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July 17, 2018

Festoons of Loops

July 17, 2018

Festoons of Loops

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed this profile perspective of an active region revealed above it June 24-25, 2018. Charged particles spinning along these field lines are illuminated in this wavelength of extreme ultraviolet light.
July 12, 2018

Trajectory of Asteroid 2017 YE5 (Artist's Concept)

July 12, 2018

Trajectory of Asteroid 2017 YE5 (Artist's Concept)

Artist's illustration of the trajectory of asteroid 2017 YE5 through the solar system. At its closest approach to Earth, the asteroid came to within 16 times the distance between Earth and the moon.
July 12, 2018

Bi-static Radar Images of the Binary Asteroid 2017 YE5

July 12, 2018

Bi-static Radar Images of the Binary Asteroid 2017 YE5

Bi-static radar images of the binary asteroid 2017 YE5 from the Arecibo Observatory and the Green Bank Observatory on June 25. The observations show that the asteroid consists of two separate objects in orbit around each other.
July 12, 2018

Optical Composite Image of Asteroid 2017 YE5

July 12, 2018

Optical Composite Image of Asteroid 2017 YE5

This optical composite image shows asteroid 2017 YE5, taken on June 30, 2018, by the Cadi Ayyad University Morocco Oukaimeden Sky Survey, one of the first surveys to identify 2017 YE5 in December 2017.
July 12, 2018

Radar Images of Binary Asteroid 2017 YE5

July 12, 2018

Radar Images of Binary Asteroid 2017 YE5

Radar images of the binary asteroid 2017 YE5 from NASA's Goldstone Solar System Radar (GSSR). The observations, conducted on June 23, 2018, show two lobes, but do not yet show two separate objects.
July 12, 2018

Binary Asteroid 2017 YE5 (Artist's Concept)

July 12, 2018

Binary Asteroid 2017 YE5 (Artist's Concept)

Artist's concept of what binary asteroid 2017 YE5 might look like. The two objects showed striking differences in radar reflectivity, which could indicate that they have different surface properties.
July 9, 2018

Jamming with the 'Spiders' from Mars

July 9, 2018

Jamming with the 'Spiders' from Mars

This image from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, acquired May 13, 2018 during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap covering the region and as the sun returns in the spring, 'spiders' begin to emerge from the landscape.
July 5, 2018

Rambunctious Active Region

July 5, 2018

Rambunctious Active Region

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed an active region on June 19th, quickly growing in size over two days June 20-22, 2018. Active regions are areas of enhanced magnetic activity on the Sun's surface, generating the huge loops and dynamic surges.
July 2, 2018

Vinalia Faculae Up Close

July 2, 2018

Vinalia Faculae Up Close

This close-up image of the Vinalia Faculae in Occator Crater on Ceres, obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on June 14, 2018, reveals the intricate pattern between bright and dark material across this flow feature.
June 28, 2018

Colorado Wildfire Imaged in Infrared by NASA Satellite

June 28, 2018

Colorado Wildfire Imaged in Infrared by NASA Satellite

On June 26, 2018, NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image of 416 Fire which started June 1, 2018, about 13 miles north of Durango, Colorado. Vegetation in shown red, clouds in white, cities and bare rocky areas in gray, and burned area in dark gray.
June 28, 2018

Hawaii's Continuing Kilauea Eruption Seen in NASA Spacecraft Image

June 28, 2018

Hawaii's Continuing Kilauea Eruption Seen in NASA Spacecraft Image

On June 23, 2018, NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image of Hawaii's Kilauea volcanic eruption which continues after seven weeks of continuous outpouring of lava over the northeastern part of the island.
June 26, 2018

Frisco, Texas

June 26, 2018

Frisco, Texas

Frisco, Texas, a city along the Shawnee Trail in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex has become a bedroom community for workers in Dallas-Fort Worth. NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image on April 15, 2018.
June 25, 2018

New Crater Blues

June 25, 2018

New Crater Blues

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter observed this image of an impact crater. The blue appearance is due to the intense blast of the impact moving around dust on the surface. That dust is usually light-toned and reddish in color compared to what is beneath.
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 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

