NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has captured these first, focused views of the supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy in high-energy X-ray light. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA’s newest set of X-ray eyes in the sky, th... More »
The Chemistry and Camera (ChemCam) instrument on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity used its laser and spectrometers to examine what chemical elements are in a drift of Martian sand during the mission’s 74th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 20, 2012). Image Credit: NASA/JPL... More »
Tilt maps, epicenter and HAZUS critical infrastructure information from E-DECIDER can be accessed via Google Earth and delivered to the Department of Homeland Security’s Unified Incident Command and Decision Support tool in order to assess potential exposure a... More »
Three bite marks left in the Martian ground by the scoop on the robotic arm of NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity are visible in this image taken by the rover’s right Navigation Camera during the mission’s 69th Martian day, or sol (Oct. 15, 2012). Image credit: NASA/... More »
In September 1997, powerful Hurricane Linda, shown in this NASA rendering created with data from the NOAA GOES-9 satellite, was briefly forecast to strike Southern California, most likely as a tropical storm, as shown in the inset forecast track from the Naval... More »
This image contributed to an interpretation by NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity science team that some of the bright particles on the ground near the rover are native Martian material. Other light-toned material nearby (see PIA16230) has been assessed as small debr... More »
New results from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Explorer, or WISE, reveal that the Jovian Trojans — asteroids that lap the sun in the same orbit as Jupiter — are uniformly dark with a hint of burgundy color, and have matte surfaces that reflect little sunlight. Im... More »
This illustrated timeline features milestones in the journey of NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. Scroll up to launch Cassini’s voyage. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech › Larger view Today, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft celebrates 15 years of uninterrupted drive time, earn... More »
A Four-Star Planet: An artist’s illustration of PH1, a planet discovered by volunteers from the Planet Hunters citizen science project. PH1, shown in the foreground, is the first reported case of a planet orbiting a double-star that, in turn, is orbited by a s... More »
This artist’s concept features NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover, a mobile robot for investigating Mars’ past or present ability to sustain microbial life. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA will host a media teleconference at noon PDT (3 p.m. ED... More »
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft obtained this image of a feature shaped like a hot cross bun in the northern region of Titan (left) that bears a striking resemblance to a similar feature on Venus (right). Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASI › View unlabeled image Rad... More »
Images in the visible-light and infrared parts of the spectrum highlight the massive changes roiling the atmosphere of Jupiter. Image credit: NASA/IRTF/JPL-Caltech/NAOJ/A. Wesley/A. Kazemoto/C. Go Jupiter, the mythical god of sky and thunder, would certainly b... More »
