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Steve Leonard, taken from Markham, Ontario The Cave Nebula (Sharpless 2–155) is an object that features emission, reflection, and dark nebulae. This... Read more »

Any event in the cosmos generates gravitational waves, the bigger the event, the more disturbance. Events where black holes and neutron stars... Read more »

Severe storms with tornadoes caused destruction in the central US on Friday. More severe storms are forecast for the middle of the... Read more »

During the Space Race, scientists in both the United States and the Soviet Union investigated the concept of ion propulsion. Like many... Read more »

The Milky Way has a missing pulsar problem in its core. Astronomers have tried to explain this for years. One of the... Read more »

These supernova remnants are moving at extraordinary speeds only visible to us in long-term timelapses.... Read more »

NASA and its international partners are set to receive scientific research samples and hardware as a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft departs the... Read more »

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has prepared a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) that analyzes the environmental impacts of implementing continuing... Read more »

Boeing will launch its first-ever Starliner astronaut mission for NASA as early as May 6, 2024... Read more »

Astronomy was the basis of many key beliefs for the ancient Egyptians. They used skywatching to fix the dates of religious festivals,... Read more »

A recent $32 million contract between the U.S. Space Force and Rocket Lab will lead to the creation of a spacecraft to... Read more »

Space telescopes detect on average one gamma-ray burst per day, adding to thousands of bursts detected throughout the years, and a community... Read more »

The private ADRAS-J probe snapped an epic, up-close image of its rendezvous target, a Japanese rocket stage that's been circling Earth since... Read more »

Why don’t numbers end? – Reyhane, age 7, Tehran, Iran Here’s a game: Ask a friend to give you any number and... Read more »

The novel approach to estimating river water storage and discharge also identifies regions marked by ‘fingerprints’ of intense water use. A study... Read more »

The magnificent central bar of NGC 2217 (also known as AM 0619-271) shines bright in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater... Read more »

NASA's DSOC experiment passed yet another milestone, interfacing with the Psyche spacecraft and beaming data back to Earth from 140 million miles... Read more »

The magnificent central bar of NGC 2217 (also known as AM 0619-271) shines bright in the constellation of Canis Major (The Greater Dog), in... Read more »

Identification of Noise Sources During Launch Using Phased Array Microphone Systems  Every part of a launch vehicle, launch pad, and ground operation... Read more »

Seasonal spider-like features were spotted sprouting up through surface cracks near Mars’ Inca City region.... Read more »

Researchers might have located the birthplace of 469219 Kamo‘oalewa, a small asteroid that has been described as Earth’s “mini-moon.” The post Earth’s... Read more »

This review of the Celestron NexStar Evolution 8HD was first published in the February 2021 issue of Astronomy Magazine. It has been... Read more »

At the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, interns from Cal State LA are learning key skills studying the origins of life. What does... Read more »

At the agency’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, interns from Cal State LA are learning key skills studying the origins of life. What does... Read more »

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A strategy for transferring spacecraft trajectories between flight mechanics tools, called Trajectory Reverse Engineering (TRE), has been developed[1]. This innovative technique has... Read more »

This is the way to celebrate Star Wars Day in style, with the 6187-piece Lego Ultimate Collector Series Razor Crest, now $130... Read more »

We're constantly talking about good movies that deserve a sequel, but what about the divisive ones that, while not great, had cool... Read more »

The first woman slated to launch to the moon has delivered one of the first trees grown from seeds recently flown there.... Read more »

Space travel and exploration was never going to be easy. Failures are sadly all too common but it’s wonderful to see missions... Read more »

NASA is working to resume science operations of the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope after it entered safe mode April 23 due to... Read more »

NASA partners with commercial companies to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective transportation of cargo and crew members to and from the International... Read more »

Click or tap each of the links below to open a .PDF of the index in a new window. Downloadable File(s) The... Read more »

If you missed Great North American Eclipse because of clouds, personal commitments, or travel problems, you may be wondering when your next... Read more »

Week in images: 22-26 April 2024 Discover our week through the lens... 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 »

It took the Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission just 13 minutes to reach low-Earth orbit from Cape Canaveral Space Force... Read more »

Waterspouts are essentially tornadoes that form over water. They happen all over the world. In the U.S., they're most common near Florida... Read more »

It’s difficult to actually visualise a universe that is changing. Things tend to happen at snails pace albeit with the odd exception.... Read more »

Visible planets and night sky guide for April and May 2024. On the mornings of April 26 and 27, watch for the... Read more »

Sun news April 26, 2024. Beautiful auroras were spotted last night, and more could be on the way tonight with G1 geomagnetic... Read more »

All the planets now huddle around our line of sight toward the Sun. However, these moonless evenings present us the Spring Triangle,... Read more »

All the planets now huddle around our line of sight toward the Sun. However, these moonless evenings present us the Spring Triangle,... Read more »

All the planets now huddle around our line of sight toward the Sun. However, these moonless evenings present us the Spring Triangle,... Read more »

All the planets now huddle around our line of sight toward the Sun. However, these moonless evenings present us the Spring Triangle,... Read more »

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over part of the Seychelles, an island republic in the western Indian Ocean.... Read more »

Friday, April 26The Moon passes 0.3° north of the red giant star Antares in Scorpius today at 5 P.M. EDT. The pair... Read more »

We are all very familiar with the concept of the Earth’s magnetic field. It turns out that most objects in space have... Read more »

Solar Sails are an enigmatic and majestic way to travel across the gulf of space. Drawing an analogy to the sail ships... Read more »

