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June 18, 2018

Xanthe Terra Channel

June 18, 2018

Xanthe Terra Channel

This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows an unnamed channel in Xanthe Terra. The large bend in the channel was created as the flow of liquid from the bottom of the image was deflected by a ridge that extends diagonally from the left center.
June 15, 2018

A Tidal Disruption Event in Arp299B

June 15, 2018

A Tidal Disruption Event in Arp299B

An image of the galaxy Arp299B, which is undergoing a merging process with Arp299A (the galaxy to the left), captured by NASA's Hubble space telescope.
June 15, 2018

Black Hole vs. Star: A Tidal Disruption Event (Artist's Concept)

June 15, 2018

Black Hole vs. Star: A Tidal Disruption Event (Artist's Concept)

An artist's concept of a tidal disruption event (TDE) that happens when a star passes fatally close to a supermassive black hole, which reacts by launching a relativistic jet.
June 15, 2018

Shalbatana Vallis

June 15, 2018

Shalbatana Vallis

This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows a section of Shalbatana Vallis. Shalbatana Vallis is one of many channels that empty into Chryse Planitia.
June 14, 2018

NASA Damage Map Shows Effects of Destructive Guatemala Volcano Eruption

June 14, 2018

NASA Damage Map Shows Effects of Destructive Guatemala Volcano Eruption

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Caltech created this Damage Proxy Map (DPM) depicting areas around Fuego volcano, Guatemala, that are likely damaged as a result of pyroclastic flows and heavy ash spewed by Fuego volcano.
June 14, 2018

Dark and Stormy Jupiter

June 14, 2018

Dark and Stormy Jupiter

This image from NASA's Juno spacecraft captures the intensity of the jets and vortices in Jupiter's North North Temperate Belt.
June 14, 2018

Lycus Sulci

June 14, 2018

Lycus Sulci

This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows Lycus Sulci, a very complex region surrounding the northern and western flanks of Olympus Mons featuring some of the tectonic ridges as well as the dark slope streaks that are common in this region.
June 13, 2018

Battered Crater Rim on Ceres

June 13, 2018

Battered Crater Rim on Ceres

This image of a battered crater rim on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 10, 2018 from an altitude of about 25 miles (40 kilometers).
June 13, 2018

Boulders in Small Crater

June 13, 2018

Boulders in Small Crater

This image of a small boulder on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 10, 2018 from an altitude of about 24 miles (38 kilometers).
June 13, 2018

Occator Crater Eastern Rim

June 13, 2018

Occator Crater Eastern Rim

This image of the eastern rim of Occator Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 10, 2018 from an altitude of about 22 miles (36 kilometers).
June 13, 2018

Small Crater North of Datan Crater

June 13, 2018

Small Crater North of Datan Crater

This image of a small crater north of Ceres' Datan Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2018 from an altitude of about 48 miles (77 kilometers).
June 13, 2018

Smooth Material on Ceres

June 13, 2018

Smooth Material on Ceres

This image of smooth material on Ceres was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2018 from an altitude of about 41 miles (66 kilometers).
June 13, 2018

Landslides Along Occator Crater's Rim

June 13, 2018

Landslides Along Occator Crater's Rim

This image of landslides along Ceres' Occator Crater's eastern rim was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2018 from an altitude of about 27 miles (44 kilometers).
June 13, 2018

Boulder Field Near Occator Crater's Eastern Rim

June 13, 2018

Boulder Field Near Occator Crater's Eastern Rim

This image of a boulder field near Ceres' Occator Crater's eastern rim was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2018 from an altitude of about 30 miles (48 kilometers).
June 13, 2018

Occator Crater's Eastern Rim

June 13, 2018

Occator Crater's Eastern Rim

This image of Ceres' Occator Crater's eastern rim was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2018 from an altitude of about 30 miles (48 kilometers).
June 13, 2018

Subtle Features on Ceres

June 13, 2018

Subtle Features on Ceres

This image, obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 9, 2018, shows subtle features on Ceres from an altitude of about 33 miles (53 kilometers).
June 13, 2018

