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For the first time, a much younger version of the Sun has been caught red-handed blowing bubbles in the galaxy, by astronomers... Read more »

The Astronomy Activation Ambassadors (AAA) project, part of the NASA Science Activation program, aims to measurably enhance student STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,... Read more »

The Astronomy Activation Ambassadors (AAA) project, part of the NASA Science Activation program, aims to measurably enhance student STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,... Read more »

Mission highlight: ‘That’s Not A Knife’ Rocket Lab is targeting Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 3:00 p.m. EST for the launch of its... Read more »

China's reusable Shenlong space plane launched on its fourth space mission earlier this month. What is it doing in Earth orbit, and... Read more »

One way of studying and understanding distant, hard-to-reach locations elsewhere in the Solar System is to find analogues of them here on... Read more »

NASA and its international partners will receive scientific research samples and hardware when a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft departs the International Space Station... Read more »

A major snow storm hitting the northeast U.S. has been captured in satellite imagery.... Read more »

Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover discovered these bumpy, pea-sized nodules while exploring a region filled with boxwork formations — low ridges standing roughly... Read more »

Description NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover captured this panorama of boxwork formations — the low ridges seen here with hollows in between them... Read more »

'The whole movie is like this big roller coaster emotional experience.'... Read more »

For about six months, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork, low ridges standing... Read more »

NASA’s Perseverance Rover approaches Mars in this Feb. 18, 2020, top-down still image captured by a camera on the rover’s descent stage.... Read more »

This high-resolution still image is part of a video taken by several cameras as NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on Mars on... Read more »

Explore the cosmos and battle aliens with the best space games, from No Man's Sky to Mass Effect.... Read more »

The next lunar eclipse will be overnight on March 2-4, 2026.... Read more »

In the latest delay for the Artemis 2 mission, NASA announced on Saturday that it will roll the Space Launch System (SLS)... Read more »

They were gourmet, but not from any grocery store you can find on Earth.... Read more »

These are the best drones under $500 that deliver some of the latest drone technology despite their competitive prices.... Read more »

Forty million years ago, a star in a nearby galaxy exploded, spewing material across space and generating a brilliant beacon of light.... Read more »

In this episode, Astronomy magazine Editor Emeritus Dave Eicher invites you to head out after midnight on March 3 to observe an example of... Read more »

The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment... Read more »

Elephant whiskers reveal how giants with thick skin and poor eyesight can sense touch with astonishing delicacy, precision and subtle awareness. The... Read more »

On Feb. 23, 1987, a dark water pool detector in a zinc mine in Japan recorded 12 neutrinos. They were the first... Read more »

Satellite spies stunning auroras from orbit during G1 geomagnetic storm.... Read more »

The moon and Pleiades will glow together on Feb. 23 in a striking skywatching display.... Read more »

The total lunar eclipse occurs around the March full moon phase, as the sun, Earth and lunar disk align.... Read more »

Sun news for February 23, 2026: The 1st spotless day since 2022 is confirmed, ending a streak of roughly 1,355 consecutive days... Read more »

Video: 00:08:30 Born in France in 1982, Sophie Adenot is an engineer, helicopter test pilot and colonel in the French Air and... Read more »

Safety and quality management are integral to every program at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, and across the entire agency. That... Read more »

There are only a few days left to apply for the 2026 Graduate Trainee positions at the European Space Agency. Applications close... Read more »

Visible planets and night sky guide. This evening, look for the moon near the famous Pleiades star cluster. Bright star Aldebaran will... Read more »

Hossein Nasri, taken from Seqaleh Desert, South Khorasan, Iran The Milky Way is joined in this panorama by a second arch formed... Read more »

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  February 22: Track three craters on the Moon Uranus,... Read more »

Far beyond Neptune, in the frozen depths of the Kuiper Belt, many ancient objects oddly resemble giant snowmen made of ice and... Read more »

A Martian volcano once thought to be the result of a single eruption turns out to have a much more complex past.... Read more »

Searching for life beyond Earth has rapidly advanced in recent years. However, directly imaging an exoplanet and all their incredible features remain... Read more »

For decades, scientists have searched the skies for signs of extraterrestrial technology. A study from EPFL asks a sharp question: if alien... Read more »

