NASA

Image of the day.

• NASA's IXPE Gets Fresh Look at Supernova

  NASA’s IXPE observed the outer rim of the supernova remnant highlighted in purple in the inset. Data from IXPE is combined with data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and ESA’s XMM-Newton.

• Webb Captures Saturn in Infrared

  Captured Nov. 29, 2024 by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, this infrared view of Saturn shows its glowing icy rings and layered atmosphere. Several moons are visible, including Janus, Dione, and Enceladus.

• Reminders of Where We've Been, Where We're Going

  Moon rocks are seen during a March 24, 2026, event where NASA is outlining how the agency is executing the National Space Policy and accelerating preparations for America’s return to the surface of the Moon by 2028.

• NASA's Hubble, Webb Telescopes Survey Pinwheel Galaxy

  This new image from the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope takes a closer look at the core of Messier 101, also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy.

• Smiles and Spacesuits

  NASA astronaut and Expedition 74 crew member Chris Williams smiles for the camera during a spacesuit fit verification inside the International Space Station’s Quest airlock.

• American Bald Eagle at NASA's Kennedy Space Center

  An American bald eagles flies away from its nest and tree at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, March 13, 2026.

• Lava Flows Down Mayon

  At any given moment, about 20 volcanoes on Earth are actively erupting. Often among them is Mayon—the most active volcano in the Philippines.

• Solving Asteroid Bennu's Mysteries

  These X-ray computed tomography (XCT) scans of particles from asteroid Bennu show the most common types of crack networks observed in Bennu samples.

• Celebrating 100 Years Since Goddard’s Breakthrough Moment in Modern Rocketry

  Dr. Robert H. Goddard and a liquid oxygen-gasoline rocket in the frame from which it was fired on March 16, 1926, at Auburn, Mass.

• Good Morning, Moon

  Early morning sunlight illuminates the western wall of this unnamed crater, leaving deep shadows on the ground and in the interior. The image was taken on August 30, 2023, by LROC (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera).