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Mission
Instrument
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2007-10-25
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Chandra X-ray Telescope
5100x2550x3
PIA10092:
Stacks of Light
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(39.02 MB)
JPEG
(385.4 kB)
2009-11-10
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC
9725x4862x3
PIA12348:
Great Observatories' Unique Views of the Milky Way
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(141.8 MB)
JPEG
(3.839 MB)
2012-12-13
Chandra X-ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
Very Large Space Telescope (VLT)
3600x3600x3
PIA15806:
NGC 3627: Revealing Hidden Black Holes
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(38.89 MB)
JPEG
(646 kB)
2016-07-28
Chandra X-ray Observatory
NuSTAR
2500x2500x3
PIA20865:
A Black Hole 'Choir'
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(5.029 MB)
JPEG
(375.3 kB)
2014-11-06
CIBER
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
4000x2000x3
PIA18851:
First Stars or Stray Stars? A Cosmic Infrared Mystery
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(24.01 MB)
JPEG
(840.9 kB)
2006-08-23
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
3000x2400x3
PIA08696:
An Unwelcome Place for New Stars (artist concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(21.6 MB)
JPEG
(1.465 MB)
2006-08-23
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
3000x2400x3
PIA08697:
Big Black Holes Mean Bad News for Stars (diagram)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(21.6 MB)
JPEG
(494.3 kB)
2007-12-13
M51
Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC
Ultraviolet/Visible Camera
1978x2850x3
PIA10200:
A Classic Beauty
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(16.93 MB)
JPEG
(526.5 kB)
2012-05-09
Herschel Space Observatory
4500x3600x3
PIA15625:
Artist's Concept: Active Black Hole Squashes Star Formation
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(48.6 MB)
JPEG
(1.935 MB)
2012-03-16
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3
1057x528x3
PIA15418:
Quasar Lenses
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(1.677 MB)
JPEG
(61.94 kB)
2012-06-19
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3
761x761x3
PIA15831:
The Homes of Quasars
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(1.738 MB)
JPEG
(64.82 kB)
2020-01-08
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3
1920x1280x3
PIA23410:
Quasars' Multiple Images Shed Light on Tiny Dark Matter Clumps
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(3.504 MB)
JPEG
(114.3 kB)
2015-01-08
Hubble Space Telescope
NuSTAR
9000x3000x3
PIA18907:
Tale of Two Black Holes
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(81.02 MB)
JPEG
(3.67 MB)
2015-12-17
Hubble Space Telescope
NuSTAR
2948x2321x3
PIA20058:
Hidden Lair at the Heart of Galaxy NGC 1068
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(20.54 MB)
JPEG
(870.1 kB)
2006-07-21
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC
Visible Light
900x360x3
PIA08617:
Black Hole Spills Kaleidoscope of Color
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(973.2 kB)
JPEG
(10.56 kB)
2009-02-10
Messier 101
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
Chandra X-ray Telescope
IRAC
Visible Light
7200x7200x3
PIA11797:
NASA's Great Observatories Celebrate the International Year of Astronomy
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(155.5 MB)
JPEG
(6.529 MB)
2015-12-03
LISA Pathfinder
2500x1407x3
PIA20196:
LISA Pathfinder Spacecraft (Artist's Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(3.944 MB)
JPEG
(272.9 kB)
2011-08-29
Mercury
MESSENGER
MDIS - Wide Angle
1020x1024x1
PIA14803:
Black Holes in Caloris
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(1.046 MB)
JPEG
(160.5 kB)
2012-05-30
NuSTAR
1440x1080x3
PIA15632:
Bringing Black Holes Into Focus
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(4.674 MB)
JPEG
(143 kB)
2012-02-23
NuSTAR
3000x1993x3
PIA15267:
Final Steps in Mating NuSTAR to its Rocket
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(17.94 MB)
JPEG
(694.6 kB)
2012-02-23
NuSTAR
1993x3000x3
PIA15268:
NuSTAR Inches Toward its Rocket
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(17.96 MB)
JPEG
(453.5 kB)
2012-03-02
NuSTAR
2122x3000x3
PIA15410:
Inside NuSTAR's Nose Cone
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(19.12 MB)
JPEG
(695.7 kB)
2012-03-02
NuSTAR
3000x2169x3
PIA15411:
Wrapping NuSTAR in Its Rocket Nose Cone
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(19.52 MB)
JPEG
(688.7 kB)
2012-05-22
NuSTAR
1280x720x3
