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July 8, 2020

Comet NEOWISE Discovery Images

July 8, 2020

Comet NEOWISE Discovery Images

Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE appears as a string of fuzzy red dots in this composite of several heat-sensitive infrared images taken by NASAs NEOWISE mission on March 27, 2020.
July 7, 2020

A Metal-Rich World (Artist's Concept)

July 7, 2020

A Metal-Rich World (Artist's Concept)

This artists concept depicts the asteroid Psyche, the target of NASAs Psyche mission.
July 7, 2020

Psyche Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)

July 7, 2020

Psyche Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)

This artists concept, updated as of June 2020, depicts NASAs Psyche spacecraft.
July 6, 2020

Al Jowf, Saudi Arabia

July 6, 2020

Al Jowf, Saudi Arabia

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the Al Jowf Province in northwestern Saudi Arabia, 30 years after the area has grown from 22 center-pivot irrigated fields to thousands.
July 6, 2020

Curiosity Finds Nodules near the Top of Pediment Slope

July 6, 2020

Curiosity Finds Nodules near the Top of Pediment Slope

The goosebump-like features in the center of this image were formed by water billions of years ago. NASAs Curiosity Mars rover discovered them as it crested the slope of Greenheugh Pediment on Feb. 24, 2020.
July 6, 2020

Curiosity's View From the Top of the Greenheugh Pediment

July 6, 2020

Curiosity's View From the Top of the Greenheugh Pediment

Stitched together from 28 images, NASAs Curiosity Mars rover captured this view from Greenheugh Pediment on April 9, 2020.
July 6, 2020

Curiosity's Path to the Sulfate-Bearing Unit

July 6, 2020

Curiosity's Path to the Sulfate-Bearing Unit

Stitched together from 116 images, this view captured by NASAs Curiosity Mars rover shows the path it will take in the summer of 2020 as it drives toward the next region it will be investigating, the sulfate-bearing unit.
June 30, 2020

Arizona Bighorn Fire 2020

June 30, 2020

Arizona Bighorn Fire 2020

NASAs ASTER instrument imaged areas burned by the Bighorn Fire north of Tucson, Arizona, on June 29. Vegetation is shown in red and burned areas are shown in dark gray.
June 22, 2020

Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, Germany

June 22, 2020

Berlin-Brandenburg Airport, Germany

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Berlins old Tegel airport, soon to be replaced in by a new airport, Berlin-Brandenburg, located 19 km southeast of the city in Schönefeld.
June 17, 2020

One Last Earthly Look

June 17, 2020

One Last Earthly Look

The Mars 2020 Perseverance rover missions disk-shaped cruise stage sits atop the back shell, which contains the powered descent stage and Perseverance rover, in this image taken on May 28, 2020, at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
June 16, 2020

Sangay Volcano, Ecuador

June 16, 2020

Sangay Volcano, Ecuador

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Sangay Volcano, Ecuador, which erupted in early June, sending lava flows and pyroclastic flows down its southeastern flank.
June 16, 2020

PIXL Takes Aim at Rocks (Illustration)

June 16, 2020

PIXL Takes Aim at Rocks (Illustration)

In this illustration, NASAs Perseverance rover uses its Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL) instrument to analyze a rock on the surface of Mars.
June 15, 2020

The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission (Illustration)

June 15, 2020

The Mars 2020 Perseverance Rover Mission (Illustration)

The launch period window for NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance opens on July 20, 2020.
June 15, 2020

Curiosity Rover Finds Earth and Venus in the Martian Sky

June 15, 2020

Curiosity Rover Finds Earth and Venus in the Martian Sky

Two images of the night sky were combined to show Earth and Venus as seen by NASAs Curiosity Mars rover on June 5, 2020. The planets appear as pinpoints of light owing to a combination of distance and dust in the air.
June 8, 2020

Venus from Mariner 10

June 8, 2020

Venus from Mariner 10

As it sped away from Venus, NASAs Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this seemingly peaceful view of a planet the size of Earth, wrapped in a dense, global cloud layer.
June 3, 2020

