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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-11-06 4206x3306x3
This solar system montage of the nine planets and four large moons of Jupiter in our solar system are set against a false-color view of the Rosette Nebula.
PIA02973:
The New Solar System
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-12-11 Chandra X-ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
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This composite image of NGC 2207 and IC 2163 contains Chandra data in pink, optical-light data from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in red, green, and blue (appearing as blue, white, orange, and brown), and infrared data from Spitzer Space Telescope in red.
PIA18903:
Galactic Gathering Gives Impressive Light Display
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-08-09 1200x801x3
Starlight-blocking technologies such as the starshade are being developed to help image exoplanets, with a focus on Earth-sized, habitable worlds. The starshade works to block excessive starlight from the 'eyes' of a space telescope like Hubble.
PIA20902:
Small-scale Starshade Test
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-11-29 2700x2282x3
A NASA-led team of scientists determined that WASP-18b, a 'hot Jupiter' located 325 light-years from Earth, has a stratosphere that's loaded with carbon monoxide, but has no signs of water.
PIA22087:
WASP-18b (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-01-22 4800x2700x3
This graph presents measured properties of the seven TRAPPIST-1 exoplanets.
PIA24371:
Comparison of TRAPPIST-1 to the Solar System
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Add Image to Favorite List 2021-10-28 Jupiter Hubble Space Telescope
Gemini North Telescope
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Jupiter's banded appearance is created by the cloud-forming weather layer. This composite image shows views of Jupiter in infrared and visible light taken by the Gemini North telescope and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
PIA24818:
Jupiter's Bands
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-03-13 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This is a NASA Mars Odyssey visible color image of an unnamed crater in western Arcadia Planitia. The crater shows a number of interesting internal and external features that suggest that it has undergone substantial modification since it formed.
PIA04263:
Western Arcadia Planitia
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Add Image to Favorite List 2003-11-14 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This spectacular view, taken by NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey, shows the sunlit cliffs and basaltic sand dunes in southern Melas Chasma shows Mars in a way rarely seen: in full, realistic color.
PIA04872:
Mars in True Color (almost)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-06-10 Mars 2001 Mars Odyssey
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This true-color image in hues of reddish-brown released on June 9, 2004 from NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey shows the area of Hebes Mensa on Mars.
PIA06389:
Hebes Mensa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-12-19 Jupiter Cassini-Huygens
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The familiar banded appearance of Jupiter at low and middle latitudes gradually gives way to a more mottled appearance at high latitudes in this striking true color image taken Dec. 13, 2000, by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA02856:
High Latitude Mottling on Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-12-29 Jupiter Cassini-Huygens
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Images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft using three different filters reveal cloud structures and movements at different depths in the atmosphere around Jupiter's south pole.
PIA02865:
Jupiter Clouds in Depth
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Add Image to Favorite List 2001-02-05 Jupiter Cassini-Huygens
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Glowing spots of hot lava and ethereal auroral emissions are highlighted against blackness in this sequence of 48 frames captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA02882:
Io in Eclipse, Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-05 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini narrow angle camera took this image of Saturn on Feb. 16, 2004, from a distance of 66.1 million kilometers (41.1 million miles) in a special filter which reveals clouds and haze high in the atmosphere.
PIA05381:
Saturn Methane Image
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-03-26 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Wind-blown clouds and haze high in Saturn's atmosphere are captured in this image taken by NASA's Cassini narrow angle camera in February 2004.
PIA05384:
High Winds Aloft on Saturn Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-04-15 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini has sighted Prometheus and Pandora, the two F-ring-shepherding moons whose unpredictable orbits both fascinate scientists and wreak havoc on the F ring.
PIA05387:
Prometheus and Pandora
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-06 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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The veils of Saturn's most mysterious moon have begun to lift in NASA's Cassini's eagerly awaited first glimpse of the surface of Titan; scientists believe organic matter rains from hazy skies and seas of liquid hydrocarbons dot a frigid surface.
