This object is, in fact, a pair: a white dwarf star that steadily burns at a relatively cool temperature and a highly variable red giant.
The Sky This Week, 2022 February 1 - 8
Crescent Moon, imaged 2016 December 30 from Mollusk, Virginia with a Canon EOS Rebel T2i DSLR. The Moon waxes in the evening sky this week, coursi...
Lightness of Being: Remembering Space Shuttle Columbia and Her Crew
The bright Sun dissects the airglow above Earth's horizon in this view photographed with a digital still camera from during the STS-107 mission.
Learning How Ocean Water Melts Glaciers
To learn how ocean water is melting glaciers, NASA’s Oceans Melting Greenland mission extensively surveyed the coastline of the world’s largest island...
Remembering Challenger and Her Crew
In this image taken in 1985, four members of the Challenger STS-51L crew train on the flight deck of the shuttle crew compartment.
Remembering Apollo 1
On Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck on the launch pad at Cape Kennedy during a preflight test for Apollo 204 (AS-204).
The Colors of Water
Much like the sky, rivers are rarely painted one color.
The Sky This Week, 2022 January 25 - February 1
Messier 35 and NGC 2158, imaged 2022 February 22 from Alexandria, Virginia with an Explore Scientific AR102 10.2-cm (4-inch) f/6.5 refractor and a...
X-59 Wind Tunnel Testing at NASA Glenn
This colorized schlieren image is of a small-scale model of NASA’s X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology airplane.
Mercury is moving from Aquarius to Capricorn.
Mercury is moving from Aquarius to Capricorn in the next 24 hours. #Mercury #Capricorn #Aquarius
