ALT A photo of the site where the potential remains of a supernova. The photo shows an amorphous blob of red light with a spot of blue in the lower center. The background is a diffuse star field in black space. Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/UCLA/Z. Zhu et al.; ESA/XMM-Newton; Optical: PanSTARRS; Radio: MeerKAT; Infrared (JWST): NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and P. Edmonds

ALT An ochre-toned mosaic of 340 images featuring a Martian landscape, captured by the Curiosity rover with its Mastcam Left camera on June 13, 2026 - Sol 4924. Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

ALT An ochre-toned mosaic of 98 images featuring a Martian landscape, captured by the Perseverance rover with its Mastcam-Z Right camera on June 13, 2026 - Sol 1889. Credits images: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU

ALT What's happening to this Sun-crossing rocket? The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, visible on the upper left, launched only about one minute before this amazing image was captured. As it rose to low Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA, in late May, the rocket became supersonic before it crossed the disk of the distant Sun -- from the perspective of the well-placed photographer. The spacecraft's high speed caused bow-shaped compressed-air shockwaves to form across leading surfaces, with at least three visible even outside the Sun's disk because they refract sunlight. The trailing exhaust caused turbulence visible on the lower right. None of this was damaging to the robotic Starlink 10-53 mission, which delivered 29 communications satellites to low Earth orbit as planned. And if that isn't amazing enough - the Sun had spots!

ALT A B-21 Raider flying low over a desert airfield with sparse bushes and a control tower in the background.

ALT Hubble Telescope image of Arp 273: two spiral galaxies interacting to form the shape of a rose against a black, star-filled background.