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How do blue stragglers defy the aging that turns their mates red? Blue stragglers are found in ancient star clusters, where they... 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 »

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 »

This letter from SARA is to issue a waiver for NASA grantees attending LPSC2026, allowing them to be reimbursed out of their grants... Read more »

A major winter storm is set to impact millions across the United States. Heavy snow and significant ice is possible starting Friday... Read more »

"It is exciting to think that Little Red Dots may represent the first direct observational evidence of the birth of the most... Read more »

Seismometers — equipment designed to pinpoint earthquakes — are now being used to track the thousands of pieces of human-made objects abandoned in Earth’s orbit.... Read more »

The Helix Nebula is one of the closest and brightest planetary nebula. It's what's left of a dying star and has nothing... Read more »

Starfleet Academy's third mission is remarkably light on peril, but that isn't necessarily a problem... Read more »

2026 Goddard Memorial Dinner 3.13.26 ISS 25th Anniversary 1.19.26 2026 Amentum Artemis II Rollout Reception 1.14.26 Maryland Space Business Roundtable 1.14.26 2025... Read more »

‘Blake’s 7’ is heading back to deep space as Emmy-nominated director Peter Hoar launches a new indie studio and plans a reboot... Read more »

The Vaonis Hestia, through clever means, turns your smartphone into a smart telescope.... Read more »

Some really unique science can be done during a total solar eclipse. Totality is the one time we can see the elusive... Read more »

Blue Origin launched six people to suborbital space today (Jan. 22). It was the 17th human spaceflight for the company, which was... Read more »

SpaceX lit up the night sky over Vandenberg Space Force Base today (Jan. 22) with the launch of 25 more satellites for... Read more »

"Until now, it was unknown what type of star would remain after the merger."... Read more »

Rocket Lab launched its first mission of 2026 this morning (Jan. 22), sending two satellites aloft for the European company Open Cosmos.... Read more »

3I/ATLAS is the third interstellar visitor ever to visit the solar system having been formed around a distant star.... Read more »

A NASA astronaut on the ISS captured the Space Launch System rocket for Artemis 2, a mission that aims to bring four... 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 »

Trained on data from NASA’s exoplanet-hunting missions, the open-source ExoMiner++ deep learning model uses an advanced algorithm to validate new planets.... Read more »

On Jan. 22, 1879, an annular solar eclipse passed over parts of South America and Africa. The same day, the second major... Read more »

The Core And Filament Formation/Evolution In Natal Environments (CAFFEINE) survey is an "astronomer's best friend," according to the European Southern Observatory.... Read more »

New videos from the Solar Orbiter and the Chandra X-ray Observatory capture magnetic avalanches on the Sun and the exploding remnants of... Read more »

The lunar crescent will disappear below the horizon before midnight on Jan. 22.... Read more »

If humans are ever going to expand into space itself, it will have to be for a reason. Optimists think that reason... Read more »

New observations of “light echoes” reflecting through the Milky Way suggest our galaxy’s supermassive black hole erupted violently in the recent past.... Read more »

The iOptron 80mm scope is easy to use and suited to both white-light solar viewing and nighttime observations.... Read more »

A new sungrazing comet will swing around the sun in early April. There's a chance it could emerge as a bright target... Read more »

"In our solar system, the most massive moon is Ganymede, which is still extremely small compared to what we are inferring here."... Read more »

Visible planets and night sky guide. Watch a video for tips on how to spot Jupiter and its 4 largest moons. And... Read more »

Sun news for January 22, 2026: The severe geomagnetic storms have finally receded as CME effects fade slowly, although minor geomagnetic storms... Read more »

Already recognised for its excellence and even adopted for operational weather forecasting, the European Space Agency’s Arctic Weather Satellite has now fulfilled... Read more »

Where do we live in the Milky Way galaxy? We lie between the major arms in a smaller spiral arm known as... 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 »

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  January 21: Ganymede and its shadow transit Jupiter Take... Read more »

Greg Meyer, taken from Westwood Ranch, Arizona Thanks to a G4-level geomagnetic storm, northern lights were visible in the southern United States... Read more »

Image: A celebrity cluster in the spotlight... Read more »

December and January brought a series of intense winter storms to the peninsula in far eastern Russia.... Read more »

The fact that Crew-11 returned to Earth safely despite unprecedented circumstances bodes well for the success of future missions that go farther... Read more »