Limb View of Ceres

June 13, 2018

Limb View of Ceres

This image of Ceres' limb was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about 280 miles (450 kilometers).
June 13, 2018

Curiosity's View of the June 2018 Dust Storm

June 13, 2018

Curiosity's View of the June 2018 Dust Storm

These two views from NASA's Curiosity rover, acquired specifically to measure the amount of dust inside Gale Crater, show that dust has increased over three days from a major Martian dust storm.
June 13, 2018

2018 Giant Dust Storm on Mars

June 13, 2018

2018 Giant Dust Storm on Mars

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a fierce dust storm is kicking up on Mars, with rovers on the surface indicated as icons.
June 13, 2018

Hebes Mensa

June 13, 2018

Hebes Mensa

This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey is located in the center of Hebes Chasma, a large deposit of layered material called Hebes Mensa.
June 12, 2018

Shades of Martian Darkness

June 12, 2018

Shades of Martian Darkness

This series of images shows simulated views of a darkening Martian sky blotting out the Sun from NASA's Opportunity rover's point of view, with the right side simulating Opportunity's current view in the global dust storm (June 2018).
June 12, 2018

West of Haulani Crater

June 12, 2018

West of Haulani Crater

This image of was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about 420 miles (675 kilometers). Ejecta from Haulani Crater can be seen on the right side of the image.
June 12, 2018

Complex Crater Assemblage on Ceres

June 12, 2018

Complex Crater Assemblage on Ceres

This image was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 30, 2018 from an altitude of about 465 miles (750 kilometers).
June 12, 2018

Two Giants Meet

June 12, 2018

Two Giants Meet

This image of the region between Urvara Crater's eastern rim and Yalode Crater's western rim was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 20, 2018 from an altitude of about 1070 miles (1720 kilometers).
June 12, 2018

Xevioso Crater

June 12, 2018

Xevioso Crater

This image of Xevioso Crater was obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on May 16, 2018 from an altitude of about 470 miles (760 kilometers).
June 12, 2018

Crater

June 12, 2018

Crater

This image from NASA's Mars Odyssey shows part of a crater located north of Hecates Tholus. The radial grooves in the ejecta blanket are still visible around the crater rim.
June 11, 2018

NASA's New 'Plant Thermometer' Undergoes Inspection

June 11, 2018

NASA's New 'Plant Thermometer' Undergoes Inspection

A technician inspects NASA's ECOSTRESS instrument in a clean room at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ECOSTRESS measures the temperature of plants, which shows how they are regulating their water use in response to heat stress.
June 11, 2018

A Volcano of Mud or Lava?

June 11, 2018

A Volcano of Mud or Lava?

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a hill with a central crater. Such features have been interpreted as both mud volcanoes (really a sedimentary structure) and as actual volcanoes (the erupting lava kind).
June 11, 2018

Bang and Whoosh!

June 11, 2018

Bang and Whoosh!

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an impact crater that triggered a slope streak. When the meteoroid hit the surface and exploded to make the crater, it also destabilized the slope and initiated this avalanche.
June 11, 2018

Once in a Blue Dune

June 11, 2018

Once in a Blue Dune

In this region of Lyot Crater, NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter shows a field of classic barchan dunes. Sand dunes often accumulate in the floors of craters on Mars.
June 11, 2018

Dust and Frost

June 11, 2018

Dust and Frost

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observed sand dunes in the north polar regions of Mars showing light coatings of pale orange dust blown partially across the dark basaltic sand. Around the edges of the dunes, patches of seasonal dry ice remain.
June 11, 2018

Recently Launched Twin Satellites Create 'The Himalaya Plot'

June 11, 2018

Recently Launched Twin Satellites Create 'The Himalaya Plot'

Along NASA's GRACE-FO satellites' ground track (top), the inter-spacecraft distance between them changes as the mass distribution underneath (i.e., from mountains, etc.) varies.

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