Culture
A 3D comet image brings Rosetta's old observations back into view
NASA's October 17 feature explained a stereo view of comet 67P. The source images were taken in 2015, before Rosetta's mission ended.
October 17, 2026 · 3 min readTHE AMERICAN EDIT
Space
Space pictures arrive with histories that a striking crop can hide. The image guides explain how Curiosity's selfie was assembled, why Rosetta's stereo comet view uses older exposures and what enhanced colors reveal on Pluto. Moon-observing coverage connects maps and equipment with changing illumination, while mission stories describe the instruments and experiments behind the images. Dates of capture, launch and later publication remain separate, so a new picture feature does not imply a new observation. Begin with an observing guide or follow an image back to its documented source.
How the images were made
Compare a rover mosaic, a stereo comet view and a color-enhanced planetary image.
Observing and sky events
Choose Moon equipment and maps, understand meteor visibility and read the aircraft eclipse account.
Missions and instruments
Explore Antarctic neutrino detectors, Crew-13 experiments and Roman telescope launch preparations.
Technology
How IceCube turns Antarctic ice into a neutrino observatory
NASA's October 11 feature revisited the installation of a detector string. The surrounding ice acts as part of the instrument.
October 11, 2026 · 4 min read
Culture
The Moon's far side is not its permanently dark side
NASA's October 10 image feature showed a hemisphere Earthbound observers cannot normally see. Its rough surface also makes an immediate comparison with the near side possible.
October 10, 2026 · 4 min read
Culture
The missing camera arm in Curiosity's Mars selfie
NASA's October 3 picture feature revisited a 2018 panorama. The photograph's construction explains why the rover seems to have taken it without a photographer.
October 3, 2026 · 3 min read
News
Crew-13 launched with a science workload waiting in orbit
The four-person mission left Florida on October 1. Its experiments include tissue research, plant growth, and astronaut health.
October 1, 2026 · 1 min read
Life
A first Moon-observing session starts with the map you can use
NASA's September 19 event came with hemisphere-specific maps and observing suggestions for eyes, binoculars or a telescope.
September 19, 2026 · 4 min read
Culture
Pluto's bright colors explain something a natural-looking image can hide
NASA revisited an enhanced-color New Horizons image on September 6. Its colors help separate terrain with different compositions.
September 6, 2026 · 3 min read
News
NASA’s August 29 Roman telescope image records Falcon Heavy launch preparations
NASA's August 29 photograph showed the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope enclosed above a Falcon Heavy rocket at Launch Complex 39A.
August 29, 2026 · 2 min read
News
NASA’s WB-57 captures August 12 total eclipse above Iceland
The August 12 eclipse crossed the North Atlantic and Spain. NASA's aircraft footage supplied a view from above the clouds and a record of the science in progress.
August 12, 2026 · 2 min read