Wide-Field View: Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714 in Pisces | Hubble Space Telescope

Wide-Field View: Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714 in Pisces | Hubble Space Telescope

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows galaxy NGC 7714 and its surroundings. This galaxy is in the process of merging with its neighbor NGC 7715, also visible in this wide-field image. Together, these two form the merging pair Arp 284.

NGC 7714 is a spiral galaxy 100 million light-years from Earth—a relatively close neighbor in cosmic terms. The galaxy has witnessed violent and dramatic events in its recent past.

The Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) is a ground-based imaging survey of the entire sky in several colors of light produced by the Space Telescope Science Institute through its Guide Star Survey group.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA), NASA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: Jan. 29, 2015

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Journey to Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714 in Pisces | Hubble Space Telescope

Journey to Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714 in Pisces | Hubble Space Telescope

This video zooms in on NGC 7714, one of a pair of merging galaxies. The sequence begins with a view of the night sky near the constellation of Pisces. It then zooms through observations from the Digitized Sky Survey 2, and ends with a view of the galaxy obtained by Hubble. NGC 7714 is a spiral galaxy 100 million light-years from Earth—a relatively close neighbor in cosmic terms. The galaxy has witnessed violent and dramatic events in its recent past. Tell-tale signs of this can be seen in NGC 7714's strangely shaped arms, and in the smoky golden haze that stretches out from the galactic center—caused by an ongoing merger with its smaller galactic companion NGC 7715, outside the frame of this image.

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 and A. Fuji

Duration: 50 seconds
Release Date: Jan. 29, 2015

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Close-up: Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714 in Pisces | Hubble Space Telescope

Close-up: Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714 in Pisces | Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble image of NGC 7714 is a spiral galaxy 100 million light-years from Earth—a relatively close neighbor in cosmic terms. The galaxy has witnessed violent and dramatic events in its recent past. Tell-tale signs of this can be seen in NGC 7714's strangely shaped arms, and in the smoky golden haze that stretches out from the galactic center—caused by an ongoing merger with its smaller galactic companion NGC 7715, outside the frame of this image.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA), NASA

Acknowledgement: A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science)

Duration: 50 seconds
Release Date: Jan. 29, 2015

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Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714 in Pisces | Hubble Space Telescope

Spiral Galaxy NGC 7714 in Pisces | Hubble Space Telescope

Hubble image of NGC 7714 is a spiral galaxy 100 million light-years from Earth—a relatively close neighbor in cosmic terms. The galaxy has witnessed violent and dramatic events in its recent past. Tell-tale signs of this can be seen in NGC 7714's strangely shaped arms, and in the smoky golden haze that stretches out from the galactic center—caused by an ongoing merger with its smaller galactic companion NGC 7715, outside the frame of this image.

Credit: European Space Agency (ESA), NASA

Acknowledgement: A. Gal-Yam (Weizmann Institute of Science)
Release Date: Jan. 29, 2015

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Comet R3 PanSTARRS and Orion Nebula: Indian Ocean Island View

Comet R3 PanSTARRS and Orion Nebula: Indian Ocean Island View

"Orion never had a sword like this. As Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) heads out of the inner Solar System, it is putting on quite a show for long exposure cameras. Currently seen toward the constellation of Orion the Hunter, the distant Orion Nebula is visible on the upper right. Comet R3 PanSTARRS is now showing two distinct tails: a short dust tail pointing toward the top of the image and a long and wavy ion tail trailing off toward the upper left. The ion tail points away from the Sun and glows blue from excited carbon monoxide. Large particles in the dust tail somewhat resist the radiation pressure that push them away from the Sun and so retain a bit of the comet's orbit. The dust tail shines by reflected sunlight. This image was taken a few days ago from France's Reunion Island in the southern Indian Ocean."

C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) is a hyperbolic Oort cloud comet. It passed perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on April 19, 2026, when it was 0.499 astronomical units (AU) (75 million kilometers) from the Sun. The comet was discovered by PanSTARRS in images obtained on September 8, 2025.

Réunion is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France within the African region. Part of the Mascarene Islands, it is located approximately 679 kilometers (367 nautical miles) east of the island of Madagascar and 175 kilometers (94 nmi) southwest of the island of Mauritius.

Image Description: A starfield appears featuring a comet with a long tail that extends from the lower right to the upper left. To the left of the comet is a bright star, and above the comet and to the right is a red and white nebula. 

