Dragons-Eye View

As the Crew-2 mission departed the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, the crew snapped this image of the station. via NASA https://ift.tt/3p70TII

Hubble’s View of Planetary Nebula Reveals Complex Structure

NGC 6891 is a bright, asymmetrical planetary nebula in the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. via NASA https://ift.tt/3CXMLX6

Black Hole Collision May Have Exploded With Light

This artist's concept shows a supermassive black hole surrounded by a disk of gas. via NASA https://ift.tt/3rb2Eao

Hubble Witnesses Shock Wave of Colliding Gases in Running Man Nebula

Mounded, luminous clouds of gas and dust glow in this Hubble image of a Herbig-Haro object known as HH 45. via NASA https://ift.tt/3oVC7es

Stay Tuned for DART!

The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) will help determine if intentionally crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid is an effective way to change its course. via NASA https://ift.tt/3xdNceC

Hubble Spots Swirls of Dust in the Flame Nebula

The Flame Nebula, also called NGC 2024, is a large star-forming region in the constellation Orion that lies about 1,400 light-years from Earth. It’s a part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex. via NASA https://ift.tt/3HTxAC6

Crew-1 Astronaut Victor Glover Meets with DC Students

NASA astronaut Victor Glover speaks with students about his time aboard the International Space Station, Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, at Ben’s Chili Bowl in Washington. via NASA https://ift.tt/3DDIBEX

Suits at the Ready for Next Spacewalk

A pair of U.S. spacesuits are pictured inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock ready for an upcoming spacewalk. via NASA https://ift.tt/3crHnR6

Hubble Spies Newly Forming Star Incubating in IC 2631

This Hubble infrared image captures a protostar designated J1672835.29-763111.64 in the reflection nebula IC 2631, part of the Chamaeleon star-forming region in the southern constellation Chamaeleon. via NASA https://ift.tt/3np9Ldd

Observing Earth from the Space Station

This image taken from the space station shows the blue-green waters around the Bahamas. via NASA https://ift.tt/3oyGoEt

Crew-3 Launches to the Space Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2021, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. via NASA https://ift.tt/3qtnD85

Mocha Swirls in Jupiter’s Turbulent Atmosphere

During its 36th low pass over Jupiter, NASA’s Juno spacecraft captured this view of striking cloud bands and swirls in the giant planet’s mid-southern latitudes. via NASA https://ift.tt/30cV57P

Crew Dragon Endeavour Recovered After a Successful Splashdown

The SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft is lifted onto the GO Navigator recovery ship after it landed off the coast of Pensacola, Florida, Mon., Nov. 8, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3EXBBD8

Spotted by Hubble: Dark Star-Hatching frEGGs

This image shows knots of cold, dense interstellar gas where new stars are forming. These Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules (frEGGs) are located in the Northern Coalsack Nebula in the direction of Cygnus, the Swan. via NASA https://ift.tt/3mT8g6v

Particles From the Sun Produce Light Show on Earth

The aurora borealis glow on the northern horizon while stars wheel overhead in this long exposure, taken near the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah on Nov. 4, 2021. via NASA https://ift.tt/3CQbIo1

Hubble Images Colorful Planetary Nebula Ringed by Hazy Halo

The colorful planetary nebula, NGC 2438, formed after the death of a Sun-like star. It appears to lie on the outskirts of the open star cluster, M46 (NGC 2437), when in fact it is in the foreground between us and the star cluster. via NASA https://ift.tt/3CSlbvm

Mariner 10: First Mission to Use an Interplanetary Gravity Assist

​An artists' impression of the Mariner 10 mission, the first mission to perform an interplanetary gravity assist. via NASA https://ift.tt/3wajlmW

An Aurora Seen From Space

An aurora dimly intersected with Earth's airglow as the International Space Station flew into an orbital sunrise 264 miles above the Pacific Ocean. via NASA https://ift.tt/3CCSylu