PIA05390:
The Veils of Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-07-22 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Nine days before it entered orbit, NASA's Cassini spacecraft captured this exquisite natural color view of Saturn's rings.
PIA05421:
Ringscape In Color
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-26 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft finely tuned vision reveals seasonal differences in the global haze that envelopes Titan in this narrow angle camera image taken on Oct. 24, 2004.
PIA06121:
Seasonal Differences
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-12-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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Titan presented this face as NASA's Cassini spacecraft approached for its second very close flyby of the mystery moon in December 2004.
PIA06154:
Approaching Titan Again
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-05-19 Dione Cassini-Huygens
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The moon Dione is eclipsed here by the narrow band of Saturn's rings, which in this image from NASA's Cassini spacecraft shows one of the interesting ways that they transmit light.
PIA06652:
F Ring Edges
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-08-31 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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The extreme contrast in this view of the unlit side of Saturn's rings captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft is intentional. Contrast-enhanced views like this are used to look for spokes, but so far, none have been seen by Cassini.
PIA07576:
On the Lookout for Spokes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-09-16 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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After much anticipation, NASA's Cassini spacecraft has finally spotted the elusive spokes in Saturn's rings. Spokes are the ghostly radial markings discovered in the rings by NASA's Voyager spacecraft 25 years ago.
PIA07731:
Finally . . . Spokes!
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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These three radar passes from NASA's Cassini spacecraft taken on Sept. 7, 2005 reveal a variety of geologic features, including impact craters, wind-blown deposits, channels, and cryovolcanic features.
PIA08110:
Titan Viewed by Cassini's Radar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-10-25 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This map of Saturn's moon Titan shows the location of the upcoming Oct. 28, 2005, Titan flyby and the areas mapped so far by NASA's Cassini Radar Mapper using its Synthetic Aperture Radar imaging mode.
PIA08111:
Titan Viewed by Cassini's Radar - Flat Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This map of Saturn's moon Titan shows the location mapped with NASA's Cassini radar mapper using its synthetic aperture radar imaging mode during the Oct. 28, 2005, flyby.
PIA03570:
Radar Swath of Oct. 28, 2005, Titan Flyby
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-11-16 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This set of images shows the areas mapped so far on Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini radar mapper using its synthetic aperture radar imaging mode.
PIA03571:
Titan Viewed by Cassini's Radar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-07 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Subtle features in Saturn's equatorial region and the nearly edge-on rings are captured in this view NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA07670:
Watching Saturn's Winds
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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Seen here are areas mapped on Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini radar mapper using its synthetic aperture radar imaging mode. Shown are a variety of geologic features, including impact craters, wind-blown deposits, channels and cryovolcanic features.
PIA08099:
Titan (T13) Viewed by Cassini's Radar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-04-27 Titan Cassini-Huygens
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This map of Saturn's moon Titan by NASA's Cassini radar mapper using its synthetic aperture radar imaging mode. Shown are a variety of geologic features, including impact craters, wind-blown deposits, channels and cryovolcanic features.
PIA08100:
Titan (T13) Viewed by Cassini's Radar - Flat Map
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-03 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Imaging Science Subsystem
Radar Mapper
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This frame from a movie shows how data from two different instruments on NASA's Cassini spacecraft can be combined to give an integrated view of Titan's surface.
PIA07785:
Comparing Notes on Titan -- Radar & Imaging Science Subsystem Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-05-05 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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This map of Saturn's moon Titan shows the location mapped with NASA's Cassini radar mapper using its synthetic aperture radar imaging mode on April 30, 2006.
PIA08430:
Radar Flyby of Titan - April 30, 2006
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-07-19 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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Cassini's powerful radar eyes have uncovered a geologic goldmine in a region called Xanadu on Saturn's moon Titan. Panning west to east, the geologic features include river channels, mountains and hills, a crater and possible lakes.
PIA08605:
Titan's Geological Goldmine - Radar Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-10-11 S Rings Cassini-Huygens
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Saturn's D ring--the innermost of the planet's rings -- sports an intriguing structure that appears to be a wavy, or 'vertically corrugated,' spiral as seen by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.
