NASA Image of the Day The latest NASA “Image of the Day” image.
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Neutron Stars Create Gold and Platinum in Their Wake
on October 20, 2020 at 12:38 pm
This illustration shows the hot, dense, expanding cloud of debris stripped from neutron stars just before they collided.
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Orion’s Recently Installed Solar Array Wings
on October 19, 2020 at 1:06 pm
Two of Orion’s four recently installed solar array wings are exposed and surrounded by the panels that will protect it during launch and ascent.
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Hubble Snaps a Special Stellar Nursery
on October 16, 2020 at 12:00 pm
This Hubble image shows a special class of star-forming nursery known as Free-floating Evaporating Gaseous Globules. Called frEGGs for short, these dark compact globules of dust and gas can give birth to low-mass stars.
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Cliffs in Ancient Ice on Mars
on October 15, 2020 at 12:26 pm
Scientists have come to realize that, just below the surface, about one third of Mars is covered in ice.
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NASA Astronaut Kate Rubins Prepares for Launch to Space Station
on October 14, 2020 at 12:27 pm
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins is seen as she has her Russian Sokol suit pressure checked as she and fellow crewmates prepare for their Soyuz launch to the International Space Station.