After moving off an early February launch window for Artemis 2 — a four-person sojourn around the moon and back — NASA... Read more »

It feels so obvious that time moves forward that questioning it can seem almost pointless.... Read more »

NASA's Perseverance rover can now pinpoint its exact location on Mars without help from Earth, paving the way for longer, more autonomous... Read more »

On Feb. 22, 1906, German astronomer Max Wolf made a discovery that adjusted astronomers’ view of the cosmos and provided proof for... Read more »

Why do some places wait 1,000 years to see a total solar eclipse while others get two in a decade? The surprising... Read more »

How did Saturn's moon Titan and Saturn's iconic rings form? A new study suggests a huge collision between 2 former moons was... Read more »

Circumpolar stars stay above the horizon all hours of the day, every day of the year. Although you can’t see them, they’re... Read more »

By taking advantage of a maneuver that would see a spacecraft fire rocket engines while in the solar corona, that spacecraft’s velocity... Read more »

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  February 21: A ghostly planetary nebula A lovely crescent... Read more »

Two SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets, each carrying Starlink satellites, launched from California and Florida on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026. The second booster... Read more »

Our solar system hosts almost 900 known moons, with more than 400 orbiting the eight planets while the remaining orbit dwarf planets,... Read more »

On February 20, 2026, the Artemis 2 astronauts entered quarantine ahead of a possible March 6 launch. But, on February 21, NASA... Read more »

NASA on Sunday (Sept. 22) announced that the space agency will roll its massive Artemis 2 moon rocket to fix a helium... Read more »

On Episode 198 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Principal Investigator Dr. Elizabeth "Zibi" Turtle about... Read more »

I tried out Canon's latest vlogging camera for astrophotography, the PowerShot V1 and managed to capture the Andromeda galaxy and the Milky... Read more »

Is an orbiting space station necessary to achieve lunar objectives, including scientific ones?... Read more »

Arnie said, "Get your ass to Mars", but is it really a good idea? We asked the experts about our Martian future.... Read more »

Astronomers suspect the heart of the Milky Way may be hiding a big secret: a rapidly spinning, highly magnetic, neutron star-powered pulsar.... Read more »

For the first time, scientists have mapped Uranus’s upper atmosphere in three dimensions, tracking temperatures and charged particles up to 5,000 kilometers... Read more »

Astronomers have uncovered one of the most mysterious galaxies ever found — a dim, ghostly object called CDG-2 that is almost entirely... Read more »

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have investigated 70 dusty galaxies at the very edge of the universe that challenge our... Read more »

The lovable old-school Toy Story gang takes on mesmerizing modern digital devices in the first trailer for Pixar's "Toy Story 5."... Read more »

When the Perseverance rover was sent to Mars, it was largely dedicated to astrobiology. It's driving around an ancient paleolake, Jezero Crater,... Read more »

If humans want to live in space, whether on spacecraft or the surface of Mars, one of the first problems to solve... Read more »

The NASA/JAXA X-ray spacecraft has allowed astronomers to dive into the metaphorical "eye of the storm" swirling around supermassive black holes.... Read more »

Giant tortoises are returning to Floreana Island after more than 150 years, guided by NASA data that shows suitable areas for release.... Read more »

The solar cycle has ramped up, and it's a great time to photograph this captivating target. The post Solar Photography: Catch the... Read more »

President Donald Trump has issued a statement that he will instruct the federal government to begin releasing all of its files related... Read more »

Your pretty pictures can contain valuable information. The post Science with Astrophotography appeared first on Sky & Telescope.... Read more »

Taking special care of the stars in your astrophoto will make the entire image shine. The post Star Power: Stellar Images with... Read more »

NASA announced today (Feb. 20) that it’s targeting March 6 for the liftoff of Artemis 2, which will be the first crewed... Read more »

Can we use fungus to mine precious metals from asteroids?... Read more »

Panoramic mosaics can show far more than a single image ever can. The post Sewing Up Nightscapes appeared first on Sky &... Read more »

The unexpected arrangement of exoplanets around a star more than 100 light-years from Earth might change how we think about planet formation.... Read more »

