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

We're celebrating 50 years of Landsat. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/lc09_l1tp_013042_20220118_b432_bahamas1x1.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

NASA celebrates the life of Nichelle Nichols, Star Trek actor, trailblazer, and role model, who symbolized to so many what was possible. She partnered with us to recruit some of the first women and minority astronauts, and inspired generations to reach for the stars. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/6942002721_9de930e118_3k.jpg

With wildflowers surrounding the view, NASA’s Space Launch System Moon rocket – carried atop the crawler-transporter 2 – arrives at Launch Pad 39B at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 6, 2022. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/52127203801_0ce3bc8eb6_6k.jpg

Like distant galaxies amid clouds of interstellar dust, chunks of sea ice drift through graceful swirls of grease ice in the frigid waters of Foxe Basin near Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/gsfc_20171208_archive_e001932_orig.jpg

Since August 2012, Curiosity has been exploring 3-mile-high Mt. Sharp in Gale Crater. The rover has climbed more than 2,000 feet (612 meters), reaching progressively younger rocks that serve as a record on how Mars has evolved from a wet, habitable planet to a cold desert environment. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/pia22486_orig.png