This image shows examples of long, narrow, sinuous gullies that scientists on NASA’s Dawn mission have found on the giant asteroid Vesta. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA In a preliminary analysis of images from NASA’s Dawn mission, scientists h... More »
A galaxy cluster 7.7 billion light-years away has been discovered using infrared data from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/WIYN/Subaru Our solar system, with its colorful collection of planets, asteroids a... More »
These images from the NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter show several impact scars on Mars made by pieces of the NASA Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft that the spacecraft shed just before entering the Martian atmosphere. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of... More »
GRAIL’s Gravity Tour of the Moon This movie shows the variations in the lunar gravity field as measured by NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) during the primary mapping mission from March to May 2012. Very precise microwave measurements be... More »
Evidence suggests flowing water formed the rivers and gullies on the Mars surface, even though surface temperatures were below freezing. Dissolved minerals in liquid water may be the reason. Photo Credit: NASA WASHINGTON — Building on the success of Curiosity’... More »
This map shows the route driven by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity during a reconnaissance circuit around an area of interest called “Matijevic Hill” on the rim of a large crater. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona SAN FRANCISCO — T... More »
Lake Vida, one of the most remote lakes in Antarctica. Image credit: NASA Ames/Chris McKay › Larger view In one of the most remote lakes of Antarctica, nearly 65 feet (19.8 meters) beneath the icy surface, scientists from NASA; the Desert Research Institute (D... More »
Voyager 1 Explores the “Magnetic Highway” This still image and set of animations show NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft exploring a new region in our solar system called the “magnetic highway.” In this region, the sun’s magnetic field lines are connected to interste... More »
Scoop Marks in the Sand at ‘Rocknest’ This is a view of the third (left) and fourth (right) trenches made by the 1.6-inch-wide (4-centimeter-wide) scoop on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity in October 2012. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS › Unannotated version... More »
Artist’s concept of NASA’s Voyager spacecraft. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will host a media teleconference at 11 a.m. PST (2 p.m. EST) on Monday, Dec. 3, to discuss the latest findings and travels of NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft. Voyager 1 and its twin... More »
Mercury’s North Polar Region Acquired By The Arecibo Observatory Image Credit: National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo Observatory Instruments aboard JPL’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft studying... More »
The midnight sun casts a golden glow on an iceberg and its reflection in Disko Bay, Greenland. Much of Greenland’s annual ice mass loss occurs through calving of icebergs such as this. Image credit: Ian Joughin, University of Washington An international team o... More »