Latest-generation CMOS cameras make astrophotography easier than ever. The post Live-Stacking the Deep Sky appeared first on Sky & Telescope.... Read more »

Different filters help reveal the chemistry of the universe. The post Astro-Imaging: Palettes of the Deep Sky appeared first on Sky &... Read more »

Firefly Aerospace is gearing up for the seventh liftoff of its Alpha rocket on Feb. 27, after two explosive events in 2025... Read more »

More and more papers are coming out about the upcoming Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO). As the telescope moves from theory to practice... Read more »

ESA's Proba-2 satellite captured a stunning 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse from orbit — a view few on Earth could see.... Read more »

NASA astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen take off on a T-38 training flight from Ellington Field on... Read more »

Week in images: 16-20 February 2026 Discover our week through the lens... Read more »

Uranus and Neptune will also be on the scene, too dim to see with the naked eye.... Read more »

Being the lightest and smallest camera in the X-series line-up, I was impressed with how good this little camera was for astrophotography.... Read more »

New satellite imagery reveals that Doñana National Park, one of Europe's most valuable wetlands, is shrinking so rapidly that it could disappear... Read more »

Scientists have found evidence for ice-free oases on Snowball Earth, which might have provided a lifeline for early complex life. The post... Read more »

Are there too many satellites? The growing number of satellites poses an under-regulated threat of disaster for spaceflight. But it's not too... Read more »

The constellation Gemini the Twins is home to Castor and Pollux. Learn more about these bright stars, visible on northern winter nights.... Read more »

Scientists have discovered that active supermassive black holes don't just kill their home galaxies, but can also eradicate star formation for their... Read more »

Image: Proba-2's view from Earth orbit of an annular solar eclipse... Read more »

Three of the five naked-eye planets emerge in the fading afterglow of sunset. The first-quarter Moon Tuesday passes as close to straight... Read more »

Three of the five naked-eye planets emerge in the fading afterglow of sunset. The first-quarter Moon Tuesday passes as close to straight... Read more »

Three of the five naked-eye planets emerge in the fading afterglow of sunset. The first-quarter Moon Tuesday passes as close to straight... Read more »

Three of the five naked-eye planets emerge in the fading afterglow of sunset. The first-quarter Moon Tuesday passes as close to straight... Read more »

John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth on February 20, 1962, 64 years ago today. His space capsule was called... Read more »

Just over a year since Smile arrived in the Netherlands in two parts, the now-complete and thoroughly-tested spacecraft has left for good.... Read more »

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over south-central Morocco, near the city of Ouarzazate.... Read more »

How do galaxies evolve? When did they start forming? Those are questions astronomers and cosmologists are working to answer. The standard path... Read more »

A plethora of newly discovered baryonic (or normal) dark matter signals the first step toward the end of dark matter theory. Or... Read more »

Nearly two years after Boeing’s botched Starliner mission to the International Space Station, NASA put the mishap in the same category as... Read more »

Theory says that, under the right conditions, massive stars can collapse directly into black holes without exploding as supernovae. But observational evidence... Read more »

"This is a crucial step towards characterizing giant planets beyond our solar system."... Read more »

"This was a really challenging event in our recent history."... Read more »

For the first time ever, scientists have observed in near real time a cloud of air pollution created as a SpaceX rocket... Read more »

Space debris are contaminating our atmosphere at very high altitudes – and we don't yet understand the effects. The post Rocket Reentry... Read more »

'Together for liberty!' Director Justin Lin will helm this iron-fisted adaptation of 'Helldivers 2'... Read more »

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers have discovered what seems to be a galaxy that is the most heavily dominated by dark... Read more »

Astronomers have found a candidate Jellyfish Galaxy only about 5 billion years after the Big Bang. This is earlier than expected, since... Read more »

The early Universe was a busy place. As the infant cosmos exanded, that epoch saw the massive first stars forming, along with... Read more »

Look out for "Earthshine" brightening the shadowed region of the lunar disk close to the new moon phase.... Read more »

The RAMSES mission to the asteroid Apophis will launch in 2028 to meet the asteroid before its close encounter with Earth. The... Read more »

We rate the Potensic Atom SE as the best cheap drone for beginners thanks to its build quality and value for money.... Read more »

