Written by Scott VanBommel, Planetary Scientist at Washington University in St. Louis Curiosity was back at work on Monday, ...

These 15 frames show the great variety of surface features on Jupiter's icy moon, Europa, which have been revealed by the Galileo spacecraft Solid State Imaging (CCD) system during its first six ...

Galileo orbiter near-infrared observations of Europa overlayed on a Voyager map. Original Caption-March 26, 1998. The NIMS instrument on the Galileo spacecraft, which is being used to map the mineral ...

This image shows features on Jupiter's moon Europa that may be "flows" from ice volcanoes. It was taken by the Galileo spacecraft solid state imaging (CCD) ...

This six frame mosaic of Europa's surface shows a variety of interesting geologic features. The prominent "X" near the center of the mosaic is the junction of ...

Europa, a moon of Jupiter, appears as a thick crescent in this enhanced-color image from NASA's Galileo spacecraft. The view combines images taken in violet, green and near-infrared filters in 1998 ...

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity acquired this image, looking southwest toward the distant large boxwork structures in the Uyuni ...

A collaboration between NASA’s Heliophysics Education Activation Team (NASA HEAT) and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific’s Night Sky Network program, this resource was developed for informal ...

This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is teeming with color and activity. It features a relatively close star-forming region known as IRAS 16562-3959, which lies within the Milky Way ...

Have you ever wondered how many stars you can see at night? From a perfect dark sky location, free from any light pollution, a person with excellent vision may observe a few thousand stars in the sky ...

Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum ...