The northeast coast of Somalia is pictured as the International Space Station orbited above the Gulf of Aden.
As Webb progresses towards liftoff in 2021, technicians and engineers have been diligently checking off a long list of final tests the observatory will undergo before being packaged for delivery to French Guiana for launch.
NASA researchers have developed new satellite-based, weekly global maps of soil moisture and groundwater wetness conditions and one- to three-month U.S. forecasts of each product.
Astronomers have found the best evidence for the perpetrator of a cosmic homicide: a black hole of an elusive class known as "intermediate-mass," which betrayed its existence by tearing apart a wayward star that passed too close.
Moscow, Russia is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 263 miles above eastern Europe.
The northeast coast of Somalia is pictured as the International Space Station orbited above the Gulf of Aden.