Scientists may have narrowed down the landing site of the Soviet Union's Luna 9, which in 1966 became the first spacecraft to... Read more »

We know galaxies by their powerful illumination, generated by multitudes of stars. But some galaxies can be very dim. These are hypothesized... Read more »

This image of lysozyme crystals grown aboard the International Space Station was taken after the crystals returned to Earth in April 2024.... Read more »

SpaceX landed a rocket in The Bahamas for the second time ever on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026, after launching 29 Starlink satellites... Read more »

Beijing sparkles with Lunar New Year celebrations.... Read more »

Lego Star Wars Venator-Class Republic Attack Cruiser is the best on the market.... Read more »

For the first time, an international team of astronomers have mapped the vertical structure of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, uncovering how temperature and... Read more »

The Hubble and Chandra space telescopes are hunting for rogue black holes wandering through dwarf galaxies, which could provide a fossil record... Read more »

Lunar dust remains one of the biggest challenges for a long-term human presence on the Moon. Its jagged, clingy nature makes it... Read more »

By bringing gravity into the equation, we can focus on effective strategies for managing IBS in space and on Earth.... Read more »

NASA's second attempt to fuel up its Artemis 2 moon rocket appeared to go well on Thursday (Feb. 19), potentially keeping the... Read more »

The European Space Agency (ESA) is preparing for the inaugural launch of the Celeste LEO-PNT in-orbit demonstration mission with the first two... Read more »

"This data provides us with rare insight into how galaxies were transformed in the early universe."... Read more »

Sam Rockwell rocks as a mad time traveler saving the world from a rogue AI in Gore Verbinski's new film "Good Luck,... Read more »

Plus NOAA's GOES-19 satellite spies the lunar disk crossing the face of our parent star.... Read more »

Just a few hundred light-years from Earth, the famous variable star Mira A is huffing and puffing its outer layers to space.... Read more »

On February 18th, the willowy crescent has a close shave with Mercury, so close that it occults the planet from some U.S.... Read more »

On February 18th, the willowy crescent has a close shave with Mercury, so close that it occults the planet from some U.S.... Read more »

On February 18th, the willowy crescent has a close shave with Mercury, so close that it occults the planet from some U.S.... Read more »

On February 18th, the willowy crescent has a close shave with Mercury, so close that it occults the planet from some U.S.... Read more »

Traversing the galaxy from places yet known, a few interstellar objects have taken a quick dip into our solar system. Astronomers look... Read more »

Fishing boats illuminate the Arabian Sea along India’s west coast with green lights designed to attract squid, shrimp, sardines, and mackerel in... Read more »

There’s been plenty in the news about 3I/ATLAS over the course of the past 8 months. Our third confirmed interstellar visitor went... Read more »

We know that supermassive black holes can inhibit star formation in their galaxies. But new research and JWST observations show that the... Read more »

Master the basics of the most popular astronomical image-processing software. The post Astrophotography: Primer for PixInsight appeared first on Sky & Telescope.... Read more »

Here’s all you need to know to help measure the size of Earth’s shadow during the next lunar eclipse. The post Gauge... Read more »

When we think of ice on Mars, we typically think of the poles, where we can see it visibly through probes and... Read more »

Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the Moon is still contracting... Read more »

The Milky Way's center is densely-packed with stars and there should be abundant pulsars there. But for some reason, we can't find... Read more »

Here's how you can contribute to the science of astronomy. The post Photometry: Measuring the Stars appeared first on Sky & Telescope.... Read more »

Northern Japan, especially the island of Hokkaido, is home to some of the snowiest cities in the world. Sapporo, the island's largest... Read more »

Scientists scanning the heart of the Milky Way have spotted a tantalizing signal: a possible ultra-fast pulsar spinning every 8.19 milliseconds near... Read more »

New data from major dark-energy observatories suggest the universe may not expand forever after all. A Cornell physicist calculates that the cosmos... Read more »

After a recent explosive outburst, Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is bright enough to see in a medium-sized telescope. The post Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Bursts as... Read more »

After a recent explosive outburst, Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is bright enough to see in a medium-sized telescope. The post Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Bursts as... Read more »

After a recent explosive outburst, Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is bright enough to see in a medium-sized telescope. The post Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Bursts as... Read more »

