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ALT A small, orange point of light at the center of the image is surrounded by glowing lobes of orange and white material. Resembling wheel spokes, comet-shaped orange filaments surround the lobes in a circle, all against black space. White text reads "Hubble" at lower right.
ALT A nebula is at center, circular in shape, and looks like a male lion’s head. In the center is a small, pinkish-white circle with eight-point diffraction spikes, a white dwarf star. Surrounding the star are purple-pink cavernous bubbles and shell-like rings. The bubbles and shells collectively form an oval with two small, wide arcs near the top, reminiscent of a lion’s face and its ears. What appears to be extended outward from the lion’s face is a thick ring of purple-blue material. The width of the ring is consistent throughout and resembles a mane. The area closest to the lion’s face looks cloudy, while the edges of the mane look like there are clumps of dust with comet-like tails. In the background are distant galaxies and stars. Some galaxies are yellow and orange points of light and others have spiral structures. Some stars have diffraction spikes. White text reads "Webb" at lower right.
ALT This enhanced-color image of Jupiter's south pole and its swirling atmosphere was created by citizen scientist Roman Tkachenko using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft. Juno acquired the image, looking directly at the Jovian south pole, on February 2, 2017, from an altitude of about 63,400 miles (102,100 kilometers) above Jupiter's cloud tops. The left side of the planet is illuminated by the Sun whereas the left side is in shadow. Cyclones swirl around the south pole, and white oval storms can be seen near the limb—the apparent edge of the planet.
ALT Neil Armstrong climbs out of the cockpit of the Ames Bell X-14 airplane at NASA's Ames Research Center. Photograph by NASA photographer Lee Jones. Taken in 1964.
ALT Astronaut Deniz Burnham, wearing her blue flight suit, stands and smiles at the camera with her arms crossed. The background behind her is a dark blue. Credit: NASA/Robert Markowitz
ALT Astronaut James B. Irwin, lunar module pilot, gives a military salute while standing beside the deployed United States flag during the Apollo 15 lunar surface extravehicular activity (EVA) at the Hadley-Apennine landing site. The flag was deployed toward the end of EVA-2 on August 1, 1971. The "Falcon" lunar module is to the right of the flag, and the Apollo 15 lunar roving vehicle is on the right of that. Behind the lunar module is a tall grey hill with the black lunar sky above it. In the foreground, numerous footprints can be seen in the grey lunar dust. This photo was taken by David R. Scott, Apollo 15 commander.
