This glittering ball of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1898, which lies toward the center of the Large Magellanic Cloud. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/potw1840a.jpg
On October 22, 1968, 50 years ago, the Apollo 7 crew splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s68-52542.jpg
Newborn Stars Blow Bubbles in the Cat's Paw Nebula http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/cats-paw-16.jpg
On Sept. 25, 2018, Parker Solar Probe captured a view of Earth as it sped toward the first Venus gravity assist of the mission. Earth is the bright, round object visible in the right side of this image. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/parker-view-of-earth.jpg
The ghost of Cassieopeia's ethereal glow might remind people of apparitions such as those reported by paranormal investigators. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p1842a-f-4072x4133.png
It’s autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, which means many people living in mountainous areas are awakening to fog-filled valleys. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/blueridge_vir_2018297_lrg.jpg
Senator John Glenn during water survival training for the STS-95 mission at the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory. On Oct. 29, 1998, space shuttle Discovery launched with Senator Glenn aboard, as he returned to space for the first time since his 1962 flight. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s98-04614.jpg
After nine years in deep space collecting data that revealed our night sky to be filled with billions of hidden planets – more planets even than stars – NASA’s Kepler space telescope has run out of fuel needed for further science operations. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/kepler_eof_08-01-ws-oil-paint_filter.jpg
Happy birthday, Michael Collins! Test pilot and NASA astronaut Michael Collins served as the pilot for Gemini X and as the command module pilot for the Apollo 11 mission, the first time humans set foot on another celestial body. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/s66-46270_orig.jpg
The Airbus team poses with the European Service Module during preparations for shipment to NASA's Kennedy Space Center. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/p1010202.jpg
The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss056e201322.jpg
The Suwannee is known as a “blackwater river” because of its dark-brown waters laden with organic material. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/suwannee_blackriver1.jpg
Earth Enveloped in Airglow http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/iss057e035382_lrg.jpg
On Nov. 1, 2018, the USS John P. Murtha recovered the test version of the Orion capsule at sunset in the Pacific Ocean. This is one in a series of tests that will verify and validate procedures and hardware that will be used to recover the Orion spacecraft after it splashes down in the Pacific Ocean following deep space exploration missions. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/43937544230_c83330c8aa_k.jpg
Curling snow drifts are magnified by the terrain around the 1,400 mile Dnieper River, flowing from Russia to the Black Sea in this image from the International Space Station on Feb. 9th, 2017. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/32109555763_eb9bb215ef_k.jpg
On Nov. 1, 2018, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) on Landsat 8 captured a false-color view of flooding along the Nueces River in a series of storms that have delivered historic amounts of rain to central Texas. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/texas_oli_2018305_updated.jpg
The six day old Camp Fire has already attained the unfortunate title of California's deadliest fire. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/campfireaqua.jpg
The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on Pad-0A, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/44051782150_ff701b67c6_o.jpg
The Northrop Grumman Antares rocket, with Cygnus spacecraft onboard, is seen on Pad-0A, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018 at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/44051782150_ff701b67c6_o.jpg
Located 65 million light-years away ia a blue supergiant star that once existed inside a cluster of young stars in the spiral galaxy NGC 3938, as shown in this artist's concept. http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/stsci-h-p1847a_f5400x3600.png