Image Credit & Copyright: Luc Perrot (TWAN)
Luc's website: https://www.lucperrot.fr/bio
Release Date: May 10, 2026

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Comet C/2025 R3 and Orion Molecular Cloud Complex: View from Argentina

Comet C/2025 R3 and Orion Molecular Cloud Complex: View from Argentina

This image shows Comet C/2025 R3 PanSTARRS setting above the western horizon alongside the Orion molecular cloud complex during twilight on May 8, 2026. The comet appears near Rigel, while the frame also contains the Orion Nebula (M42), the Flame Nebula, and the Horsehead Nebula. An old windmill in the foreground helped provide a sense of scale beneath one of the last clear autumn skies before clouds covered the region. What made the moment especially challenging was its short duration. Shortly after the imaging session began, clouds advanced rapidly from the southeast and completely covered the sky, leaving only a brief window to capture the alignment. Although the comet was barely visible to the naked eye, the camera revealed it clearly through stacked exposures—one of the aspects of astrophotography that still feels almost magical. 

C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) is a hyperbolic Oort cloud comet. It passed perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) on April 19, 2026, when it was 0.499 astronomical units (AU) (75 million kilometers) from the Sun. The comet was discovered by PanSTARRS in images obtained on September 8, 2025.

The Orion Molecular Cloud Complex (OMC) is a vast star-forming region located in the Orion constellation, approximately 1,000 to 1,400 light-years from Earth and stretching across hundreds of light-years. It is one of the most active nearby stellar nurseries, hosting both protoplanetary discs and very young stars.

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern cone of South America. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south.

Image Details: The final image is a blend of 40 exposures of 15 seconds for the sky 10 exposures of 20 seconds for the foreground. All frames were captured using: Canon EOS R7 Sigma 105mm f/1.4 Art SkyGuider Pro mount

Image & Text Credit: Eduardo Schaberger Poupeau 

Location: Capilla Fassi, Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina

Date: May 8, 2026

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NASA's CRS-34 Falcon-9 Cargo Dragon Pre-launch | International Space Station

NASA's CRS-34 Falcon-9 Cargo Dragon Pre-launch | International Space Station

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is vertical at Pad 40 in Florida ahead of the scheduled launch of Dragon’s 34th Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) Mission to the International Space Station at 6:50 p.m. EDT Wednesday, May 13, 2026. Teams are keeping an eye on weather. 

Watch the Launch here: http://spacex.com/launches/crs-34

The uncrewed Dragon cargo spacecraft is slated to lift off atop a Falcon 9 rocket packed with about 6,500 pounds of science experiments, crew supplies, and lab hardware destined for the Expedition 74 crew. Flight engineers Jack Hathaway of NASA and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency (ESA) will be on duty monitoring Dragon during its automated rendezvous and docking.

NASA's Commercial Resupply Missions:
https://www.nasa.gov/international-space-station/commercial-resupply/

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Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)
Image Dates: May 11-12, 2026

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NASA's SpaceX Crew-13: Spacesuit Training in Houston | International Space Station

NASA's SpaceX Crew-13: Spacesuit Training in Houston | International Space Station

NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins (center) assists Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Josh Kutryk (left) and NASA astronaut Luke Delaney (right) as they practice suiting up in spacesuits in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity

Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Josh Kutryk (left) and NASA astronaut Luke Delaney (right), with assistance from training specialists, practice suiting up in spacesuits in an International Space Station airlock simulator

NASA astronaut Luke Delaney practices suiting up in a spacesuit in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas.

Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Josh Kutryk practices suiting up in a spacesuit 

In these images, NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins (center) assists Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Josh Kutryk and NASA astronaut Luke Delaney as they practice suiting up in spacesuits in an International Space Station airlock simulator at Johnson Space Center’s (JSC) Space Vehicle Mockup Facility in Houston, Texas. Astronauts familiarize themselves with spacesuit systems and procedures and practice Quest airlock operations before conducting spacewalk training at JSC’s Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in simulated microgravity.

NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively. They will be joined by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Joshua Kutryk and Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey Teteryatnikov of Russia that will serve as mission specialists. After arriving at the orbiting laboratory, Crew-13 will become members of the space station’s Expedition 75.

This flight is the 13th crew rotation with SpaceX to the space station as part of NASA’s Commercial Crew Program (CCP). NASA is advancing the launch date of Crew-13 from November to help increase the frequency of U.S. crew rotation missions to the space station. The crew will conduct scientific investigations and technology demonstrations to help prepare humans for future exploration missions to the Moon and Mars, and benefit people on Earth.

For more than 25 years, people have lived and worked continuously aboard the International Space Station, advancing scientific knowledge and making research breakthroughs that are not possible on Earth. The space station helps NASA understand and overcome the challenges of human spaceflight, expand commercial opportunities in low Earth orbit, and build on the foundation for long-duration missions to the Moon, as part of the Artemis program, and to Mars.

