NASA's Mars InSight Lander has taken its final selfie. Side-by-side with its first selfie taken in 2018 shows the extreme effect of the Red Planet's environment. [Read More]
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NASA's InSight Mars lander reached the Martian surface on November 26, 2018. Since then, InSight, which stands for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, has studied the interior of the Red Planet and gathered data that will help scientists better understand the formation of the rocky planet, and perhaps even better understand our own planet. dpreview.com »
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Photo via NASA/JPL-Caltech/Lockheed Martin, used under Public Domain It took six months and more than 300 million miles, but NASA's InSight lander is now safe and sound on the surface of Mars and transmitting back the first bits of data to scientists here on Earth. dpreview.com »
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NASA's Juno spacecraft recently made its 66th flyby, or "perijove," of the gas giant, Jupiter, returning many spectacular raw images to Earth. While NASA processes many photos from the Juno mission, community editors are a significant part of the photography efforts, and the latest community submissions are incredible. [Read More]
NASA's Perseverance rover captured the clearest view of Mars' landscape yet, showing incredible blue rocks on the dusty surface that raise pivotal questions about the Red Planet's complex history. [Read More]
While browsing Reddit yesterday, I came across a gorgeous photo of Earth that had been downloaded from the NOAA's GOES-East orbital satellite. Looking more closely, I realized the NOAA was uploading a new, 470-megapixel photo every 10 minutes. [Read More]
The Mars Curiosity rover landed inside the Gale crater on Mars on August 6th, 2012. In the 12 years since, the rover has seen a lot of amazing things on Mars and taken thousands of photos, many unlike anything ever seen before.
Despite being harsh and inhospitable, Mars has a surprisingly cheery disposition. Scientists have located a "smiley face" on the Martian surface as part of a new study of the Red Planet's surface. [Read More]
The picturesque view from the cupola in the International Space Station (ISS) is iconic -- it has been in photos and videos countless times. However, it had never been the location for a live interview, at least until this week. [Read More]
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is about 210,000 light-years away. The SMC is one of the Milky Way galaxy's nearest neighbors and is one of its "satellite" galaxies.