PIA08325:
A Twisted Tale
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-03-24 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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Glowing like a neon lasso, Saturn's aurora is seen spinning above Saturn's north pole over the course of most of a Saturn day in this image taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Mary 25, 2007.
PIA11832:
Ultraviolet Aurora Movie Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-08-26 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 ISS - Narrow Angle
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Titan's polar collar, previously seen by NASA's Voyager 2 and the Hubble Space Telescope, has now been observed by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, seen here in ultraviolet light. The collar is believed to be seasonal in nature.
PIA17124:
Titan's Fancy Collar
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-09-07 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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This synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) image was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 25, 2016, during its 'T-121' pass over Titan's southern latitudes. The image shows an area nicknamed the 'Xanadu annex' by members of the Cassini radar team.
PIA20712:
The 'Xanadu Annex' on Titan
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-09-07 Titan Cassini-Huygens
 Radar Mapper
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This synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) image was obtained by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on July 25, 2016, during its 'T-121' pass over Titan's southern latitudes. The image shows an area nicknamed the 'Xanadu annex' by members of the Cassini radar team.
PIA20714:
The 'Xanadu Annex' on Titan (Denoised)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-11-27 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
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These two images illustrate just how far NASA's Cassini spacecraft traveled to get to Saturn. At left, one of the earliest images taken of the ringed planet. At right, one of Cassini's final images of Saturn.
PIA21353:
Alpha and Omega
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-05-26 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Hubble Space Telescope
 ISS - Narrow Angle
Wide Field Planetary Camera 2
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These images are from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, taken March 22 (top) and May 16, 2004, of Saturn's displays its familiar banded structure, with haze and clouds at various altitudes.
PIA05981:
Saturn from Far and Near
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-11 Saturn Cassini-Huygens
Hubble Space Telescope
 Hubble Space Telescope
Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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Ultraviolet and infrared images from NASA's Cassini spacecraft and Hubble Space Telescope show active and quiet auroras at Saturn's north and south poles.
PIA17900:
Dance of Saturn's Auroras Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2004-10-06 Chandra X-ray Observatory
 Chandra X-ray Telescope
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The images indicate that the bubble of gas that makes up the supernova remnant appears different in various types of light. Chandra reveals the hottest gas [colored blue and colored green], which radiates in X-rays.
PIA06908:
Kepler's Supernova Remnant: A View from Chandra X-Ray Observatory
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Add Image to Favorite List 2016-01-07 Chandra X-ray Observatory
Herschel Space Observatory
Spitzer Space Telescope
 Chandra X-ray Telescope
IRAC
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Astronomers have made the most detailed study yet of an extremely massive young galaxy cluster using three of NASA's Great Observatories. This rare galaxy cluster, located 10 billion light-years from Earth, is almost as massive as 500 trillion suns.
PIA20063:
Galaxy Cluster IDCS J1426
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Add Image to Favorite List 2009-11-10 Chandra X-ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
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In celebration of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, NASA's Great Observatories -- Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and Chandra X-ray Observatory -- have produced a matched trio of images of the central region of our Milky Way.
PIA12348:
Great Observatories' Unique Views of the Milky Way
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-04-17 Chandra X-ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
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This composite of 30 Doradus, the Tarantula Nebula, contains data from Chandra (blue), Hubble (green), and Spitzer (red). Located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the Tarantula Nebula is one of the largest star-forming regions close to the Milky Way.
PIA14415:
A New View of the Tarantula Nebula
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-03 Chandra X-ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
 Chandra X-ray Telescope
IRAC
Visible-Light
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The tip of the 'wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy is dazzling in this new view from NASA's Great Observatories. The SMC, is a small galaxy about 200,000 light-years way that orbits our own Milky Way spiral galaxy.
PIA16884:
Taken Under the 'Wing' of the Small Magellanic Cloud
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-07-02 Chandra X-ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
Very Large Array (VLA)
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Anomalous arms are seen in this composite image of NGC 4258 from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observator, NSF's Karl Jansky Very Large Array, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope.