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Image Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarcel
Image Date: May 5, 2026

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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Snaps Selfie in Mars’ Western Frontier | JPL

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Snaps Selfie in Mars’ Western Frontier | JPL

In this animated selfie, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover looks down at a rocky outcrop nicknamed “Arethusa” and then appears to look into the camera. This video sequence is composed of 61 images taken March 11, 2026, during the rover’s deepest push west beyond Jezero Crater.

The agency’s six-wheeled geologist took this self-portrait during its survey of an ancient landscape that may predate the formation of Jezero Crater itself. The sweeping backdrop represents ancient Martian terrain at a location the science team calls “Lac de Charmes.” On this rocky outcrop, the Perseverance Mars rover made a circular abrasion patch with the western rim of Jezero Crater stretching into the background. The selfie was captured on March 11, the 1,797th Martian day, or sol, of the mission, during the rover’s deepest push west beyond the crater.

Perseverance is in its fifth science campaign, known as the Northern Rim Campaign, of its mission on the Red Planet. The Lac de Charmes region is an example of one of the most scientifically compelling terrain the rover has visited.

“We took this image when the rover was in the ‘Wild West’ beyond the Jezero Crater rim—the farthest west we have been since we landed at Jezero a little over five years ago,” said Katie Stack Morgan, Perseverance’s project scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. “We had just abraded and analyzed the ‘Arethusa’ outcrop, and the rover was sitting in a spot that provided a great view of both the Jezero Rim and the local terrain outside of the crater.”

During abrading, the rover grinds down a portion of the rock’s surface, allowing the science team to analyze what is inside. The technique enabled the team to determine that the Arethusa outcrop is composed of igneous minerals that likely predate the formation of Jezero Crater. Igneous rocks with large mineral crystals form underground as molten rock cools and solidifies.

Perseverance acquired the selfie—its sixth since landing on Mars in 2021—using the Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering (WATSON) camera mounted at the end of its robotic arm that made 62 precision movements over approximately one hour to build the composite image.

Learn more about how rover selfies are made: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/watch-and-hear-how-nasas-perseverance-rover-took-its-first-selfie/

Celebrating 5+ Years on Mars

Mission Name: Mars 2020

Rover Name: Perseverance

Main Job: Seek signs of ancient life and collect samples of rock and regolith (broken rock and soil) for return to Earth.

Launch: July 30, 2020

Landing: Feb. 18, 2021, Jezero Crater, Mars

For more information on NASA's Mars missions, visit: mars.nasa.gov

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS
Release Date: May 12, 2026

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Galaxy Cluster "Relaxed Now, but Wild Before" | NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory

Galaxy Cluster "Relaxed Now, but Wild Before" | NASA Chandra X-ray Observatory

The galaxy cluster Abell 2029 has sometimes been described as “the most relaxed cluster in the Universe.” This moniker does not arise from a sort of mellow vibe, but rather because of how calm and undisturbed the superheated gas that pervades the cluster appeared to be.

Now, new observations from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory clearly show that Abell 2029 had a much more colorful history than its current state suggests. The latest study finds that Abell 2029 is still settling down after a raucous collision with another smaller cluster about four billion years ago.

Galaxy clusters are the largest structures in the Universe held together by gravity. They are made up of hundreds or even thousands of galaxies, dark matter detected only by its gravitational effects, and a huge amount of gas that fills in the space between the galaxies. This gas is typically heated to millions of degrees. This makes it glow in X-ray light.

The Chandra data reveal clear signs that this cluster did not have a mundane history. Evidence for the cluster’s previous shenanigans comes from the nautilus-like shape in the Chandra data. A team of researchers that analyzed the data think the spiral shape in the hot gas formed when gas in the cluster sloshed to the side because of the gravitational effects of the cluster collision—similar to how wine moves in a wine glass. The sloshing spiral in Abell 2029 is one of the longest ever seen, extending about two million light-years from the center of the cluster.

Computer simulations of the collision suggest that the smaller cluster was about ten times less massive than the larger cluster. The sloshing spiral formed when the smaller cluster made its first pass through the larger cluster, pulling its gas sideways. The gravity of the larger cluster then caused the other cluster to slow down and get pulled back in for a second collision. This drove a shock front and left behind a wake of material, forming the splash region.

Video Credit: NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory 
Duration: 2 minutes, 34 seconds
Release Date: May 12, 2026

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NASA Artemis III Rocket Core Stage Processing | Kennedy Space Center

NASA Artemis III Rocket Core Stage Processing | Kennedy Space Center

In this edited timelapse video, technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida complete operations of lifting and lowering the agency’s Artemis III Space Launch System (SLS) core stage into High Bay 2 in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA Kennedy on Monday, May 4, 2026. Using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the core stage from the transfer aisle to High Bay 2 for additional assembly, teams will connect the core stage to the engine section. This marks the first time core stage assembly operations being conducted at the spaceport for future Artemis missions.

