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ALT screenshot of NASA's Eyes on the Solar System online experience showing the current position and orientation of the Nancy Grace Roman space telescope. The crescent Earth is visible in the distance.
ALT The scene is cloaked in a cool, blue haze, decorated with the warm light of galaxies and stars. Around the center is a jagged ring where the haze appears absent and dark space peeks through. Credit: NASA, ESA, M.J. Jee and H. Ford (Johns Hopkins University)
ALT Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, wearing his spacesuit, descends the ladder of the Apollo 11 Lunar Module, a large structure with golden foil covering its lower half. The Moon's surface is bright and flat; above the horizon, which slopes downward from right-to-left, the sky is completely black. Credit: NASA
ALT The Dunlap Broadside of the United States Declaration of Independence, printed in Philadelphia by John Dunlap on July 4, 1776. The document is headed "In Congress, July 4, 1776" and titled "A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress Assembled." The full text of the Declaration is set in period typefaces, opening with the "When in the Course of human Events" preamble and proceeding through the statement of self-evident truths, the list of grievances against the British Crown, and the formal declaration of independence. The document is signed in print by John Hancock as President and attested by Charles Thomson as Secretary, with the imprint "Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap" at the bottom. The broadside is printed on aged cream-colored paper.
![A close-up detail of the Dunlap Broadside showing the opening of the Declaration of Independence. Partial header text reads "United S[tates]" and "In Gene[ral Congress]." A large decorative drop capital "W" begins the preamble, followed by the text "HEN in the Course of" and continuing lines including "We hold these Truths," "unalienable Rights," "instituted among Men, deriving their just Pow[ers]," and "it is the Right of the People to alter," ending with the opening grievances "He has refused his Assent to Laws" and "He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws." The 18th-century typeface shows the characteristic long-s letterforms of the period. Printed on aged cream paper.](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/HMY4hSwW0AE-mDc.jpg?name=orig)
ALT A close-up detail of the Dunlap Broadside showing the opening of the Declaration of Independence. Partial header text reads "United S[tates]" and "In Gene[ral Congress]." A large decorative drop capital "W" begins the preamble, followed by the text "HEN in the Course of" and continuing lines including "We hold these Truths," "unalienable Rights," "instituted among Men, deriving their just Pow[ers]," and "it is the Right of the People to alter," ending with the opening grievances "He has refused his Assent to Laws" and "He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws." The 18th-century typeface shows the characteristic long-s letterforms of the period. Printed on aged cream paper.
ALT Hubble image of NGC 6426, a compact grouping of a multitude of stars shine in red, white, and blue against the dark background of space. The stars are more densely collected toward the center of the cluster.
ALT A crisp photo of Mars against black space. The Red Planet appears rust-colored with dark texturing along its middle and a light patch on its lower right side. Credit: USGS Astrogeology Science Center
ALT A newly-released photo of our Moon taken by the crew of Artemis II. The top portion is shadowed by black space. This angle captures a mostly uniform, light gray portion of the lunar surface, with darker patches in the lower third. Craters of various sizes are visible all over the Moon’s surface—most easily visible at the edge of the upper shadow. Credit: NASA
ALT A newly-released photo of Earth's horizon taken during the Artemis II mission from the window of the Orion spacecraft. This view shows the hazy, blue atmosphere on top of faded, textured clouds. The Moon appears as a tiny, white dot in the distance. Credit: NASA
ALT A collection of red, white, and blue stars sparkling in the darkness of space. The stars are most concentrated in the center of the image. There is more space between stars as you move to the edges of the picture. Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Dotter (Dartmouth College); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