As America approaches its 250th anniversary of declaring independence, NASA’s Artemis II mission will carry a host of mementos that reflect the... Read more »

High-precision oxygen isotopes in Apollo lunar soils reveal a persistent impactor fingerprint, showing that impacts contributed only a tiny fraction of Earth’s... Read more »

It may be one of the most iconic sights in the night sky, but astronomers have never seen the Helix Nebula like... Read more »

The Hubble Mission Team has released another image of the space telescope's study of star formation. This image shows the dark cloud... 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 »

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 »

Great Scott! Legends of Tomorrow still rocks even 10 years later.... Read more »

Astronaut Suni Williams left NASA late last month after 27 years of service. She spent a total of 608 days in space,... Read more »

NASA will host two astronauts at 10 a.m. CST Friday, Jan. 23, for a media opportunity at the agency’s Marshall Space Flight... Read more »

Blue Origin just announced "TeraWave," a planned satellite megaconstellation designed for customers who need super-high-throughput communication services.... 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 »

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 »

SkyTracker Pro Camera Mount iOptronWoburn, Massachusetts Optron’s SkyTracker Pro Camera Mount with Polar Scope weighs just 24 ounces (685 grams), but can... 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 »

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 »

"Dark matter can be red hot when it is born, but still have time to cool down before galaxies begin to form."... Read more »

NASA researchers successfully completed a high-speed taxi test of a scale model of a design that could make future aircraft more efficient... Read more »

Bungie's next game returns with a new in-engine trailer and more details ahead of its long-awaited release.... 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 »

With a host of exciting new Marvel and Star Wars releases landing this year, Disney Plus is the streaming subscription to have... Read more »

The photos were taken during a severe G4 geomagnetic storm, one of the strongest in years.... Read more »

The resolution of the Event Horizon Telescope is limited by the diameter of Earth, and our observations of the black hole in... Read more »

So, you’re ready to pack up your telescope and head out again, are you? Well, here are a few more things I’ve... Read more »

The first emergency operation in the history of China's human spaceflight program ended on Jan. 19 when an uncrewed Shenzhou 20 capsule... Read more »

The Large Magellanic Cloud, or LMC, is a key spot for astronomers to study star formation.... Read more »

Back in 2014, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) captured an image of a young protoplanetary disk around a young star named... 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 »

On Dec. 4, 1959, rhesus monkey Sam (named for the acronym for the Air Force School of Aviation Medicine) was launched on... Read more »

Starfish Space just scored a $52.5 million contract to deorbit satellites for the U.S. Space Force, the first deal ever signed for... Read more »

The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-11 mission will discuss their shorter-than-expected stay aboard the International Space Station today (Jan. 21), and you... Read more »

Material science plays an absolutely critical role in space exploration. So when a new type of self-healing composite is announced, it’s worth... Read more »

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Isar Aerospace's Spectrum rocket will try to become the first vehicle ever to reach orbit from European soil today (Jan. 21), and... Read more »

A new study said powerful magnetic fields on super-Earths could help shield them from radiation from their stars, making them potentially more... Read more »

Scientists found woolly rhino tissue in a 14,400-year-old frozen wolf’s stomach. Genomics suggest these rhinos went extinct rapidly. The post New clues... Read more »

Deepfakes are AI-generated images and videos that can fool viewers into believing they're real. They're exploding on the internet, and anyone can... Read more »

The 18th European Space Conference (ESC) will take place on 27 and 28 January 2026 at the Square Convention Centre in Brussels,... Read more »

Chris Cook from Long Beach, California The G4 geomagnetic storm of Jan 19/20 caused aurorae visible as far south as the Mojave... Read more »

Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column.  January 20: Comet Schaumasse slides by some galaxies Ganymede transits... Read more »

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

Orion the Hunter is one of the easiest constellations to identify thanks to Orion's Belt, the 3 medium-bright stars in a short,... Read more »

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Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter spacecraft has... Read more »

How can scientists estimate the pH level of Enceladus’ subsurface ocean without landing on its surface? This is what a recently submitted... Read more »

Newly developing stars shrouded in thick dust get their first baby pictures in these images from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble took... Read more »

"I don't think anyone's made this connection between the surface fluid pattern and the interior properties of these planets."... Read more »

Congress has rejected a draconian budget request, passing a bill that funds the space agency similarly to 2025. The post NASA’s Budget... Read more »

