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A point of light is left of center against a dark background. To the left of the point is a blue/purple cloud-like structure that spreads longitudinally toward the left of frame. Upper right is an orangish, almost butterfly-like structure of light.
Hubble Captures Young Stars Changing Their Environments (NASA)Jan. 17, 2025
Chandra is a long, tubular structure with two wings of solar panels (3 panels each). The telescope fills most of the frame with the solar panels reaching from bottom left to upper right. The tube points away from the camera. A blue planet is upper left.
Exoplanets Need to Be Prepared for Extreme Space Weather, Chandra Finds (NASA)Jan. 16, 2025
Artist's concept of the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter during its critical Mars Orbit Insertion process.
Avalanches, Icy Explosions, and Dunes: NASA Is Tracking New Year on Mars (NASA)Dec. 20, 2024
This artist's concept depicts the stationary NASA Mars lander known by the acronym InSight at work studying the interior of Mars.
NASA Mars Orbiter Spots Retired InSight Lander to Study Dust Movement (NASA)Dec. 16, 2024
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NASA’s Webb Finds Planet-Forming Disks Lived Longer in Early Universe (NASA)Dec. 16, 2024
Hubble as seen from Discovery during its second servicing mission.
NASA’s Hubble Celebrates Decade of Tracking Outer Planets (NASA)Dec. 9, 2024
An artist drawing of the Europa Clipper spacecraft speeding from left to right over a photograph of Jupiter's moon Europa. The craft is a central circular shape with a large antennae dish. Two wings of solar panels spread out to either side.
NASA’s Europa Clipper: Millions of Miles Down, Instruments Deploying (NASA)Nov. 27, 2024
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NASA: Mystery of Life’s Handedness Deepens (NASA)Nov. 25, 2024
Arriving at Uranus in 1986, Voyager 2 observed a bluish orb with extremely subtle features. A haze layer hid most of the planet's cloud features from view.
Mining Old Data From NASA’s Voyager 2 Solves Several Uranus Mysteries (NASA)Nov. 12, 2024
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NASA-Funded Study Examines Tidal Effects on Planet and Moon InteriorsNov. 7, 2024
The Space Between: This artist's concept shows the Voyager 1 spacecraft entering the space between stars. Interstellar space is dominated by plasma, ionized gas (illustrated here as brownish haze), that was thrown off by giant stars millions of years ago.
Still Kickin’ Since the ’70s: NASA’s Voyager Mission Keeps Exploring (NASA)Nov. 5, 2024
A comic book style illustration shows Clipper swooping down from the top right toward Europa. An image of Jupiter from the Juno mission is in the background. Europa is hand drawn and a cutaway at the surface shows the ocean underneath.
NASA’s New Edition of Graphic Novel Features Europa ClipperNov. 1, 2024