PIA15777:
NuSTAR Orbits Earth (Artist Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(2.768 MB)
JPEG
(121.4 kB)
2012-06-04
NuSTAR
3000x1993x3
PIA15633:
NuSTAR Hitches a Ride on the 'Stargazer'
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(17.94 MB)
JPEG
(635.3 kB)
2012-10-23
NuSTAR
NuSTAR
3202x2402x3
PIA16213:
First Look at Milky Way's Monster in High-Energy X-ray Light
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(23.08 MB)
JPEG
(206.4 kB)
2012-10-23
NuSTAR
NuSTAR
Spitzer Space Telescope
4000x2400x3
PIA16214:
Pointing X-ray Eyes at our Resident Supermassive Black Hole
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(28.81 MB)
JPEG
(2.077 MB)
2013-01-07
NuSTAR
NuSTAR
1700x1700x3
PIA16605:
Blazing Black Holes Spotted in Spiral Beauty
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(8.674 MB)
JPEG
(421.3 kB)
2013-02-27
NuSTAR
4400x2475x3
PIA16695:
Black Holes: Monsters in Space (Artist's Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(32.69 MB)
JPEG
(591.6 kB)
2013-09-05
NuSTAR
NuSTAR
3200x1800x3
PIA17440:
Black Holes Shine for NuSTAR
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(17.29 MB)
JPEG
(718.2 kB)
2013-11-26
NuSTAR
NuSTAR
1600x1600x3
PIA17560:
Black Holes of the Circinus Galaxy
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(7.683 MB)
JPEG
(599.9 kB)
2013-11-26
NuSTAR
NuSTAR
1400x1400x3
PIA17561:
Topsy Turvy Black Holes
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(5.882 MB)
JPEG
(137.5 kB)
2014-01-09
NuSTAR
NuSTAR
3300x2800x3
PIA17567:
Different Flavors of Black Holes
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(27.73 MB)
JPEG
(545.3 kB)
2014-10-08
NuSTAR
1900x1600x3
PIA18841:
NuSTAR Finds a Pulse in Cigar Galaxy
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(9.123 MB)
JPEG
(97.7 kB)
2014-10-08
NuSTAR
4000x2250x3
PIA18842:
Mass Chart for Dead Stars and Black Holes
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(27.01 MB)
JPEG
(345.1 kB)
2014-10-08
NuSTAR
1200x1200x3
PIA18844:
Ultraluminous X-ray Sources in M82 Galaxy
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(4.322 MB)
JPEG
(60.5 kB)
2015-07-06
NuSTAR
1504x1611x3
PIA19348:
NuSTAR Seeks Hidden Black Holes
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(7.272 MB)
JPEG
(204.9 kB)
2015-07-08
Sol (our sun)
NuSTAR
NuSTAR
SDO
4096x4096x3
PIA19821:
NuSTAR Stares at the Sun
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(50.35 MB)
JPEG
(797.3 kB)
2015-10-27
NuSTAR
4800x2700x3
PIA20051:
Shifting Coronas Around Black Holes (Artist Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(38.9 MB)
JPEG
(2.244 MB)
2019-02-20
NuSTAR
NuSTAR
2500x2500x3
PIA23005:
A Hard X-ray Look at M51
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(9.984 MB)
JPEG
(228.8 kB)
2013-02-27
NuSTAR
XMM-Newton
3600x2400x3
PIA16696:
How to Measure the Spin of a Black Hole (Artist's Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(25.93 MB)
JPEG
(347.8 kB)
2013-02-27
NuSTAR
XMM-Newton
3600x2400x3
PIA16697:
Two Models of Black Hole Spin (Artist's Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(25.93 MB)
JPEG
(379.3 kB)
2013-02-27
NuSTAR
XMM-Newton
4266x2400x3
PIA16870:
Two X-Ray Observatories are Better Than One
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(30.73 MB)
JPEG
(419.4 kB)
2015-02-19
NuSTAR
XMM-Newton
3000x2400x3
PIA18918:
The Answer is Blowing in the Black Hole Wind
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(21.61 MB)
JPEG
(407.3 kB)
2015-02-19
NuSTAR
XMM-Newton
4267x2400x3
PIA18919:
How Black Hole Winds Blow (Artist's Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(30.74 MB)
JPEG
(1.644 MB)
2008-01-10
NGC 3621
Spitzer Space Telescope
Infrared Spectrograph (IRS)
3000x2400x3
PIA10220:
Slender Galaxy with Robust Black Hole
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(21.6 MB)
JPEG
(326.6 kB)
2006-12-18
Spitzer Space Telescope
644x481x3
PIA09099:
Stars Spring up Out of the Darkness (Artist Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(930.5 kB)
JPEG
(22 kB)
2006-12-18
Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC
2430x1525x3
PIA09100:
The Universe's First Fireworks
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(11.13 MB)
JPEG
(405.3 kB)
2007-05-30
Spitzer Space Telescope
2400x3000x3
PIA09562:
Depth Perception in Space (Artist's Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(21.62 MB)
JPEG
(731.1 kB)
2007-05-30
Spitzer Space Telescope
3000x2400x3
PIA09563:
Distance to Dark Bodies
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(21.6 MB)
JPEG
(683.8 kB)
2007-10-25
Spitzer Space Telescope
MIPS
1003x1139x3
PIA10091:
Missing Black Holes Found!