Blue Origin will launch six people to the final frontier on Thursday (Jan. 22), and you can watch the space tourism mission... Read more »

The Ring Nebula is a well-studied planetary nebula about 2,570 light-years away. Nnew observations of the nebula with a new instrument have... Read more »

The origin of super-Earths and sub-Neptunes has been revealed in a system of four young planets that are dramatically losing their thick... Read more »

The total solar eclipse on Nov. 25, 2030, will mainly cross the Indian Ocean, but views will be possible from Australia, South... Read more »

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Maine tonight as Earth reels from a colossal CME impact.... Read more »

Earth just experienced a rare S4 solar radiation storm, the most intense since 2003 — powerful for satellites and astronauts, but harmless... Read more »

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

The US’s federally funded space program has been struggling of late. With the recent cancellation of the Mars Sample Return mission, and... Read more »

Test your grasp of the forces and ideas that shape our universe.... Read more »

Image: Helix Nebula (NIRCam image)... Read more »

We recently discussed the different types of worlds that the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is expected to find that might have noticeable... Read more »

Even though the Red Planet's atmosphere is thin, wind is still one of Mars' most relentless sculptors.... 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 »

"The knowledge of these will ultimately help us understand the formation of the first stars and planets and how our own Milky... Read more »

C/2024 E1 (Wierzchos) brightened significantly ahead of its close approach to the sun.... Read more »

A fast CME slammed into Earth on Jan. 19, unleashing hours of intense auroral activity and lighting up skies far beyond the... Read more »

A nearby active galaxy called VV 340a offers a dramatic look at how a supermassive black hole can reshape its entire host.... Read more »

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 »

Astronomers at the University of Warwick have discovered that black holes don’t just consume matter—they manage it, choosing whether to blast it... Read more »

Hydrogen Cyanide, which is toxic, may have played an important role in the emergence of life. Its unique properties, especially in frigid... Read more »

To explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no one has gone before!... Read more »

Astonishingly, we can identify molecules present in the atmospheres of exoplanets.... Read more »

Humans have always been fascinated with space. We frequently question whether we are alone in the universe. If not, what does intelligent... Read more »

The evacuation raises a question worth exploring: how do astronauts stay healthy in space, and why is this early evacuation so unusual?... Read more »

Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-Earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something extraordinary: powering magnetic fields... Read more »

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The DJI Mini 5 Pro is the best sub-250g drone ever made and redefines what’s possible in this regulator-friendly drone category.... Read more »

"It's like watching a cosmic volcano erupt again after ages of calm — except this one is big enough to carve out... Read more »

Chinese researchers have completed a full end-to-end simulation of the Chinese Space Station Telescope's observing systems, offering a preview of how the... Read more »

Auroras may be visible from Alaska to Colorado tonight as a speedy coronal mass ejection impacts Earth.... Read more »

America's next mission to the moon is happening in only a few weeks.... Read more »

Ancient shoreline features hint that water on Mars once formed a vast ocean.... Read more »

The early stage of giant telescope development involves a lot of horse-trading to try to appease all the different stakeholders that are... Read more »

"Instead of Webb's 6.5-meter diameter, it's like we are observing this region with a 13-meter space telescope."... Read more »

Astronomers have found two gravitationally lensed supernovae that are missing images. Those images' arrival will offer a measure of the universe's expansion.... Read more »

Physicists have unveiled a new way to simulate a mysterious form of dark matter that can collide with itself but not with... Read more »

Inside the cores of ice giant planets, the pressure and temperature are so extreme that the water residing there transitions into a... Read more »

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

When scientists sent bacteria-infecting viruses to the International Space Station, the microbes did not behave the same way they do on Earth.... Read more »

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 »

Week in images: 12-16 January 2026 Discover our week through the lens... 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 »

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 »

SpaceX Crew-11 splashed down safely in the Pacific after more than five months in orbit aboard the International Space Station. The four... Read more »

For years, strange red dots in James Webb images left scientists puzzled. New research shows they are young black holes hidden inside... Read more »

Jets of ionized gas streak across a cosmic landscape from a newly forming star.... Read more »

Dark matter, one of the Universe’s greatest mysteries, may have been born blazing hot instead of cold and sluggish as scientists long... Read more »

The New York–Newark–Jersey City Metropolitan Statistical Area, which spans 23 counties across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut and has a population... Read more »

Schmidt Sciences has unveiled details on four ambitious observatories to monitor the dynamic cosmos, with data from all four expected by 2029.... Read more »

