Mars-Curiosity - Self Portrait Sun Images of other parts of

Images of other parts of IC 1396 are also available in this gallery

2 Earth days

There's something magical about seeing our beautiful home planet against the backdrop of our home galaxy and joining these two images was something we couldn't pass up

Recalling the famous Apollo-era pictures of Earth taken by lunar astronauts

This image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows what lies near the sword of the constellation Orion - an active stellar nursery containing thousands of young stars and developing protostars

Mars-Curiosity - Self Portrait Sun Images of other parts ofThis self portrait of NASA's Mars rover Curiosity combines dozens of exposures taken by the rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) during the 177th Martian day, or sol, of Curiosity's work on Mars (Feb. 3, 2013), plus three exposures taken during Sol 270 (May 10, 2013) to update the appearance of part of the ground beside the rover. The updated area, which is in the lower left quadrant of the image, shows gray powder and two holes where Curiosity used