Zeta Ophiuchi is a star with a complicated past, having likely been ejected from its birthplace by a powerful stellar explosion. A new look by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory helps tell more of the story of this runaway star. via NASA https://ift.tt/EiOfbM5
As NASA’s Juno mission completed its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 5, 2022, its JunoCam instrument captured this striking view of vortices — hurricane-like spiral wind patterns — near the planet’s north pole. via NASA https://ift.tt/3Ch5IM7
Before NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft takes to the skies, plenty of testing happens to ensure a safe first flight. via NASA https://ift.tt/lgpb0yU
The Apollo 11 crew simulates deploying and using lunar tools on the surface of the Moon during a training exercise on April 22, 1969. via NASA https://ift.tt/PoRkBcz
This tunnel view looking up from level 5 is of the Zero Gravity Facility at Lewis Research Center, now known as the Glenn Research Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/37MoDTU
A SpaceX Falcon 9 soars upward after lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022. via NASA https://ift.tt/PKSoJ5b
Senior Project Scientist John Mather speaks with the media after the release of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope . via NASA https://ift.tt/ph6tslM
Within the tempestuous Carina Nebula lies “Mystic Mountain.” This three-light-year-tall cosmic pinnacle, imaged by Hubble in 2010. via NASA https://ift.tt/1DCGiUA
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observation has captured the galaxy CGCG 396-2, an unusual multi-armed galaxy merger which lies around 520 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion. via NASA https://ift.tt/j18Wkpr
NASA citizen science project, Jovian Vortex Hunter, seeks your help spotting vortices – spiral wind patterns – and other on Jupiter. via NASA https://ift.tt/i7O2aG3
The last rays of an orbital sunset burst through Earth's horizon as the International Space Station flew 258 miles above Brazil. via NASA https://ift.tt/zWQmAlJ
An adult osprey, carrying a fish in its talons, prepares to land in its nest atop a speaker platform in the parking lot at Kennedy Space Center. via NASA https://ift.tt/gYf8io3