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Orion Egress Test

Orion Egress Test

Credit: Andrew Kendrick/US Coast Guard

NASA's Orion Space Capsule floats in the Gulf of Mexico as crewmembers simulate an emergency escape procedure. Read more.

Chilean Night Sky

Chilean Night Sky

Credit: ESO

Paranal Observatory in Chile took a fish-eye view of the night sky, with a visible Milky Way band at the bottom of the image. Read more.

Great Red Spot, Spotted! Citizens Create Incredible Images of Jupiter Storm

Great Red Spot, Spotted! Citizens Create Incredible Images of Jupiter Storm

Credit: NASA/SwRI/MSSS/Jason Major

NASA's Juno mission captured an incredible view of Jupiter's well-known storm. Read more.

A Crescent Jupiter

A Crescent Jupiter

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Roman Tkachenko

Citizen scientist Roman Tkachenko captured an image of a half-lit Jupiter, where storms appear like soft pearl colors. Read more.

Hidden Spiral Galaxy

Hidden Spiral Galaxy

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

Spiral galaxy that sits near the Milky Way is often made invisible by the stars and dust in Earth's galaxy, but Hubble managed to capture this impressive image. Read more.

Aerial View of Crack in Antarctica Ice

Aerial View of Crack in Antarctica Ice

Credit: John Sonntag/NASA

NASA scientist John Sonntag captured an image of the crack that later became the crevice from which the trillion ton iceberg broke off from Antarctica. Read more.

Thunder Moon And Empire State Building

Thunder Moon And Empire State Building

Credit: Gowrishankhar L.

The full moon shines behind the height of the Empire State Building, with cloud-coverage adding to the stunning visual effect of this image. Read more.

‘Hanging Out’ With JWST

‘Hanging Out’ With JWST

Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn

A special spacecraft hammock holds the James Webb Space telescope inside a testing chamber in Houston, which helps to protect it from wall vibrations. Read more.

Active Region 12665

Active Region 12665

Credit: NASA/SDO

A single sunspot appeared on an otherwise blemish-free solar surface and rotated into view from Earth. Read more.

Ultraviolet Sun

Ultraviolet Sun

Credit: Morgan et al. Sci. Adv. 2017;3: e1602056

A trove of data from a NASA mission finds that the seemingly low-activity areas of the sun are not as dormant as the name might suggest. Read more.