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(1.145 MB)
JPEG
(69.72 kB)
2007-10-25
Spitzer Space Telescope
3000x2400x3
PIA10093:
Bursting with Stars and Black Holes (Artist Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(21.6 MB)
JPEG
(501.4 kB)
2008-01-10
Spitzer Space Telescope
3000x2400x3
PIA10221:
Galaxies of all Shapes Host Black Holes (Artist Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(21.6 MB)
JPEG
(249 kB)
2010-03-17
Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC
IRAS
MIPS
2400x3000x3
PIA12965:
How to Spot a Primitive Black Hole
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(21.62 MB)
JPEG
(323.5 kB)
2010-03-17
Spitzer Space Telescope
4096x3072x3
PIA12966:
Prehistoric Black Hole (Artist's Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(37.75 MB)
JPEG
(1.255 MB)
2010-06-01
Spitzer Space Telescope
3000x2400x3
PIA13168:
Backward Black Hole Shoots Powerful Jets (Artist's Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(21.6 MB)
JPEG
(395.1 kB)
2010-08-05
Spitzer Space Telescope
IRAC
3545x3600x3
PIA13316:
NASA's Great Observatories Witness a Galactic Spectacle
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(38.29 MB)
JPEG
(755.9 kB)
2010-10-12
Spitzer Space Telescope
3872x2592x3
PIA13478:
Giant Star Goes Supernova, Smothered by its own Dust (Artist's Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(30.11 MB)
JPEG
(702.1 kB)
2012-05-23
Spitzer Space Telescope
2299x2299x3
PIA15630:
Pinwheel Galaxy Rainbow
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(15.87 MB)
JPEG
(422.2 kB)
2014-03-26
Spitzer Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
930x886x3
PIA17997:
Bulgeless Galaxy Hides Black Hole
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(2.473 MB)
JPEG
(70.62 kB)
2019-04-25
Messier 87
Spitzer Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
3226x1814x3
PIA23122:
Spitzer Captures Messier 87
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(11.32 MB)
JPEG
(324.5 kB)
2020-04-28
Spitzer Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
5120x2880x3
PIA23687:
Animation of Black Hole Disk Flare in OJ 287
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(25.34 MB)
JPEG
(648 kB)
2020-10-19
Earth
Terra
ASTER
1200x400x3
PIA24129:
Gravity Wave Detectors
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(1.441 MB)
JPEG
(103.2 kB)
2010-09-09
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE Telescope
1800x1800x3
PIA13376:
A Spiral Galaxy is Visited by a Trojan War Hero
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(9.735 MB)
JPEG
(201.9 kB)
2010-12-15
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE Telescope
1600x1600x3
PIA13450:
A Collage of Nearby Galaxies
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(7.693 MB)
JPEG
(264.8 kB)
2011-05-25
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE Telescope
3600x3600x3
PIA14098:
The Galaxy Menagerie from WISE
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(38.88 MB)
JPEG
(1.506 MB)
2012-04-12
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
4500x3000x3
PIA15414:
Cosmic Jets Coming at You (Artist's Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(40.5 MB)
JPEG
(1.049 MB)
2012-08-29
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE Telescope
6500x4500x3
PIA15810:
A Sky Chock-Full of Black Holes
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(87.79 MB)
JPEG
(3.938 MB)
2012-08-29
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE Telescope
2100x2100x3
PIA15811:
Exposing Black Holes Disguised in Dust
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(13.24 MB)
JPEG
(734.6 kB)
2012-08-29
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE Telescope
2400x1740x3
PIA15815:
Analyzing Hot DOG Galaxies
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(12.53 MB)
JPEG
(227.7 kB)
2012-08-29
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE Telescope
6500x4500x3
PIA15813:
Extremely Bright and Extremely Rare
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(87.79 MB)
JPEG
(3.944 MB)
2012-08-29
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE Telescope
3000x2400x3
PIA15814:
Homing in on 'Hot Dogs'
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(21.61 MB)
JPEG
(758.8 kB)
2013-12-03
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
1280x720x3
PIA17562:
Two Black Holes on Way to Becoming One (Artist's Concept)
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(2.766 MB)
JPEG
(108.1 kB)
2014-05-22
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
WISE Telescope
3467x1949x3
PIA18012:
The Clumping Behavior of Galaxies
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(20.28 MB)
JPEG
(1.191 MB)
2014-05-22
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
2550x5500x3
PIA18013:
Unified, or 'Doughnut,' Theory of Active, Black Holes
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(42.09 MB)
JPEG
(1.276 MB)
2019-12-13
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)
1622x1125x3
PIA23588:
Millions of Giant Black Holes
Full Resolution:
TIFF
(3.503 MB)
JPEG
(207.5 kB)
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