Christine Lunsford

Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of the Red Spider Nebula, floating hauntingly inside the constellation of Sagittarius.

See the highest-resolution views yet of the explosive star system Eta Carinae, which is 7,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Carina.

Three space fliers set out for the International Space Station beginning their two-day journey to the orbiting lab.

On July 20, 1976, the Viking 1 Lander became the first spacecraft to safely touch down on the surface of Mars. brought Mars to life and set the stage for years of Martian exploration.

The Hubble Space Telescope captured this stunning image of the home of some rare heavy-metal, variable stars.

NASA released eight new Wanted posters recruiting crew members for the future Journey to Mars.

Cassini moves into a new view of Saturn and its rings, revealing a stunning view of the planet's strange hexagonal clouds at its north pole atop its fabulous rings.

New Jersey-based scientist and journalist Ken Kremer and his imaging partner Marco Di Lorenzo combined six images taken by the Opportunity Mars rover to create the new dust-devil mosaic.

His view from the International Space Station set British astronaut Tim Peake up to capture a stunning image of Earth’s moon.

The Fornax Cluster inside the constellation Fornax hosts many galaxies and holds mysteries to be solved.

In its mission to shed light on Saturn and its system, the Cassini mission has uncovered fantastic facts, and images, of the sixth planet in our solar system.

The northern lights dance delicately across the horizon of Earth in this amazing photo taken by an astronaut in space.