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By Chelsea Gohd Published
If you were approaching the edge of a spiral galaxy, arriving from afar through the cosmos, it might look something like this.

By Chelsea Gohd Published
The European Space Agency's Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite mission captured a close-up of West Antarctica from its perch high above Earth.

By Chelsea Gohd Published
What looks like a neon pink treble clef floating out in space is actually a bizarre source of radio waves spotted deep in the cosmos.

By Brett Tingley Published
Martian sands blown by strong winds left rippled ridges on the surface of the Red Planet, as seen in this new image from the Mars Express spacecraft.

By Chelsea Gohd Published
A "jellyfish" in the early-morning sky created by SpaceX's launch of the CRS-35 cargo mission on Oct. 13, 2026.

By Chelsea Gohd Published
The Etosha Pan in northern Namibia, the largest salt flat in the country, looks otherworldly in this satellite photo.

By Chelsea Gohd Published
Dark clouds swirl across a star-speckled sky as the Milky Way stretches above La Silla Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert.

By Chelsea Gohd Published
NASA's Curiosity rover recently captured a stunning panorama of a Martian mountain range bathed in golden early-morning light.
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