After a recent explosive outburst, Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann is bright enough to see in a medium-sized telescope. The post Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann Bursts as... Read more »

A massive star 2.5 million light-years away simply vanished — and astronomers now know why. Instead of exploding in a supernova, it... Read more »

Astronomers have uncovered a distant planetary system that flips a long-standing rule of planet formation on its head. Around the small red... Read more »

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company's Dragon spacecraft is launched on NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station... Read more »

A dazzling new Hubble image peels back the layers of the mysterious Egg Nebula, a rare and fleeting phase in a Sun-like... Read more »

Three planets await you in the western twilight, though low Venus is a toughie. The crescent Moon passes them and, for the... Read more »

Three planets await you in the western twilight, though low Venus is a toughie. The crescent Moon passes them and, for the... Read more »

Three planets await you in the western twilight, though low Venus is a toughie. The crescent Moon passes them and, for the... Read more »

Three planets await you in the western twilight, though low Venus is a toughie. The crescent Moon passes them and, for the... Read more »

Dust from asteroid Bennu is revealing a surprising origin story for life’s building blocks. New research suggests some amino acids formed in... Read more »

Scientists have uncovered evidence of a massive underground lava tube hidden beneath the surface of Venus, revealing a new layer of the... Read more »

Astronomers might have spotted a star in the Andromeda Galaxy collapsing directly into a black hole, without the accompanying fanfare of a... Read more »

Astrophotography with remotely operated telescopes is easier than you might think. The post Astro-Imaging from a Distance: A Remote Experience appeared first... Read more »

Here's a different approach to recording deep-sky targets over natural and urban landscapes. The post A New Approach to Nightscapes: Urban Deepscaping... Read more »

Here's how you can add a personal element to your solar eclipse photography. The post Photograph the Solar Eclipse: Interacting with Totality... Read more »

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals the clearest view yet of the Egg Nebula. This structure of gas and dust was created by... Read more »

A newly identified planet candidate, HD 137010 b, looks strikingly Earth-like in size and orbit — but it may be colder than... Read more »

Scientists studying a rock sample collected by NASA’s Curiosity rover have uncovered something tantalizing: the largest organic molecules ever detected on Mars.... Read more »

Deep inside a nearby galaxy cloaked in thick clouds of gas and dust, astronomers have uncovered a surprising treasure trove of organic... Read more »

Astronomers might have found a moon half the mass of Jupiter orbiting in a nearby system, based on the wobbles of its... Read more »

From left, NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 crew members – Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev, NASA astronauts Jack Hathaway and Jessica Meir, and ESA (European... Read more »

For millions of years, a frozen wanderer drifted between the stars before slipping into our solar system as 3I/ATLAS—only the third known... Read more »

A distant star system with four super-sized gas giants has revealed a surprise. Thanks to JWST’s powerful vision, astronomers detected sulfur in... Read more »

Here’s some crystal-clear advice for you Valentine’s Day travellers this February. Head for the outer Solar System, where it is a jewellery-lover’s... Read more »

A pair of CubeSats designed by college students from around the world is deployed into Earth orbit from a small satellite orbital... Read more »

Time may feel smooth and continuous, but at the quantum level it behaves very differently. Physicists have now found a way to... Read more »

The New York metropolitan area was showing the effects of a prolonged cold spell in late January 2026. During a stretch of... Read more »

Baker’s yeast isn’t just useful in the kitchen — it may also be built for space. Researchers found that yeast cells can... Read more »

A colossal ancient impact may have reshaped the Moon far more deeply than scientists once realized. By analyzing rare lunar rocks brought... Read more »

Voyager 2’s flyby of Uranus in 1986 recorded radiation levels so extreme they baffled scientists for nearly 40 years. New research suggests... Read more »

Astronomers propose that an ultra-dense clump of exotic dark matter could be masquerading as the powerful object thought to anchor our galaxy,... Read more »

NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this image of a solar flare — seen as the bright flash toward the upper middle —... Read more »

The Winter Hexagon encompasses the brightest winter stars. Near Orion, the Big Dog prances and the Hare crouches. And the moonless dark... Read more »

The Winter Hexagon encompasses the brightest winter stars. Near Orion, the Big Dog prances and the Hare crouches. And the moonless dark... Read more »