This year offers an interesting mix of celestial coverups: a total solar eclipse viewable from Spain and two deep lunar eclipses (one... Read more »

This year offers an interesting mix of celestial coverups: a total solar eclipse viewable from Spain and two deep lunar eclipses (one... Read more »

This year offers an interesting mix of celestial coverups: a total solar eclipse viewable from Spain and two deep lunar eclipses (one... Read more »

Two new smallsat missions, named SPARCS and BlackCAT, promise to examine stellar flares and explosions in the early universe. The post Two... Read more »

NASA’s Pandora small satellite, and NASA-sponsored Star-Planet Activity Research CubeSat (SPARCS), and Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat, are ready to... Read more »

In new observations, astronomers detect a moving wake of gas in the outer layers of the red supergiant Betelgeuse, offering fresh evidence... Read more »

Scientists have pulled back the curtain on one of the most extreme solar regions seen in decades, tracking it almost nonstop for... Read more »

At extreme pressures and temperatures, water becomes superionic — a solid that behaves partly like a liquid and conducts electricity. This unusual... Read more »

This artist’s concept depicts a smaller white dwarf star pulling material from a larger star, right, into an accretion disk. Scientists used... Read more »

The young, nearby star may be experiencing an episode of repeated, violent collisions within its forming planetary system. The post Did Asteroids... Read more »

Scientists observing the red giant star R Doradus have found that starlight isn’t strong enough to drive its stellar winds, overturning a... Read more »

The accelerating expansion of the universe is usually explained by an invisible force known as dark energy. But a new study suggests... Read more »

Scientists have discovered an enormous stream of super-hot gas erupting from a nearby galaxy, driven by a powerful black hole at its... Read more »

Astronomers have uncovered the long-hidden cause behind Betelgeuse’s strange behavior: a small companion star carving a visible wake through the giant’s vast... Read more »

Hubble has revealed a strange cosmic object called Cloud-9, a dark matter–dominated cloud with no stars at all. Scientists believe it is... Read more »

Images depicting NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket are projected onto the Washington Monument as part of an event to kick off... Read more »

Week in images: 05-09 January 2026 Discover our week through the lens... Read more »

Jupiter is at opposition. Evenings are moonless, and the winter Milky Way arches high over the world. Betelgeuse stands over Sirius. The... Read more »

Jupiter is at opposition. Evenings are moonless, and the winter Milky Way arches high over the world. Betelgeuse stands over Sirius. The... Read more »

Jupiter is at opposition. Evenings are moonless, and the winter Milky Way arches high over the world. Betelgeuse stands over Sirius. The... Read more »

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests Earth’s continents... Read more »

A team of physicists has discovered a surprisingly simple way to build nuclear clocks using tiny amounts of rare thorium. By electroplating... Read more »

Using NASA’s IXPE, astronomers captured an unprecedented view of a white dwarf star actively feeding on material from a companion. The data... Read more »

Artemis II crewmembers (left to right) NASA astronauts Christina Koch, mission specialist; and Victor Glover, pilot; CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy... Read more »

Observers across America may witness a special transit and shadow event of Jupiter’s moon on opposition day. The post An extremely rare... Read more »

Nearly everything in the universe is made of mysterious dark matter and dark energy, yet we can’t see either of them directly.... Read more »

Einstein’s claim that the speed of light is constant has survived more than a century of scrutiny—but scientists are still daring to... Read more »

Scientists have detected a surprisingly hot galaxy cluster dating back to the universe’s infancy. The cluster formed far earlier and burned far... Read more »

Europa’s buried ocean has made it one of the most exciting places to search for life beyond Earth. However, new calculations suggest... Read more »

Around the bright star Fomalhaut, astronomers spotted glowing clouds of debris left behind by colossal collisions between large space rocks. One of... Read more »

Jupiter's having a special moment! Don't miss the giant planet at its best when it reaches opposition this week. The post Big... Read more »

Jupiter's having a special moment! Don't miss the giant planet at its best when it reaches opposition this week. The post Big... Read more »

Jupiter's having a special moment! Don't miss the giant planet at its best when it reaches opposition this week. The post Big... Read more »

NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers captured this image of lightning while orbiting aboard the International Space Station more than 250 miles above Milan,... Read more »

A distant pulsar’s radio signal flickers as it passes through space, much like stars twinkle in Earth’s atmosphere. By monitoring this effect... Read more »