Cleaning Mars 2020

June 3, 2020

Cleaning Mars 2020

This image shows the wiping down of hardware to limit the number of Earth microbes going to the Red Planet for NASAs Mars 2020 Perseverance mission.
May 26, 2020

Mars 2020's SHERLOC Instrument

May 26, 2020

Mars 2020's SHERLOC Instrument

This image shows an engineering model of SHERLOC, one of the instruments onboard NASAs Perseverance Mars rover.
May 18, 2020

Mount St. Helens, Washington

May 18, 2020

Mount St. Helens, Washington

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Mount St. Helens, Washington, just after its eruption on May 18, 1980, 40 years ago.
May 6, 2020

Dneiper River, Ukraine

May 6, 2020

Dneiper River, Ukraine

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the many meanders and abandoned paleochannels of the Dneiper River in the Ukraine.
May 1, 2020

Ukraine Fires, Russia

May 1, 2020

Ukraine Fires, Russia

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows fires near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine April 4, 2020.
May 1, 2020

Jupiter's Great Red Spot: A Rose By Any Other Name

May 1, 2020

Jupiter's Great Red Spot: A Rose By Any Other Name

Jupiters already vibrant colors become especially striking in this artistic interpretation of an image from NASAs Juno mission that shows the planets famous Great Red Spot.
May 1, 2020

Crisscrossing Bands

May 1, 2020

Crisscrossing Bands

The surface of Jupiters moon Europa features a widely varied landscape, including ridges, bands, small rounded domes and disrupted spaces that geologists called chaos terrain.
April 21, 2020

Countdown to Launch

April 21, 2020

Countdown to Launch

Ian Clark walks past mission countdown clocks in the Perseverance offices at JPL. Clark was needed on-Lab to supervise the assembly and cleaning of the sample tubes that will hold Martian sediment and rock.
April 17, 2020

Spitzer California Nebula Mosaic

April 17, 2020

Spitzer California Nebula Mosaic

NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope took this image of the California Nebula on Jan. 25, 2020, five days before the spacecraft was decommissioned.
April 15, 2020

White Smoker Ocean Vents

April 15, 2020

White Smoker Ocean Vents

A seafloor vent spews mineral-rich water into the ocean and serves as an energy hub for living creatures.
April 15, 2020

Comparing the Size of Exoplanet Kepler-1649c and Earth (Illustration)

April 15, 2020

Comparing the Size of Exoplanet Kepler-1649c and Earth (Illustration)

This graphic compares the size of Earth and Kepler-1649c, an exoplanet only 1.06 times larger than Earth by radius.
April 15, 2020

Kepler Planet 1649c Surface View Artist's Concept

April 15, 2020

Kepler Planet 1649c Surface View Artist's Concept

This artists concept shows what exoplanet Kepler-1649c could look like on its surface.
April 15, 2020

Kepler Planet 1649c Artist's Illustration From Space

April 15, 2020

Kepler Planet 1649c Artist's Illustration From Space

This artists concept shows exoplanet Kepler-1649c orbiting around its host red dwarf star.
April 10, 2020

Nordlingen, Germany

April 10, 2020

Nordlingen, Germany

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows the town of Nordlingen in southern Germany with its circular 14th century walls.
April 6, 2020

Monitoring Active Gullies

April 6, 2020

Monitoring Active Gullies

This image acquired on March 4, 2020 by NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, shows gullies are common on steep slopes of many impact craters on Mars.
March 30, 2020

Nishinoshima Volcano, Japan

March 30, 2020

Nishinoshima Volcano, Japan

NASAs Terra spacecraft shows Nishinoshima Volcano, a small volcanic island located about 1000 km south of Tokyo.
March 25, 2020

Auqakuh Vallis

March 25, 2020

Auqakuh Vallis

This image from NASAs Mars Odyssey shows a channel called Auqakuh Vallis and is located in northern Terra Sabaea.

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