the Expedition 7 crew onboard the International Space Station in 2003.

Penny J. Pettigrew, ISS Payload Communications Manager at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

As a payload communications manager Penny J. Pettigrew spends most days in the Payload Operations Integration Center at Marshall Space Flight Center.

Exploring the Metal-Rich Asteroid Psyche

Set to launch next year, NASA’s Psyche spacecraft will explore a metal-rich asteroid of the same name in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.

Nearest Exoplanet to Our Solar System

This artist's concept is of a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting the nearby star Epsilon Eridani.

Expedition 65 Crew Press Conference

Expedition 65 backup and prime crew members are seen during a press conference.

Frosty Sand Dunes of Mars

A field of sand dunes occupies this frosty 5-kilometer diameter crater in the high-latitudes of the northern plains of Mars.

Kate Rubins Works to Upgrade the Space Station

This image, taken on March 5, 2021, shows NASA astronaut Kate Rubins during a spacewalk to install solar array modification kits on the station.

Vision of a Stellar Ending

More than 11,000 years ago, a massive, supergiant star came to the end of its life.

Exploring the Earth's Water

NASA has investigated humanity's impact on a number of our home planet's natural resources and recently explored our impact on freshwater resources.

Saturn's Spring

Spring doesn't just hapen on Earth. Spring also happens on some of our neighboring planets in the solar system.

March 18, 1978: Space Shuttle Enterprise Arrives for Vibration Testing

On March 18, 1978, space shuttle Enterprise arrived at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center for mated vertical ground vibration testing.

Ingenuity Helicopter on Mars (Illustration)

An illustration of NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter flying on Mars.

Hubble Shows Us the Future

Sometime in the far distant future, about 4 billion years from now, our Milky Way galaxy will collide with the neighboring Andromeda galaxy, as illustrated in this artist rendition.

Testing the Mars Helicopter

In this image from Jan. 18, 2019, Teddy Tzanetos, MiMi Aung and Bob Balaram of NASA’s Mars Helicopter project observe a flight test of a model of the Mars Helicopter.

NASA Needs Pi!

NASA uses pi every day!

Japanese Astronaut Soichi Noguchi Works on Station's Solar Arrays

During the March 5, 2021, spacewalk, JAXA astronaut Soichi Noguchi spent nearly 7 hours working on the space station.

Portrait of a Nebula

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features an impressive portrait of M1-63, an example of a bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation of Scutum (the Shield).

Stacking Complete for Twin Space Launch System Rocket Boosters

Stacking is complete for the twin Space Launch System (SLS) solid rocket boosters for NASA’s Artemis I mission.

Electrical Engineer and NASA Astronaut Joan Higginbotham

At NASA, women – be they scientists, pilots, astronauts and others – help the Agency fulfill its mission. Joan Higginbotham is one of those women.

Hypergiant Star Canis Majoris

This artist's impression of hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris shows the star's vast convection cells and violent ejections.

Hubble: 30 Years and Counting

It's March 2021 and in about another month the Hubble Space Telescope will celebrate 31 years in space observing the universe.

NASA and the Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge

Did you know that NASA's Kennedy Space Center shares its home with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge?

Kelly Latimer: Dryden's First Female Research Test Pilot

Kelly J. Latimer was a research pilot in the Flight Crew Branch of NASA's Dryden (now Armstrong) Flight Research Center.
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