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Most of Greenland's glaciers that empty into the ocean are at greater risk of rapid ice loss than previously understood. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia24983.jpeg
An adult osprey, carrying a fish in its talons, prepares to land in its nest atop a speaker platform in the parking lot at Kennedy Space Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/osprey-vab_0.jpg
The last rays of an orbital sunset burst through Earth's horizon as the International Space Station flew 258 miles above Brazil. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss067e124176.jpg
NASA citizen science project, Jovian Vortex Hunter, seeks your help spotting vortices – spiral wind patterns – and other on Jupiter. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia23440-1600.jpg
Webb’s Fine Guidance Sensor Provides a Serendipitous Preview http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52196657049_03ed807621_o.jpeg
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observation has captured the galaxy CGCG 396-2, an unusual multi-armed galaxy merger which lies around 520 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/hubble_cgcg396-2_potw2227a.jpg
Within the tempestuous Carina Nebula lies “Mystic Mountain.” This three-light-year-tall cosmic pinnacle, imaged by Hubble in 2010. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/c92-2.jpg
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson describes the first full-color image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52210250181_4c1bda0b9f_o.jpeg
Senior Project Scientist John Mather speaks with the media after the release of the first images from the James Webb Space Telescope . http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52210743097_6e6fabdb5b_o.jpeg
A SpaceX Falcon 9 soars upward after lifting off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on July 14, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/ksc-20220714-ph-kls01_0017_orig.jpeg
This tunnel view looking up from level 5 is of the Zero Gravity Facility at Lewis Research Center, now known as the Glenn Research Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/16188673307_e2f8cd50ed_o.jpeg
Supernovas are the explosive deaths of the universe's most massive stars. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52149057859_75dc5a8e6b_o.jpeg
The Apollo 11 crew simulates deploying and using lunar tools on the surface of the Moon during a training exercise on April 22, 1969. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/9460197354_907d525c54_o.jpeg
HDV is developing the necessary systems to enable urban drone flights that travel beyond visual sight. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/certain_altax_pitch_093021.jpeg
This image shows a variety of wind-related features on the Red Planet near the center of Gamboa Crater. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia25450.jpeg
The crew doesn't just snap pretty pictures; the research aboard the station benefits humanity in numerous ways. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss067e189024.jpeg
Before NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft takes to the skies, plenty of testing happens to ensure a safe first flight. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/p22-011-147-web.jpg
As NASA’s Juno mission completed its 43rd close flyby of Jupiter on July 5, 2022, its JunoCam instrument captured this striking view of vortices — hurricane-like spiral wind patterns — near the planet’s north pole. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia25017-1041.jpg
Zeta Ophiuchi is a star with a complicated past, having likely been ejected from its birthplace by a powerful stellar explosion. A new look by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory helps tell more of the story of this runaway star. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/zetaoph.jpg