PIA18461:
Galactic Pyrotechnics on Display
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-12-13 Chandra X-ray Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
Very Large Space Telescope (VLT)
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The spiral galaxy NGC 3627, located about 30 million light years from Earth as seen by four NASA telescopes; inset shows the central region, which contains a bright X-ray source that is likely powered by material falling onto a supermassive black hole.
PIA15806:
NGC 3627: Revealing Hidden Black Holes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-11-06 CIBER
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
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Our sky is filled with a diffuse background glow, known as the cosmic infrared background. Much of the light is from galaxies we know about, but previous Spitzer measurements have shown an extra component of unknown origin.
PIA18851:
First Stars or Stray Stars? A Cosmic Infrared Mystery
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-10 Vesta Dawn
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This image shows NASA'S Dawn scientists' best guess to date of what the surface of the protoplanet Vesta might look like; it incorporates the best data on dimples and bulges from ground-based telescopes and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
PIA13768:
Virtual Vesta Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-10 Vesta Dawn
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This image shows the scientists' best guess to date of what the surface of the protoplanet Vesta might look like from the south pole and incorporates the best data on dimples and bulges Vesta from ground-based telescopes and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
PIA13769:
Simulated Vesta from the South Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-10 Vesta Dawn
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This image incorporates the best data on dimples and bulges of the protoplanet Vesta from ground-based telescopes and NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. This model of Vesta uses scientists' best guess to date of what the surface might look like.
PIA13770:
Model of Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-10 Vesta Dawn
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This anaglyph shows a 3-D model of the protoplanet Vesta, using scientists' best guess to date of what the surface of the protoplanet might look like. It was created as part of an exercise for NASA's Dawn mission. 3D glasses are necessary.
PIA13890:
Anaglyph of Vesta Model
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-06-23 Vesta Dawn
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This image shows NASA's Dawn's view of Vesta from June 20, 2011, when the approaching spacecraft was about 117,000 miles (189,000 kilometers) away from the body.
PIA14122:
Dawn's Approach to Vesta Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-09-16 Vesta Dawn
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The terrain model of Vesta's southern hemisphere shows a big circular structure, its rim rising above the interior of the structure. This false-color map of the giant asteroid Vesta is from the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
PIA14711:
A False-Color Topography of Vesta's South Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-12-05 Ceres Dawn
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From about three times the distance from Earth to the moon, NASA's Dawn spacecraft spies its final destination -- the dwarf planet Ceres.
PIA19049:
Dawn's Gateway View of Ceres
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-01-27 Ceres Dawn
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This image, taken 147,000 miles (237,000 kilometers) from Ceres on January 25, 2015 by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, is part of a series of views representing the best look so far at the dwarf planet.
PIA19172:
Ceres Sharper Than Ever
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Add Image to Favorite List 2015-01-27 Ceres Dawn
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This image depicts the dwarf planet Ceres, as seen from the Dawn spacecraft. It was taken 147,000 miles (237,000 kilometers) from Ceres on January 25, 2015, is part of a series of views representing the best look so far at the dwarf planet.
PIA19173:
Ceres Sharper Than Ever (Zoomed Out View)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-08 Vesta Dawn
Hubble Space Telescope
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope snapped these images of the asteroid Vesta in preparation for the Dawn spacecraft's visit in 2011. The images show the difference in brightness and color on the asteroid's surface.
PIA13428:
The Faces of Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-10-08 Vesta Dawn
Hubble Space Telescope
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Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 observed the potato-shaped asteroid in preparation for the visit by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2011. This is one frame from a movie showing the difference in brightness and color on the asteroid's surface.
PIA13427:
A New Spin on Vesta
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-09-27 Vesta Dawn
Hubble Space Telescope
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These two maps of the giant asteroid Vesta show patterns of brightness from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (top) and NASA's Dawn spacecraft (bottom). Hubble's view is from an orbit around Earth. Dawn went into orbit around Vesta from 2011 to 2012.
