ALT Artist's illustration of the Chandra X-ray Observatory in space. (Credit: NASA/CXC & J.Vaughan)

ALT NASA astronaut and Crew-3 member Tom Marshburn looks at chiles growing inside of the Advanced Plant Habitat. Crew-3 performed the second harvest of chiles aboard the International Space Station for the Plant Habitat-04 experiment. This plant experiment, one of the station’s most complex to date because of the long germination and growing times, will add to NASA’s knowledge of growing food crops for long-duration space missions. Photographer: Kayla Barron

ALT This Hubble Space Telescope image features the picturesque nebula LHA 120-N44, or N44. NASA, ESA/Hubble, D. Gouliermis

ALT Images from NASA's EPIC (Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera) aboard the NOAA mission DSCOVR (Deep Space Climate Observatory) show Earth on the December and June solstices and the March and September equinoxes, illustrating how the tilt of Earth’s axis shifts the continent’s apparent positions through the year. NASA Earth Observatory/Michala Garrison

ALT A bright, densely populated star cluster lies near the center of the image, surrounded by intricate clouds of glowing gas and dust in shades of red, pink, orange, and blue. Dark lanes of dust weave through the nebula, contrasting with the luminous central region. Countless stars are scattered across the field, with a few brighter foreground stars showing Webb's characteristic diffraction spikes. Image Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, F. Peißker, J. Lu, F. Yusef-Zadeh, N. B. Sabha, C. Chan

ALT A group of student interns stand in front of a NASA airplane parked inside a hangar

ALT A football floats in microgravity aboard the International Space Station, high above the Earth. Credit: NASA

ALT This image was captured at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, near NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. The Moon, in the midst of a lunar eclipse, is seen in the top right of the sky. Underneath it is the Davidson Center and to the left is a Saturn V rocket illuminated by white lights. Credit: NASA/Joe Kuner

ALT Highlighted in purple, located in the equatorial dune fields of Saturn’s moon Titan, Ahmakiq Undae has a diameter of approximately 500 miles (810 kilometers) and borders the roughly 50-mile (80-kilometer) diameter Selk impact crater, to the upper right. Deposits formed during the impact that created Selk Crater are primary exploration targets for NASA’s Dragonfly mission. The yellow box on the global image of Titan denotes the approximate area. NASA/Jason Barnes

ALT NASA’s Orion spacecraft captures the Moon and the Earth in one frame during the Artemis II crew’s deep space journey at 6:42 p.m. ET on the sixth day of the mission. The right side of NASA’s Orion spacecraft is seen lit up by the Sun. A waxing crescent Moon is visible behind it. And then, a crescent Earth, tiny compared to the Moon, is about to set below the Moon’s horizon on the right. Credit: NASA

ALT An orbital sunrise above the Pacific Ocean illuminates Earth’s atmosphere, revealing cloud tops and orange and blue hues outlining the planet’s horizon. NASA/Jessica Meir

ALT Two views of Saturn from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveal a giant, evolving 10-sided atmospheric wave encircling the planet’s south pole. The feature, called a decagon, is the first large, persistent, regular-sided pattern observed at Saturn’s southern hemisphere. By comparing observations taken over several years, researchers found that the pattern has become increasingly distinct since 2023, suggesting they may be witnessing a new atmospheric phenomenon develop on the gas giant. The observations, captured by Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3, were made as part of Hubble’s Outer Planet Atmosphere’s Legacy (OPAL) program, which has monitored the Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune for more than a decade. The “X” and dashed circle in the image on the right represent where data was not captured by Hubble. Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, Agustin Sánchez-Lavega (UPV), Amy Simon (NASA-GSFC), Michael Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan

ALT A lunar eclipse stands out against a black sky. The full moon glows white at the top. The white color of the Moon transitions into a coppery gradient, starting from the middle area to the shadowy bottom. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon

ALT The Earth’s shadow covers approximately 1/3 of the Moon's surface during a lunar eclipse. Gray craters are visible on the white lunar surface. The sky is black in the background. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon

ALT A lunar eclipse is visible over southern Louisiana. The full moon glows an off-white color against a black sky. Clouds surround the Moon on all sides. Credit: NASA/Eric Bordelon

ALT This graphic features the Rise mascot and a Moon. It reads, "Observe the Moon Night Saturday, Sept. 19 - 5:30-8 p.m., US Space and Rocket Center. Free Event, Telescopes - live dj - science shows - photo booth - STEM activities - face painting & much more." Credit: NASA/ Daniel Horton