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January 24, 2020

Naktong Vallis

January 24, 2020

Naktong Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a section of Naktong Vallis. Located in Terra Sabaea, Naktong Vallis is 670 km long (415 miles).
January 23, 2020

Tractus Catena

January 23, 2020

Tractus Catena

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Tractus Catena, just one of many north/south trending tectonic graben located south and east of Alba Mons.
January 22, 2020

Spitzer Space Telescope Ready for Launch

January 22, 2020

Spitzer Space Telescope Ready for Launch

The Spitzer Space Telescope (formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility or SIRTF) is readied for launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, in 2003.
January 22, 2020

Spitzer Space Telescope (Illustration)

January 22, 2020

Spitzer Space Telescope (Illustration)

In this artists rendering of NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope in space, the background is shown in infrared light.
January 22, 2020

Cerberus Fossae

January 22, 2020

Cerberus Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows linear depressions which are part of the Cerberus Fossae fracture system.
January 21, 2020

Mars 2020's Aeroshell

January 21, 2020

Mars 2020's Aeroshell

The heat shield (left) and back shell (right) that comprise the aeroshell for NASAs Mars 2020 mission are depicted in this image.
January 21, 2020

Mangala Valles

January 21, 2020

Mangala Valles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows Mangala Valles, a complex channel more than 900km long (560 miles).
January 20, 2020

Nanedi Valles

January 20, 2020

Nanedi Valles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a portion of Nanedi Valles. This channel is over 500 km long (310 miles) and is located in Xanthe Terra.
January 17, 2020

Orcus Patera Dark Slope Streaks

January 17, 2020

Orcus Patera Dark Slope Streaks

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows the eastern margin of Orcus Patera.
January 16, 2020

Barchan and Linear Dunes

January 16, 2020

Barchan and Linear Dunes

This image, acquired on December 14, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows shows two types of sand dunes on Mars.
January 16, 2020

Dunes Frozen in Time

January 16, 2020

Dunes Frozen in Time

This image, acquired on December 1, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows large dunes slowly being eroded and disappearing, replaced by smaller structures of scalloped sand.
January 16, 2020

Streamers of Frost

January 16, 2020

Streamers of Frost

This image, acquired on November 30, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows streamers of seasonal carbon dioxide ice (dry ice) only remaining in places in the terrain that are still partially in the shade.
January 16, 2020

A First Look at a Gullied Slope

January 16, 2020

A First Look at a Gullied Slope

This image, acquired on December 13, 2019 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows a cluster of gullies that appear modified or degraded.
January 16, 2020

Arsia Mons Summit

January 16, 2020

Arsia Mons Summit

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a large volcanic crater, known as a caldera, located at the summit of all of the Tharsis volcanoes.
January 15, 2020

ARIA Maps Damage of Western Puerto Rico After Quakes

January 15, 2020

ARIA Maps Damage of Western Puerto Rico After Quakes

NASAs ARIA team mapped damage in southwestern Puerto Rico following a 6.4-magnitude quake and hundreds of aftershocks. Guanica, west of the city of Ponce, was particularly hard-hit.
January 15, 2020

Amenthes Fossae

January 15, 2020

Amenthes Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows one of the graben that comprise Amenthes Fossae.
January 14, 2020

Siton Undae

January 14, 2020

Siton Undae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows Siton Undae, a large dune field located in the northern plains near Escorial Crater.
January 13, 2020

Nanedi Valles

January 13, 2020

Nanedi Valles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a section of Nanedi Valles. Located In Xanthe Terra, the channel system is more than 500 km (310 miles) long.
January 10, 2020

Puerto Rico Quake Damage Visible From Space

January 10, 2020

Puerto Rico Quake Damage Visible From Space

This map shows ground changes, or displacement, on the eastern two-thirds of Puerto Rico following a 6.4-magnitude earthquake.
January 10, 2020

Aram Chaos

January 10, 2020

Aram Chaos

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Aram Chaos. Aram Chaos was initially formed by a large impact.
January 9, 2020

Ganymede

January 9, 2020

Ganymede

This sequence of four images from NASAs Juno spacecraft reveals the first views of the north polar region of Jupiters moon Ganymede.
January 9, 2020

Sacra Mensa

January 9, 2020

Sacra Mensa

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows part of Sacra Mensa, a large mesa located between the north and south channels of Kasei Valles.
January 8, 2020

Gravitational Lensing Graphic

January 8, 2020

Gravitational Lensing Graphic

This graphic illustrates how a faraway quasar (an extremely bright region in the center of some distant galaxies) is altered by a massive foreground galaxy.
January 8, 2020

Quasars' Multiple Images Shed Light on Tiny Dark Matter Clumps

January 8, 2020

Quasars' Multiple Images Shed Light on Tiny Dark Matter Clumps

Each snapshot shows four distorted images of a background quasar, surrounding the core of a massive foreground galaxy. The gravity of the foreground galaxy magnifies the quasar, an effect called gravitational lensing.
January 8, 2020

Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Mexico

January 8, 2020

Cuatro Cienegas Basin, Mexico

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Cuatro Cienegas Basin, in the northern Mexican state of Cohuilla.
January 8, 2020

Mamers Valles

January 8, 2020

Mamers Valles

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a section of Mamers Valles. The channel is nearly 1000 km long (600 miles).
January 7, 2020

SOFIA Reveals How the Swan Nebula Hatched

January 7, 2020

SOFIA Reveals How the Swan Nebula Hatched

In this composite image of the Omega, or Swan, Nebula, SOFIAs view reveals evidence that parts of the nebula formed separately to create the swan-like shape seen today.
January 7, 2020

Nili Fossae

January 7, 2020

Nili Fossae

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a section of a graben that is part of Nili Fossae.
January 6, 2020

TOI 700 Artists' Illustration

January 6, 2020

TOI 700 Artists' Illustration

This illustration shows TOI 700, a planetary system 100 light-years away in the constellation Dorado.
January 6, 2020

TOI 700 Habitable Zone Diagram

January 6, 2020

TOI 700 Habitable Zone Diagram

This illustration of TOI 700 d is based on several simulated environments for an ocean-covered version of the planet.
January 6, 2020

Tinto Vallis

January 6, 2020

Tinto Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a sinuous channel, Tinto Vallis.
January 3, 2020

ASTERIA CubeSat Before Launch

January 3, 2020

ASTERIA CubeSat Before Launch

This image shows Electrical Test Engineer Esha Murty and Integration and Test Lead Cody Colley preparing the ASTERIA spacecraft for mass-properties measurements in April 2017.

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