Meteor lights up the sky Nov. 19: The nighttime sky turned into day across several western states as a meteor entered the Earth's atmosphere and was caught on camera. NBC's Dan Scheneman reports. |
What a blast! See a solar eruption, a clash between galaxies and other outer-space highlights from October. |
Atlantis performs backflip Nov. 18: The Space shuttle Atlantis makes a 360-degree inspection flip in orbit in this time lapse video. |
Starbirth in a swirling galaxy Zoom in on a stunning view of the spiral galaxy M83 from the Hubble Space Telescope’s new wide-field camera. |
Top 10 antics in outer space On the International Space Station, Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte did what he's famous for – making people laugh. But he wasn't the first to bring some levity to space. |
Light shows in space See otherworldly sights from Earth and space in our roundup of cosmic imagery from September. |
Ten signs of a rough and tough universe From galaxy cluster pileups to star explosions, things aren't always nice and quiet in outer space. Jupiter's recent black eye just adds to this list of bouts of intergalactic violence. |
A rare spectacle on Saturn Click through scenes of Saturn and its rings, captured by the Cassini orbiter during the planet's first equinox in nearly 15 years. |
50 years of moon shots Up-close exploration of the moon, Earth's only natural satellite, began in 1959 and hasn't stopped. Take a look at scenes from 50 years of moon exploration. |
Astronauts’ Hubble picks Shuttle crewmates for Hubble's final fix-up list their favorite images from the famous space telescope. |
The Hubble Story What’s it like to fix the Hubble Space Telescope? Astronaut Story Musgrave explains it all for you. |
The all-time top 10 astronomy pictures Click through 10 of the world's greatest space pictures, as chosen by the team behind NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day. |
Touchdown on Mars See the first pictures from NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander – and the celebration back on Earth. |
Earth as art Click through a collection of beautiful Earth imagery captured from orbit by the Landsat 7 satellte. |
Celebrating Saturn Fresh images from the ringed planet mark the 10th anniversary of the Cassini orbiter’s launch. |
High-def Antarctica Get a sampling of snapshots from the international LIMA database of Antarctic satellite imagery. |
The first moonshots See the highlights from NASA’s digital archive of Lunar Orbiter imagery, collected in 1966-1967. |
How to build a moon base Get a glimpse of experiments and concepts that are laying the groundwork for a lunar outpost. |
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