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A warped, edge-on spiral galaxy
In celebration of the Hubble Space Telescope's 25th anniversary, coming up this week, an image captured by the telescope in 2001.
April 19, 2015
Dawn spacecraft captures Ceres’ sunlit pole
After more than a month orbiting on Ceres' dark side, Dawn has captured enough images to make this animation of the dwarf planet's north pole.
April 18, 2015
Photos from International Dark Sky Week!
Beautiful images of a dark night sky, in celebration of International Dark Sky Week, April 13-19, 2015.
April 18, 2015
What is the smell of rain?
The word for it is "petrichor." It’s the name of an oil that’s released from Earth into the air before rain begins to fall.
April 18, 2015
What happens underground when a meteor hits
High-speed videos show what happens underground when an asteroid - or missile - strikes Earth.
April 17, 2015
Skyglow: Imagine starry nights over cities
What Los Angeles would look like if you could see the night sky wheeling overhead.
April 17, 2015
Experience 2 months of Rosetta’s comet
Spectacular images from Rosetta spacecraft of Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko between January 31 and March 25. Many different angles. Increasing activity!
April 15, 2015
Sperm whale meets deep-sea vehicle
Encounters between sperm whales and ROVs - remotely operated underwater vehicles - are rare. Watch this video, posted April 14.
April 15, 2015
New Horizons’ first color pic of Pluto
New Horizons spacecraft is now only three months away from its historic sweep through the Pluto-Charon system in mid-July. First image in color!
April 15, 2015
Tornado track in northern Illinois
Satellite view makes clear how unlucky the 150 people of the town of Fairdale were on April 9.
April 15, 2015