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.
June 7, 2018

Mars' Mysterious Methane

June 7, 2018

Mars' Mysterious Methane

NASA's Curiosity rover used its Sample Analysis at Mars to detect seasonal changes in atmospheric methane in Gale Crater. The methane signal has been observed for nearly three Martian years (nearly six Earth years), peaking each summer.
June 6, 2018

Downwelling Kelvin Wave in the Pacific

June 6, 2018

Downwelling Kelvin Wave in the Pacific

This image from the U.S./European Jason-3 satellite shows a comparison of sea surface height with respect to the seasonal cycle and the long-term trend between April 9 and May 9, 2018.
June 4, 2018

Dynamic Looping Action

June 4, 2018

Dynamic Looping Action

This close-up from a video clip taken May 30-June 1, 2018 by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows a large active region in extreme ultraviolet light as the bright magnetic field lines above it shift and twist.
June 3, 2018

Asteroid 2018 LA

June 3, 2018

Asteroid 2018 LA

These are the discovery observations of asteroid 2018 LA from the Catalina Sky Survey, taken June 2, 2018. About 8 hours after they were taken, the asteroid entered Earth's atmosphere and disintegrated in the upper atmosphere near Botswana, Africa.
May 30, 2018

Moreux Crater Dunes

May 30, 2018

Moreux Crater Dunes

This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows Moreux Crater, located in the northern part of Terra Sabaea. The crater has a region of sand dunes on the crater floor, as well as features that are similar to glacial topography on Earth.
May 29, 2018

New Active Region Sputtering with Small Flares

May 29, 2018

New Active Region Sputtering with Small Flares

On May 23-25, 2018, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed an active region that rotated into view and sputtered with numerous small flares and towering magnetic field lines that stretched out many times the diameter of Earth.
May 25, 2018

Tristan da Cunha Island

May 25, 2018

Tristan da Cunha Island

Tristan da Cunha is both a remote group of volcanic islands in the south Atlantic, and the main island. It is the most remote inhabited island group in the world. This image from NASA's Terra spacecraft was acquired was acquired October 7, 2017.
May 24, 2018

New Image of Kilauea's Lava Flows taken by NASA Spacecraft

May 24, 2018

New Image of Kilauea's Lava Flows taken by NASA Spacecraft

Hawaii's Kilauea's eruption, which began three weeks ago, has produced new lava flows that reached the ocean. NASA's Terra spacecraft acquired this image on May 22, 2018.
May 22, 2018

Coronal Hole Rotating Towards Us

May 22, 2018

Coronal Hole Rotating Towards Us

On May 16-18, 2018, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed a good-sized coronal hole come around to where it is just about faced Earth. Coronal holes are areas of open magnetic field from which solar wind (charged particles) streams into space.
May 18, 2018

Jupiter: A New Perspective

May 18, 2018

Jupiter: A New Perspective

On its 12th close flyby of the gas giant planet, NASA's Juno spacecraft caught a new perspective of Jupiter from the south making the Great Red Spot appear as though it is in northern territory.
May 17, 2018

TEMPEST-D Spacecraft

May 17, 2018

TEMPEST-D Spacecraft

The complete TEMPEST-D spacecraft shown with the solar panels deployed.
May 17, 2018

RainCube 6U CubeSat

May 17, 2018

RainCube 6U CubeSat

The RainCube 6U CubeSat with fully-deployed antenna.
May 16, 2018

Gale Crater

May 16, 2018

Gale Crater

This image from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey spacecraft shows Gale Crater on Mars, the home of the Curiosity Rover.
May 15, 2018

Coronal Hole Facing Earth

May 15, 2018

Coronal Hole Facing Earth

On May 2-4, 2018, NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory observed an extensive equatorial coronal hole has rotated so that it is now facing Earth. The dark coronal hole extends about halfway across the solar disk.
May 15, 2018

First Image from MarCO-B

May 15, 2018

First Image from MarCO-B

The is the first image captured by one of NASA's Mars Cube One (MarCO) CubeSats showing both the CubeSat's unfolded high-gain antenna at right and the Earth and its moon in the center, acquired by MarCO-B on May 9, 2018.

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