“Beams of Light on a Golden Lake” was uploaded to Flickr

This stunning Earth image taken by the Expedition 47 crew on May 31, 2016, from the International Space Station looks from northwestern China on the bottom into eastern Kazakhstan. The large lake in Kazakhstan with golden sun glint is the crescent-shaped Lake Balkhash, the second largest lake in Central Asia. via NASA ift.tt/1UiwouL
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Beams of Light on a Golden Lake was taken on May 31, 2016 at 09:34AM

“New Mission Studying Neutron Stars On Track for Launch” was uploaded to Flickr

A view of the Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) X-ray Timing Instrument without its protective blanketing shows a collection of 56 close-packed sunshades. NICER, an upcoming NASA astrophysics mission, will uncover the physics governing the ultra-dense interiors of neutron stars. via NASA ift.tt/1XEqZ4a
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New Mission Studying Neutron Stars On Track for Launch was taken on January 21, 2016 at 09:56AM

“Frosted Dunes on Mars” was uploaded to Flickr

Sand dunes cover much of this terrain, which has large boulders lying on flat areas between the dunes. It is late winter in the southern hemisphere of Mars, and these dunes are just getting enough sunlight to start defrosting their seasonal cover of carbon dioxide. Spots form where pressurized carbon dioxide gas escapes to the surface. via NASA ift.tt/1VKpWxN
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Frosted Dunes on Mars was taken on May 16, 2016 at 12:12PM

“Space Station View of Noctilucent Clouds” was uploaded to Flickr

Expedition 47 Flight Engineer Tim Peake of the European Space Agency photographed rare, high-altitude noctilucent or "night shining" clouds from the International Space Station on May 29, 2016. Noctilucent clouds form between 76 to 85 kilometers (47 to 53 miles) above the Earth’s surface, near the boundary of the mesosphere and thermosphere. via NASA ift.tt/25HBcgZ
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Space Station View of Noctilucent Clouds was taken on May 29, 2016 at 02:27PM

“Hubble Rocks with a Heavy-Metal Home” was uploaded to Flickr

This 10.5-billion-year-old globular cluster, NGC 6496, is home to heavy-metal stars of a celestial kind! The stars comprising this spectacular spherical cluster are enriched with much higher proportions of metals — elements heavier than hydrogen and helium are curiously known as metals in astronomy — than stars found in similar clusters. via NASA ift.tt/1Zj64kh
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Hubble Rocks with a Heavy-Metal Home was taken on May 30, 2016 at 02:00AM

“The Dark Side of Pluto” was uploaded to Flickr

NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft took this stunning image of Pluto only a few minutes after closest approach on July 14, 2015. The image was obtained at a high phase angle –that is, with the sun on the other side of Pluto, as viewed by New Horizons. Seen here, sunlight filters through and illuminates Pluto’s complex atmospheric haze layers. via NASA ift.tt/1PnJjv2
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The Dark Side of Pluto was taken on June 02, 2016 at 05:27AM

“The Little Fox and the Giant Stars” was uploaded to Flickr

New stars are the lifeblood of our galaxy, and there is enough material revealed by this Herschel infrared image to build stars for millions of years to come. via NASA ift.tt/1XgnuRn
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The Little Fox and the Giant Stars was taken on June 01, 2016 at 03:53AM