The Winter Hexagon encompasses the brightest winter stars. Near Orion, the Big Dog prances and the Hare crouches. And the moonless dark... Read more »

Scientists have found that ancient Martian lakes could have survived for decades despite freezing air temperatures. Using a newly adapted climate model,... Read more »

What does a welder do? A welder uses tools that join two or more parts through forces such as heat or pressure.... Read more »

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 7722, a lenticular galaxy located about 187 million light-years away, features concentric rings of... Read more »

THIS PAGE WAS UPDATED ON FEBRUARY 4, 2026 This Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate (ARMD) solicitations page compiles the opportunities to collaborate with... Read more »

A distant Kreutz comet heading our way may grow a glorious tail in April. The post New Kreutz Comet C/2026 A1 May... Read more »

A distant Kreutz comet heading our way may grow a glorious tail in April. The post New Kreutz Comet C/2026 A1 May... Read more »

A distant Kreutz comet heading our way may grow a glorious tail in April. The post New Kreutz Comet C/2026 A1 May... Read more »

The Varda Space Industries W-5 capsule returned to Earth in Koonibba in South Australia on Jan. 29, 2026, with the protection of... Read more »

A full moon is seen shining over NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft, atop the mobile launcher in the early... Read more »

Astronomers have produced the most detailed map yet of dark matter, revealing the invisible framework that shaped the Universe long before stars... Read more »

NASA astronaut Chris Williams will connect with students in Pennsylvania to answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard... Read more »

NASA's Orion spacecraft sits atop the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket at the launch pad after rollout on Jan. 17, 2026.... Read more »

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 team has entered a carefully controlled two-week quarantine as the countdown begins for their journey to the International Space... Read more »

Hidden lava tunnels on the Moon and Mars could one day shelter human explorers, offering natural protection from radiation and space debris.... Read more »

A newly detected gravitational wave, GW250114, is giving scientists their clearest look yet at a black hole collision—and a powerful way to... Read more »

In this month’s episode, go on a tour of the stars and planets that you’ll see overhead during February. First we’ll keep... Read more »

In this month’s episode, go on a tour of the stars and planets that you’ll see overhead during February. First we’ll keep... Read more »

Jupiter’s swirling storms have concealed its true makeup for centuries, but a new model is finally peeling back the clouds. Researchers found... Read more »

A young star called V1298 Tau is giving astronomers a front-row seat to the birth of the galaxy’s most common planets. Four... Read more »

NASA’s Perseverance rover has just made history by driving across Mars using routes planned by artificial intelligence instead of human operators. A... Read more »

Deep Space Station 15 (DSS-15), one of the 112-foot (34-meter) antennas at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex near Barstow, California, looks... Read more »

The dazzling Moon occults Regulus Monday night while Regulus is busy announcing February. Betelgeuse turns the Winter Hexagon into the Heavenly G.... Read more »

The dazzling Moon occults Regulus Monday night while Regulus is busy announcing February. Betelgeuse turns the Winter Hexagon into the Heavenly G.... Read more »

The dazzling Moon occults Regulus Monday night while Regulus is busy announcing February. Betelgeuse turns the Winter Hexagon into the Heavenly G.... Read more »

Get ready for a month packed full of thrilling Moon-related events! From occultations of stars and planets, and even an eclipse, the... Read more »

NASA has awarded more than $5 million to 29 institutions nationwide to expand and strengthen science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) learning... Read more »

A new image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope of a portion of the Helix Nebula highlights comet-like knots, fierce stellar winds,... Read more »

This stellar landscape is reminiscent of a winter vista in a view from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (red, green, and blue).... Read more »

Low-Earth orbit is more crowded—and fragile—than it looks. Satellites constantly weave past each other, burning fuel and making dozens of evasive maneuvers... Read more »

JWST has revealed a strange early universe filled with ultra-bright “blue monster” galaxies, mysterious “little red dots,” and black holes that seem... Read more »

For the first time, astronomers have captured radio signals from a rare exploding star, exposing what happened in the years leading up... Read more »

A repeating fast radio burst has just given up one of its biggest secrets. Long-term observations revealed a rare signal flare caused... Read more »

