Observed with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, the faint galaxy featured in this image is known as UGC 12588. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw2046a.jpg

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft lifts off from Space Launch Complex 4 at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, Nov. 21, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20201121-ph-spx01_0003_large.jpg

The first of 10 pieces of the twin Space Launch System (SLS) rocket boosters for NASA’s Artemis I mission was placed on the mobile launcher Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20201123-ph-csh01_0001.jpg

What is a black hole? A black hole is an astronomical object with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/tde-launched-jet-nrao-artist-home_0.jpg

Lying inside our home galaxy, the Milky Way, this Herbig–Haro object is a turbulent birthing ground for new stars in a region known as the Orion B molecular cloud complex, located 1,350 light-years away. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/herbig-haro-jet.jpg

JAXA and Expedition 64 astronaut Soichi Noguchi relaxes at the end of the work day inside the seven-windowed cupola on the International Space Station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss064e007861.jpg

The International Space Station is seen in this 13 second exposure as it flies over Arlington, Virginia, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/50688921216_aead452ac2_3k.jpg

NASA and Boeing have completed Starliner’s last parachute balloon-drop test designed to strengthen the spacecraft’s landing system ahead of crewed flights. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/drogue_parachute_medium_res_1042.jpg

Future lunar landers might come equipped with 3D printed rocket engine parts that help bring down overall manufacturing costs and reduce production time. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/11042020_011-090.jpg

Vice President Mike Pence introduces NASA astronauts during a meeting of the National Space Council on Dec. 9, 2020. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20201209-ph-kls01_0404_orig.jpg

Dec. 11, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of NASA’s Langley Research Center’s 14x22 Subsonic Wind Tunnel. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/hwb_oil_visualization_larc_2013.jpg

Ten NASA-sponsored CubeSats are preparing to fly on the agency’s next Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa) mission, making this the first payload carried by Virgin Orbit’s LauncherOne rocket. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/p1042493-scaled-4.jpg

Using the unique capabilities of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, a team of astronomers has discovered the most energetic outflows ever witnessed in the universe. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-2010a-d-1280x720.png

The Hubble Space Telescope captured a crowd of stars that looks rather like a stadium darkened before a show, lit only by the flashbulbs of the audience's cameras. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/672309main_M107_full.jpg

With its heat shield facing the planet, NASA’s Perseverance rover begins its descent through the Martian atmosphere in this illustration. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24313_03_atmosphericentry_2000.jpg

Thousands of sparkling young stars are nestled within the giant nebula NGC 3603, one of the most massive young star clusters in the Milky Way Galaxy. NGC 3603, a prominent star-forming region in the Carina spiral arm of the Milky Way about 20,000 light-years away, reveals stages in the life cycle of stars. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/191853main_image_feature_929_full.jpg

The newly revealed infant stars appear as pink and red specks toward the center and appear to have formed in regularly spaced intervals along linear structures. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/images/139975main_image_feature_476_ys_full.jpg

This iconic picture shows Earth peeking out from beyond the lunar surface as the first crewed spacecraft circumnavigated the Moon. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/apollo08_earthrise.jpg

The Moon, left, Saturn, upper right, and Jupiter, lower right, are seen after sunset with the Washington Monument, Thurs. Dec. 17, 2020, in Washington. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/50730722653_6916f473ff_o.jpg

Magnetic fields in NGC 1068, or M77, are shown as streamlines over a visible light and X-ray composite image of the galaxy. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ngc1068-lp-nustar-2_0.png