NASA’s X-59 Makes a Move

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft taxis across the runway during a low-speed taxi test at U.S. Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, California, on July 10, 2025. The test marks the start of taxi tests and the last series of ground tests before first flight. via NASA https://ift.tt/M9zCvl6

The Day Earth Smiled

On July 19, 2013, in an event celebrated the world over, NASA's Cassini spacecraft slipped into Saturn's shadow and turned to image the planet, seven of its moons, its inner rings, and, in the background, our home planet, Earth. via NASA https://ift.tt/bDsPT49

Hubble Snaps Galaxy Cluster’s Portrait

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy cluster Abell 209. via NASA https://ift.tt/GP951p2

Space Station Crew Celebrates Milestone

NASA astronaut and Expedition 73 Flight Engineer Anne McClain shows off a hamburger-shaped cake to celebrate 200 cumulative days in space for JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi (out of frame) since his first spaceflight as an Expedition 48-49 Flight Engineer in 2016. via NASA https://ift.tt/w2PkbCH

Aurora Australis

The aurora australis arcs above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 269 miles above in between Australia and Antarctica on June 12, 2025. via NASA https://ift.tt/Wp8vzrG

Hubble Observations Give “Missing” Globular Cluster Time to Shine

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dense and dazzling array of blazing stars that form globular cluster ESO 591-12. via NASA https://ift.tt/PdZ4Otq

10 Years Ago: NASA’s New Horizons Captures Pluto’s Heart

This is the most accurate natural color image of Pluto taken by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015. via NASA https://ift.tt/L9FmSzE