PIA17465:
Two Views of Vesta Bright and Dark
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-09-27 Vesta Dawn
Hubble Space Telescope
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These two images compare topographic maps of the giant asteroid Vesta as discerned by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (top) and as seen by NASA's Dawn spacecraft (bottom). Hubble has been in an orbit around Earth, while Dawn orbited Vesta from 2011 to 2012.
PIA17466:
Comparing Vesta's Topography
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Add Image to Favorite List 2005-06-02 Tempel 1 Deep Impact
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These artist's concepts illustrate Tempel 1's shape, reflectivity, rotation rate and surface temperature, based on information from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope.
PIA03516:
Space Eyes See Comet Tempel 1 (Artist's Concept) Animation Icon
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-05-01 Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
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NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer is celebrates its fourth year in space with some of M81's 'hottest' stars. In this ultraviolet image, the magnificent M81 spiral galaxy is shown at the center.
PIA09337:
Galaxy Mission Completes Four Star-Studded Years in Space
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-08-11 Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Hubble Space Telescope
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Astronomers have found unexpected rings and arcs of ultraviolet light around a selection of galaxies, four of which are shown here as viewed by NASA's and the European Space Agency's Hubble Space Telescope.
PIA13318:
Ultraviolet Ring Around the Galaxies
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Add Image to Favorite List 2006-01-11 Cartwheel Galaxy Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
 Chandra X-ray Telescope
GALEX Telescope
Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
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This false-color composite image shows the Cartwheel galaxy as seen by NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer, where the first ripple appears as an ultraviolet-bright blue outer ring.
PIA03296:
A Stellar Ripple
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-06-01 Messier 81 Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Hubble Space Telescope
Spitzer Space Telescope
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Infrared Array Camera (IRAC)
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The perfectly picturesque spiral galaxy known as Messier 81, or M81, looks sharp in this new composite from NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes and NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer.
PIA09579:
M81 Galaxy is Pretty in Pink
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Add Image to Favorite List 2007-12-13 M51 Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX)
Spitzer Space Telescope
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Ultraviolet/Visible Camera
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A composite image of M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, shows the majesty of its structure in a dramatic new way through several of NASA's orbiting observatories.
PIA10200:
A Classic Beauty
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Add Image to Favorite List 1996-01-29 Jupiter Galileo
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These four images of Jupiter and the luminous night-side impact of fragment W of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 were taken NASA's Galileo spacecraft on July 22, 1994.
PIA00139:
Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Fragment W Impact With Jupiter
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-08 Io Galileo
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Three full-disk color views of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io as seen by NASA's Galileo spacecraft are shown in enhanced color to highlight details of the surface.
PIA00292:
Three Views of Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-23 Jupiter Galileo
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This is a false-color composite of Jupiter's northern aurora on the night side of the planet. The height and thickness of the auroral arc, and the small-scale structure were revealed for the first time by NASA's Galileo orbiter on April 2, 1997.
PIA00603:
False Color Aurora
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-26 Io Galileo
 Solid-State Imaging
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This color image, acquired during NASA's Galileo's ninth orbit around Jupiter, shows two volcanic plumes on Io. One plume was captured on the bright limb or edge of the moon, erupting over a caldera (volcanic depression) named Pillan Patera.
PIA00703:
Active Volcanic Plumes on Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-07 Io Galileo
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Four views of the volcano Ra Patera on Jupiter's moon Io showing changes seen on June 27th, 1996 by NASA's Galileo spacecraft as compared to views seen by the Voyager spacecraft during the 1979 flybys.
PIA00709:
Massive Resurfacing of the Ionian Volcano Ra Patera
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-23 Jupiter Galileo
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This is one of the highest resolution images ever recorded of Jupiter's temperature field. It was obtained by NASA's Galileo mission, with its Photopolarimeter-Radiometer (PPR) experiment, during the seventh of its 10 orbits around Jupiter to date.
PIA00730:
Jupiter's Temperatures--Broad Latitude
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-09-24 Jupiter Galileo
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This image, bottom panel, from NASA's Galileo orbiter indicates the forces powering Jovian winds, and differentiates between areas of strongest upwelling and downwelling winds in the upper part of the atmosphere where winds are strong.
