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ALT This panchromatic view of galaxy cluster MACS0416 was created by combining infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with visible-light data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. The resulting wavelength coverage, from 0.4 to 5 microns, reveals a vivid landscape of galaxies whose colors give clues to galaxy distances: The bluest galaxies are relatively nearby and often show intense star formation, as best detected by Hubble, while the redder galaxies tend to be more distant, or else contain copious amount of dust, as detected by Webb. The image reveals a wealth of details that are only possible to capture by combining the power of both space telescopes. In this image, blue represents data at wavelengths of 0.435 and 0.606 microns (Hubble filters F435W and F606W); cyan is 0.814, 0.9, and 1.05 microns (Hubble filters F814W, and F105W and Webb filter F090W); green is 1.15, 1.25, 1.4, 1.5, and 1.6 microns (Hubble filters F125W, F140W, and F160W, and Webb filters
ALT Illustration showing the surface of Europa, one of Jupiter's icy moons. Europa takes up the bottom portion of the image, with blue-black ridges and canyons stretching off into the horizon. Jupiter looms in the background with its Great Red Spot visible. The Europa Clipper spacecraft transits above the surface of Europa. White text reads "Final Boarding Call! Send your name to Jupiter's moon Europa. go.nasa.gov/MessageInABottle." Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
ALT Circular metallic instrument of concentric circles on aluminum foil, the TAGSAM head from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. The outer ring contains many small circles containing small particles of black dust. The inner circle contains small rocks.
ALT An array of autocatalytic reaction diagrams, superimposed on the surfaces of a variety of colored planets that are rotating around a central swirling nebula of gases. Artist: Ella Maru.
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ALT illustration showing children flying a kit in a field with an enormous spiral galaxy rising in the night sky
ALT Two panoramas taken in the morning and afternoon on Mars are combined to create a color-enhanced landscape image. Both panoramas of the area, known as "Marker Band Valley," were taken by the Curiosity Mars rover's navigation cameras. The detailed photo shows yellow coloring in the sky to mark the afternoon hours and it transitions to a blue color to indicate the morning color. The taupe-colored landscape shows a large, rocky hill to the right and smaller rocky hills in the distance toward the center and out into the horizon. To the left is a rocky outcrop and as we get closer to the foreground the area shows rover tracks along the sandy floor. To the bottom-right corner, the backend of the off-white, dusty rover is shown. Part of the rover's wheel can be seen as well as three of its antennas. The Radiation Assessment Detector, or RAD instrument, appears as a white circle in the lower right portion on the back of the rover.
ALT A black-and-white square image shows the wheels of the Curiosity rover as it navigates a tricky trail on Mars. The wheels of the rover take up a big portion of the image toward the right and part of the wheel connections are shown with wires and zip-ties. To the right, the Martian surface is very sandy with ripples and large rocks. One of Curiosity's wheels is against a big rock and behind the rover are tracks deep in the sand, showing the slippery terrain it had to deal with.
ALT This composite image shows Curiosity's view of its Martian workspace. A large rock is centered between shadows the rover cast onto the surface. Curiosity's "head" is to the right of the rock, and its arm is to the left. The rock itself is roughly a foot in diameter and mostly round, with divots across its rough surface. It is gray/silver. Mars dirt has settled on portions of it. In the rest of the image, the light red Martian surface is sprinkled with smaller rocks and pebbles.