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s 2024 NIRCam image shows protostar EC 53 circled. Researchers using new data from Webb’s MIRI proved that... Read more »

Bright white rocks spotted by NASA’s Perseverance rover are rewriting what we thought we knew about ancient Mars. These aluminum-rich clays, called... Read more »

A seemingly serene landscape of gas and dust is hopping with star formation behind the scenes.... Read more »

Astronomers may have finally cracked one of the universe’s biggest mysteries: how black holes grew so enormous so fast after the Big... Read more »

Webb’s latest image of the Helix Nebula reveals a dramatic close-up of a dying star shedding its outer layers. The detailed view... Read more »

We were profoundly saddened to be informed of Dr Allan Chapman’s passing last week. A few months shy of his 80th birthday,... Read more »

NASA is moving into a new phase of space exploration, with major progress across human spaceflight, science missions, and advanced technology. In... Read more »

Falling space junk is becoming a real-world hazard, and scientists have found a clever new way to track it using instruments already... Read more »

A distant Sun-like star suddenly went dark for months, stunning astronomers who quickly realized something massive was passing in front of it.... Read more »

A groundbreaking new radio image reveals the Milky Way in more detail than ever before, using low-frequency radio “colors” to map the... Read more »

Astronomers have spotted a rare, rule-breaking quasar in the early Universe that appears to be growing its central black hole at an... Read more »

A green and red aurora streams across Earth’s horizon above the city lights of Europe in this Jan. 19, 2026, photograph, which... Read more »

Europa’s subsurface ocean might be getting fed after all. Scientists found that salty, nutrient-rich surface ice can become heavy enough to break... Read more »

The waxing Moon marches east across the evening sky. It says hello to binary Gamma Arietis on Saturday, then occults some of... Read more »

The waxing Moon marches east across the evening sky. It says hello to binary Gamma Arietis on Saturday, then occults some of... Read more »

The Space Shuttle Challenger Memorial is seen during a wreath laying ceremony that was part of NASA's Day of Remembrance, Thursday, Jan.... Read more »

NASA astronaut Suni Williams has retired after 27 years of service and a career defined by endurance, leadership, and firsts in space.... Read more »

Mira the Wonderful is back! Of course, it's always been there, but now it's near maximum brightness and easily visible with the... Read more »

Mira the Wonderful is back! Of course, it's always been there, but now it's near maximum brightness and easily visible with the... Read more »

In fall 2025, more than 50 educators and over 1,500 young people across Maine and New Hampshire participated in NASA’s Global Learning... Read more »

The goal of NASA’s Universe of Learning (UoL) is to connect the public to the data, discoveries, and experts that span NASA’s... Read more »

NASA's massive Crawler-Transporter, upgraded for the Artemis program, carried the agency's SLS (Space Launch System) and Orion spacecraft on the Mobile Launcher... Read more »

New experiments reveal that protein precursors can form naturally in deep space under extreme cold and radiation. Scientists found that simple amino... Read more »

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Solar Orbiter has captured the clearest evidence yet that a solar flare grows through a cascading “magnetic avalanche.” Small, weak magnetic disturbances... Read more »

A bright reflection nebula shares the stage with a protostar and planet-forming disk in this Hubble image.... Read more »

After the Big Bang, the Universe entered a long, dark period before the first stars formed. During this era, hydrogen emitted a... Read more »

Astronomers have captured the most dramatic view yet of a planet losing its atmosphere, watching the ultra-hot gas giant WASP-121b for an... Read more »

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NASA’s Artemis II rocket has reached its launch pad after a painstaking overnight crawl across Kennedy Space Center. Engineers are now preparing... Read more »

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A huge bar of iron has been discovered lurking inside the iconic Ring Nebula. The structure is enormous, spanning hundreds of times... Read more »

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NASA’s crawler-transporter 2 moves toward the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. The... Read more »

A potentially large member of the Kreutz family comets is speeding its way to a perihelion encounter during the first week of... Read more »

This winter the biggest planet is the brightest. The brightest star pins the Winter Triangle. And did you know Capella and Rigel... Read more »

This winter the biggest planet is the brightest. The brightest star pins the Winter Triangle. And did you know Capella and Rigel... Read more »