PIA00731:
Jovian Temperatures--Highest Resolution
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Add Image to Favorite List 1997-11-17 Io Galileo
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This color image, acquired during NASA's Galileo ninth orbit (C9) around Jupiter, shows two volcanic plumes on Io. One plume was captured on the bright limb or edge of the moon, erupting over a caldera named Pillan Patera.
PIA01081:
Color Mosaic and Active Volcanic Plumes on Io
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-15 J Rings Galileo
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This schematic cut-away view of the components of Jupiter's ring system shows the geometry of the rings in relation to Jupiter and to the small inner satellites, which are the source of the dust which forms the rings.
PIA01627:
Jupiter's Inner Satellites and Ring Components
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-09-15 J Rings Galileo
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The schematic structures of Jupiter's main and gossamer rings are depicted here. Scientists studying data from NASA's Galileo have found that the ring system is made up of impact debris created when meteoroids slam into Jupiter's four smallest satellites.
PIA01628:
Jupiter's Main and Gossamer Ring Structures
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-18 Io Galileo
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This image depicts the discovery of sulfur gas in the plume of the Pele volcano on Jupiter's moon Io, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope in October 1999, during a flyby of Io by NASA's Galileo spacecraft.
PIA02546:
Sulfur Gas in Pele's Plume
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-18 Io Galileo
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Ideas about the role of sulfur in volcanoes on Jupiter's moon Io are illustrated. Sulfur gas consisting of pairs of sulfur atoms (S2), detected above Io's volcano Pele by the Hubble Space Telescope, is ejected from the hot vents of Io's volcanoes.
PIA02547:
The Role of Sulfur in Io's Volcanoes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-18 Io Galileo
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This is the first-ever map of temperatures over large areas of Io's night-side, obtained with the photopolarimeter-radiometer instrument onboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft during flybys of Io in November 1999 and February 2000.
PIA02548:
Temperature Map of Io's Night Side
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Add Image to Favorite List 2000-05-18 Io Galileo
 Near Infrared Mapping Spectrometer
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This image compares temperatures at the volcano Loki, the most powerful volcano on Io, seen by the photopolarimeter-radiometer instrument onboard NASA's Galileo spacecraft during its October 1999 flyby of Jupiter's moon Io, and its February 2000 flyby.
PIA02549:
Temperature Comparison at Loki
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Add Image to Favorite List 2011-03-31 Jupiter Galileo
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This artist's concept shows comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 heading into Jupiter in July 1994, while its dust cloud creates a rippling wake in Jupiter's ring. The faint ring, based on images from NASA's Galileo mission has been enhanced for this illustration.
PIA13894:
Comet Impact Into Jupiter (Artist's Concept)
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-04-13 Europa Galileo
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These images of the surface of the Jovian moon Europa, taken by NASA's Galileo spacecraft, focus on a 'region of interest' on the icy moon.
PIA21444:
Europa's Plumes Located near 'Warm Spot' on Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-10-14 Jupiter Galileo
Hubble Space Telescope
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These images show a newly created large-scale storm on Jupiter, known as a white oval. This storm is the size of Earth and was observed by the Hubble Space Telescope and NASA's Galileo spacecraft's photopolarimeter radiometer in July 1998.
PIA01477:
Jupiter's White Ovals
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Add Image to Favorite List 2017-04-13 Europa Galileo
Hubble Space Telescope
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These composite images show a suspected plume of material erupting two years apart from the same location on Jupiter's icy moon Europa.
PIA21443:
Hubble Sees Recurring Plume Erupting From Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2002-10-08 Jupiter Galileo
Hubble Space Telescope
IRTF
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These composite images of Jupiter's north polar region from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (right) and the Infrared Telescope Facility (left) show a quasi-hexagonal shape that extends vertically from the stratosphere down into the top of the troposphere.
PIA03864:
Cold Hole Over Jupiter's Pole
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-12 Europa Galileo
Hubble Space Telescope
Voyager
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This graphic shows the location of water vapor detected over Europa's south pole in observations taken by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope in December 2012. This is the first strong evidence of water plumes erupting off Europa's surface.