NASA’s SPHEREx Observatory has mapped the entire sky in 102 infrared colors, as seen here in this image released on Dec. 18,... Read more »

Mars looks familiar from afar, but surviving there means creating a protective oasis in a hostile world. Instead of shipping construction materials... Read more »

A NASA internship provides a stellar opportunity to launch your future as part of America’s aerospace workforce. NASA interns take on meaningful... Read more »

A scientific balloon starts its ascent into the air as it prepares to launch carrying NASA’s Payload for Ultrahigh Energy Observations (PUEO)... Read more »

Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field. Rather than... Read more »

Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope. This rare dual... Read more »

Scientists have precisely measured two unstable atomic nuclei that play a crucial role in explosive X-ray bursts on neutron stars. The results... Read more »

A physicist has proposed a bold experiment that could allow gravitational waves to be manipulated using laser light. By transferring minute amounts... Read more »

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the galaxy NGC 4388, a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster.... Read more »

The bright Moon shines over Jupiter, Pollux and Castor on Friday evening the 2nd, then groups right up among them on Saturday... Read more »

The bright Moon shines over Jupiter, Pollux and Castor on Friday evening the 2nd, then groups right up among them on Saturday... Read more »

The bright Moon shines over Jupiter, Pollux and Castor on Friday evening the 2nd, then groups right up among them on Saturday... Read more »

Scientists are uncovering new clues that a cosmic explosion may have rocked Earth at the end of the last ice age. At... Read more »

The Quadrantids and Eta Aquariids will have Moon trouble in 2026, but the beloved Perseids and Geminids should be glorious. The post... Read more »

Astronomers tracking a nearby star system thought they had spotted an exoplanet reflecting light from its star. Then it vanished. Even stranger,... Read more »

Native American tribes each had their own full Moon names — we introduce the most commonly used ones and the traditions behind... Read more »

A newly discovered exoplanet is rewriting the rules of what planets can be. Orbiting a city-sized neutron star, this Jupiter-mass world has... Read more »

In this month’s episode, start with one of the year’s best meteor showers, then spend some time with Jupiter, and check out... Read more »

In this month’s episode, start with one of the year’s best meteor showers, then spend some time with Jupiter, and check out... Read more »

The Champagne Cluster is a rare and beautiful example of two galaxy clusters smashing together. Its festive name comes from both its... Read more »

New high-resolution images show that novae are anything but simple stellar fireworks. One exploded with multiple gas streams colliding almost immediately, while... Read more »

As we age, our immune system quietly loses its edge, and scientists have uncovered a surprising reason why. A protein called platelet... Read more »

Mars once had sprawling river systems that rivaled major watersheds on Earth, and scientists have now identified the biggest ones for the... Read more »

Tour 15 of the sky's brightest stars all in one night on this New Year's Eve! This interactive Worldwide Telescope video will... Read more »

Tour 15 of the sky's brightest stars all in one night on this New Year's Eve! This interactive Worldwide Telescope video will... Read more »

NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover used its black-and-white navigation cameras to capture panoramas at two times of day on Nov. 18, 2025, spanning... Read more »

Thanks to Einstein’s relativity, time flows differently on Mars than on Earth. NIST scientists have now nailed down the difference, showing that... Read more »

Mars isn’t just dusty—it crackles with electricity. Scientists discovered that dust devils can generate tiny electric sparks, captured for the first time... Read more »

Data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and Chandra X-ray Observatory come together in this eye-catching photo of colliding spiral galaxies released... Read more »

Scientists have detected the most distant supernova ever seen, exploding when the universe was less than a billion years old. The event... Read more »

A newly identified region on Mars may hold the key to future human landings. Researchers found evidence of water ice less than... Read more »

New observations reveal that the relationship between ultraviolet and X-ray light in quasars has changed over billions of years. This unexpected shift... Read more »

Tiny ball bearings surround a larger central bearing during the Fluid Particles experiment, conducted inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox (MSG) aboard the... Read more »

Jupiter nears opposition. The waxing Moon pairs with Saturn, then guides the way to the fine telescopic double star Gamma Arietis. Later... Read more »

Jupiter nears opposition. The waxing Moon pairs with Saturn, then guides the way to the fine telescopic double star Gamma Arietis. Later... Read more »

Jupiter nears opposition. The waxing Moon pairs with Saturn, then guides the way to the fine telescopic double star Gamma Arietis. Later... Read more »

