Take a tour of some of the most terrifying and mind-blowing destinations in our galaxy ... and beyond. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/wallpaper_gamma_rays.jpeg
In this 90-second exposure, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft onboard is rolled to the launch pad on Oct. 27, 2021. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51633780860_627133cf6c_o.jpeg
An aurora dimly intersected with Earth's airglow as the International Space Station flew into an orbital sunrise 264 miles above the Pacific Ocean. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e023536.jpg
An artists' impression of the Mariner 10 mission, the first mission to perform an interplanetary gravity assist. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/mariner_10_gravitational_slingshot.jpeg
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. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc2438_wfpc2_fullsize_1mb.jpg
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. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/aurora_trails4.jpg
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. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_j2034417_freggs_fullsize_0.jpg
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. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51666658091_9efed0efd4_5k.jpg
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. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia23610.jpg
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. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51671901569_f5cec8cfe4_5k.jpg
This image taken from the space station shows the blue-green waters around the Bahamas. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/04_iss066e045646.jpg
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. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_j167283529_ic2631_protostar_display.jpg
A pair of U.S. spacesuits are pictured inside the International Space Station's Quest airlock ready for an upcoming spacewalk. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e019166.jpg
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. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/51690129720_d736c05b73_o.jpeg
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. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc2024_flame1_wfc3_ir_display.jpg
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. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/dart_header_2.jpg
Mounded, luminous clouds of gas and dust glow in this Hubble image of a Herbig-Haro object known as HH 45. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc1977_hh45b_display.jpg
This artist's concept shows a supermassive black hole surrounded by a disk of gas. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ztf_bh_merger_webready.original.jpg
NGC 6891 is a bright, asymmetrical planetary nebula in the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_ngc6891_display.jpg
As the Crew-2 mission departed the International Space Station aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour, the crew snapped this image of the station. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss066e081189.jpg