Artemis III will launch astronauts into Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS in 2027 to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and other commercial spacecraft that are needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

Artemis III Misson:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-iii/

Video Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux

Duration: 1 minute, 30 seconds
Date: May 4, 2026

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NASA Artemis III Rocket Core Stage Processing | Kennedy Space Center

NASA Artemis III Rocket Core Stage Processing | Kennedy Space Center

Technicians at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida complete operations of lifting and lowering the agency’s Artemis III Space Launch System (SLS) core stage into High Bay 2 in the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA Kennedy on Monday, May 4, 2026. Using a one-of-a kind lifting beam designed to lift the core stage from the transfer aisle to High Bay 2 for additional assembly, teams will connect the core stage to the engine section. This marks the first time core stage assembly operations being conducted at the spaceport for future Artemis missions.

Artemis III will launch astronauts into Earth orbit aboard the Orion spacecraft on top of SLS in 2027 to test rendezvous and docking capabilities between Orion and other commercial spacecraft that are needed to land Artemis IV astronauts on the Moon in 2028.

Artemis III Misson:
https://www.nasa.gov/mission/artemis-iii/

Image Credit: NASA/Frank Michaux
Date: May 4, 2026

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An Earth Night of Aurora & Storms | International Space Station

An Earth Night of Aurora & Storms | International Space Station

Auroras, thunderstorms, and brightly lit cities streak across this nighttime timelapse captured by European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot during the 2026 Lyrids meteor shower.

Follow Expedition 74:
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Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Credit: NASA/JSC/ESA/S. Adenot

Duration: 52 seconds

Release Date: May 12, 2026

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SpaceX Starship Version 3 Launch Rehearsal: Pre-Flight 12 | Starbase Texas

SpaceX Starship Version 3 Launch Rehearsal: Pre-Flight 12 | Starbase Texas

SpaceX Update: "Launch rehearsal complete. During a flight-like countdown, more than 5,000 metric tonnes (11+ million pounds) of propellant were loaded on the fully stacked Starship and Super Heavy V3 vehicles for the first time."

As of October 13, 2025, the SpaceX Starship has been "launched 11 times with 6 successes and 5 failures." SpaceX has developed Starship with the intention of lowering launch costs using economies of scale. It aims to achieve this by reusing both rocket stages, increasing payload mass to orbit, increasing launch frequency, creating a mass-manufacturing pipeline and adapting it to a wide range of space missions.

"Starship is essential to both SpaceX’s plans to deploy its next-generation Starship system as well as for NASA, which will use a lunar lander version of Starship for landing astronauts on the Moon during the Artemis III mission through the Human Landing System (HLS) program."

Learn more about Starship:

https://www.spacex.com/vehicles/starship/

Download the Free Starship User Guide (PDF):

https://www.spacex.com/media/starship_users_guide_v1.pdf

Credit: Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX)
Date: May 11, 2026

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Moscow, Russia at Night | International Space Station

Moscow, Russia at Night | International Space Station

This oblique view of Moscow, Russia, was photographed at approximately 1:56 a.m. local time from the International Space Station as it soared 263 miles above Europe into an orbital sunrise. Moscow’s sodium‑vapor streetlights create an amber hue, revealing the city’s web‑like structure in this nighttime view.

Moscow is the capital and largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva River in Central Russia. Moscow is among the world's largest cities, being the most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest urban and metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent.

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Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Credit: NASA/Chris Williams
Date: May 3, 2026

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Planet Earth Lightning Flash | International Space Station

Planet Earth Lightning Flash | International Space Station

Expedition 74 flight engineer and NASA astronaut Jessica Meir: "Toward the end of a recent nighttime timelapse from a SpaceX Dragon window, I caught this impressive lightning flash. I was astounded by the size and intensity of this monster thundercloud. The things we witness from our vantage point on the International Space Station never cease to amaze me."

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Expedition 74 Crew
Station Commander: Sergey-Kud Sverchkov (Russia)
Roscosmos (Russia) Flight Engineers: Andrey Fedyaev, Sergei Mikaev

European Space Agency Flight Engineer: Sophie Adenot

NASA Flight Engineers: Jessica Meir, Jack Hathaway, Chris Williams

An international partnership of space agencies provides and operates the elements of the International Space Station (ISS). The principals are the space agencies of the United States, Russia, Europe, Japan, and Canada.

Credit: NASA/JSC/Jessica Meir

Release Date: May 8, 2026

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