PIA17660:
Water Vapor Over Europa
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-02-26 Europa Galileo
Voyager
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This map composed of images NASA's Galileo and Voyager missions shows the hemisphere of Europa that might be affected by plume deposits. The view is centered at -65 degrees latitude, 183 degrees longitude.
PIA18030:
Source Region for Possible Europa Plumes
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Add Image to Favorite List 2010-05-11 Herschel Space Observatory
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SPIRE
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The dark hole seen in the green cloud at the top of this image, captured by ESA's Herschel Telescope, was likely carved out by multiple jets and blasts of radiation.
PIA13109:
Big Hole Revealed in Infrared
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Add Image to Favorite List 2012-05-09 Herschel Space Observatory
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Herschel Space Observatory has shown that galaxies with the most powerful, active, supermassive black holes at their cores produce fewer stars than galaxies with less active black holes in this artist concept.
PIA15625:
Artist's Concept: Active Black Hole Squashes Star Formation
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-04-23 Jupiter Herschel Space Observatory
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This map shows the distribution of water in the stratosphere of Jupiter as measured with the Herschel space observatory. White and cyan indicate highest concentration of water, and blue indicates lesser amounts.
PIA17006:
Distribution of Water in Jupiter's Stratosphere
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-05-22 Herschel Space Observatory
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ESA's Herschel Space Observatory first spotted the colliding duo in images taken with longer-wavelength infrared light (left) with a close-up view at right, with merging galaxies circled.
PIA17013:
The Making of a Giant Galaxy
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Add Image to Favorite List 2013-12-12 Herschel Space Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
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WFPC2
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This image shows a composite view of the Crab nebula, an iconic supernova remnant in our Milky Way galaxy, as viewed by the Herschel Space Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope.
PIA17563:
Crab Nebula, as Seen by Herschel and Hubble
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Add Image to Favorite List 2014-04-29 Herschel Space Observatory
Hubble Space Telescope
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WFC3
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The young galaxy SDSS090122.37+181432.3, also known as S0901, is seen here by the Herschel Space Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope as the bright arc to the left of the central bright galaxy.
PIA18004:
Smeared and Magnified Galaxy
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-28 Pluto Hubble Space Telescope
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The never-before-seen surface of the distant planet Pluto is resolved in these NASA Hubble Space Telescope pictures, taken with the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera (FOC) aboard Hubble.
PIA00825:
The Surface of Pluto
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-28 Pluto Hubble Space Telescope
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This image-based surface map of Pluto was assembled by computer image processing software from four separate images of Pluto's disk taken with the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera aboard NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
PIA00826:
Map of Pluto's Surface
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-03-28 Pluto Hubble Space Telescope
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This is the clearest view yet of the distant planet Pluto and its moon, Charon, as revealed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The image was taken by the European Space Agency's Faint Object Camera on February 21, 1994.
PIA00827:
Hubble Portrait of the "Double Planet" Pluto & Charon
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-05-05 Mars Hubble Space Telescope
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Though a dusty haze fills the giant Hellas impact basin south of the dark fin-shaped feature Syrtis Major, the dust appears to be localized within Hellas in this 1997 image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope.
PIA01243:
Hubble Watches the Red Planet as Mars Global Surveyor Begins Aerobraking
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-05-02 Mars Hubble Space Telescope
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope images near Ares Vallis, Mars, taken on June 27, 1997 (left) and July 9, 1997 (right), document the dissipation of a large dust storm during the 12 days separating the two observations.
PIA01244:
Decay of a Martian Dust Storm
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Add Image to Favorite List 1998-05-02 Mars Hubble Space Telescope
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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope images of Mars, taken on June 27, 1997, reveal a significant dust storm which fills much of the Valles Marineris canyon system and extends into Xanthe Terra.
PIA01245:
Hubble's Look at Mars Shows Canyon Dust Storm, Cloudy Conditions for Pathfinder Landing
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