Astronomers have decoded the hidden past of a distant red giant star by listening to tiny vibrations in its light, revealing clues... Read more »

When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers discovered that bridgmanite... Read more »

Scientists have discovered a giant cosmic filament where galaxies spin in sync with the structure that holds them together. The razor-thin chain... Read more »

This Christmas, astronomers are highlighting a spectacular region of space that looks remarkably like a glowing holiday tree. Known as NGC 2264,... Read more »

How to start sky exploring with that new telescope. How to set it up right, other key things to know -- and... Read more »

How to start sky exploring with that new telescope. How to set it up right, other key things to know -- and... Read more »

Scientists are digging into the hidden makeup of carbon-rich asteroids to see whether they could one day fuel space exploration—or even be... Read more »

NASA engineer Guy Naylor poses for a photograph wearing a custom Santa Claus suit on the 19th level of High Bay 4... Read more »

From left to right, CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Jeremy Hansen and NASA astronauts Christina Koch, Victor Glover, and Reid Wiseman are... Read more »

Waves of recent star formation have made Orion winter's most scintillating constellation. You can see how it all came to be. The... Read more »

These two galaxies are named NGC 4490 and NGC 4485, and they’re located about 24 million light-years away in the constellation Canes... Read more »

In 2025, NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, advanced work across aeronautics, Earth science, exploration technologies, and emerging aviation systems,... Read more »

Black holes are among the most extreme objects in the universe, and now scientists can model them more accurately than ever before.... Read more »

Astronomers have uncovered a massive hidden planet and a rare “failed star” by combining ultra-precise space data with some of the sharpest... Read more »

By studying tiny distortions in the shapes of distant galaxies, scientists mapped dark matter and dark energy across one of the largest... Read more »

An instrument aboard NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft captured rare ultraviolet observations of an interstellar comet while Earth-based telescopes were blinded by the... Read more »

For years, scientists thought Saturn’s moon Titan hid a global ocean beneath its frozen surface. A new look at Cassini data now... Read more »

We greet the winter solstice. Jupiter nears opposition. Will the two Dog Stars balance for you? And meet the House in the... Read more »

NASA astronaut Don Pettit demonstrates electrostatic forces using charged water droplets and a knitting needle made of Teflon.... Read more »

Cosmic “touchdown airbursts” — explosions of comets or asteroids above Earth’s surface — may be far more common and destructive than previously... Read more »

Gravitational waves from black holes may soon reveal where dark matter is hiding. A new model shows how dark matter surrounding massive... Read more »

NASA Space Apps announced Thursday 10 winners of the 2025 NASA Space Apps Challenge. During this two-day hackathon, participants gathered at 551... Read more »

Justin Hall, left, controls a subscale aircraft as Justin Link holds the aircraft in place during preliminary engine tests on Friday, Sept.... Read more »

NASA Science encourages all people to actively participate in science through activities and resources developed by a collaborative network of project teams drawing... Read more »

Astronomers have detected spacetime itself being dragged and twisted by a spinning black hole for the first time. The discovery, seen during... Read more »

The 5th Annual Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics (STEM) Exploration Community Event hosted by the Coastal Virginia STEM Hub and the NASA... Read more »

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the blue dwarf galaxy Markarian 178 (Mrk 178) against a backdrop of distant galaxies in... Read more »

Researchers have shown that quantum signals can be sent from Earth up to satellites, not just down from space as previously believed.... Read more »

As we head towards the end of 2025, it barely seems like five minutes ago that it was June and I was... Read more »

NASA is now accepting concepts for a new research challenge. The Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology (ORBIT) challenge is a... Read more »

Clockwise from left, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui and NASA astronauts Jonny Kim, Zena Cardman, and Mike Fincke pose... Read more »

The Bassac River surrounds Cù Lao Dung, a river islet district in southern Vietnam, before emptying into the South China Sea.... Read more »

Big Jupiter now rises in the east-southeast less than an hour after dark. It's high in sharp telescopic viewing by about 10... Read more »

The Calabash Nebula, pictured here — which has the technical name OH 231.8+04.2 — is a spectacular example of the death of... Read more »

Great news! We'll have dark skies for the year's richest meteor shower. The post Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks December 13-14 appeared first... Read more »

Webb’s image of the enormous stellar jet in Sh2-284 provides evidence that protostellar jets scale with the mass of their parent stars—the... Read more »