After careful review of hundreds of applications, NASA has selected organizations from across the country to receive ‘Moon Tree’ seedlings that flew... Read more »

Artists used paintbrushes and airbrushes to recreate the lunar surface on each of the four models comprising the LOLA simulator. Project LOLA... Read more »

I’m delighted to say that in October 2024 Astronomy magazine will partner with our tour guide friends at Eclipse Traveler, carrying us... Read more »

The IceCube detector. Credit: Stephan Richter, IceCube/NSF, Creative Commons The post IceCube researchers detect a rare type of particle sent from powerful... Read more »

Scientists detected the first long-predicted gravitational wave in 2015, and since then, researchers have been hungering for better detectors. But the Earth... Read more »

Image: First Ariane 6 booster gets lift to launch zone... Read more »

A 12th grade artist with a passion for NASA and space took home the top prize for the 2024 NASA Student Art... Read more »

For the first time in five months, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft is returning usable data about the health and status of its... Read more »

A group of astronomers say their data point to a lunar origin for the near-Earth asteroid Kamo'oalewa, and that crater Giordano Bruno... Read more »

The large constellation Vela contains many hidden treasures. The post Sail into the Southern Skies with Vela appeared first on Sky &... Read more »

For the 1st time, astronomers have found methane emission on a brown dwarf. The researchers say that auroras in the brown dwarf's... Read more »

Astronomers used the Hubble Space Telescope to go on an asteroid hunt. They found over 1,000 previously unknown small asteroids in the... Read more »

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The constellation Chamaeleon the Chameleon is a dark patch of sky that lies deep in the Southern Hemisphere and is visible any... Read more »

A centre to innovate the design and manufacture of space hardware has today opened in Vienna. Driving commercialisation in space, it is... Read more »

ESA’s Hera asteroid mission for planetary defence will make a swingby of Mars next March, borrowing speed to help reach its target... Read more »

Well over 5,000 planets have been found orbiting other star systems. One of the satellites hunting for them is TESS, the Transiting... Read more »

Rivers swelled in southern Russia and northern Kazakhstan in April 2024 following heavy rain and rapid snowmelt. This image shows Orenburg on... Read more »

A new study has recovered a 3.7-billion-year-old record of Earth's magnetic field, and found that it appears remarkably similar to the field... Read more »

While ESA's satellite INTEGRAL was observing the sky, it spotted a burst of gamma-rays -- high-energy photons -- coming from the nearby... Read more »

Over the last few years I have been renovating my home. Building on Earth seems to be a fairly well understood process,... Read more »

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland joined in the adventure of the Big Hoopla STEM Challenge held at the Dayton Convention Center... Read more »

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland supported the 25th annual FIRST Robotics Buckeye Regional Competition, March 20 to 23, at Cleveland State... Read more »

NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland opened its doors to Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) students to explore various Science, Technology, Engineering,... Read more »

Maybe everything in the outer solar system is an ocean world. The post How Saturn’s Moon Mimas Might Have Melted appeared first... Read more »

A new study reveals Io's volcanoes have been erupting for billions of years, ever since the small moon of Jupiter 1st formed... Read more »

Watch for the moon in the morning sky - after sunrise - for a few days after full moon. Look west after... Read more »

Astrophysicists have made a significant step toward solving the last puzzle in magnetohydrodynamic turbulence theory by observing the weak to strong transition... Read more »

In celebration of the 34th anniversary of the launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers took a snapshot of the Little Dumbbell... Read more »

By linking a family of meteorites on Earth to their relatives in the asteroid belt, scientists have arrived at a new understanding... Read more »

Sky & Telescope met with readers old and new at the annual Northeast Astronomy Forum. The post Sky & Telescope Joins the... Read more »

NASA announced the winners of the 30th Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) April 22, with Parish Episcopal School, from Dallas, winning first... Read more »

Behold one of the more detailed images of Earth. This Blue Marble Earth montage—created from photographs taken by the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer... Read more »

Astronomers have reconstructed a 3D video of hot gas orbiting a stone’s throw away from our galaxy’s central black hole. The post... Read more »

Despite surface temperatures hot enough to melt lead, lava-spewing volcanoes, and puffy clouds of sulfuric acid, uninhabitable Venus offers vital lessons about... Read more »

Astronomers have produced the first high-resolution map of a massive explosion in a nearby galaxy, providing important clues on how the space... Read more »

Simulated effects of microgravity significantly affect rhythmicity and sleep in humans, a new study finds. Such disturbances could negatively affect the physiology... Read more »

Based on radio telescope data and models of black hole physics, a team has used neural networks to reconstruct a 3D image... Read more »

NGC 4361 in Corvus is a bit of an horizon-hugger at mid-northern latitudes, but it’ll reward determined observers. ... Read more »

This image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) of star-forming region NGC 604 shows how stellar winds from bright,... Read more »

Researchers have found that modern weather models can accurately predict the energy that Earth emits and reflects into space, which directly affects... Read more »

At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, sustainability and preservation efforts here on Earth are as much of a priority as rocket launches, spacecraft,... Read more »

Springtime Leo walks high in the south, springtime Hydra snakes a quarter of the way around the celestial sphere, and the bright... Read more »

Springtime Leo walks high in the south, springtime Hydra snakes a quarter of the way around the celestial sphere, and the bright... Read more »

Springtime Leo walks high in the south, springtime Hydra snakes a quarter of the way around the celestial sphere, and the bright... Read more »

Springtime Leo walks high in the south, springtime Hydra snakes a quarter of the way around the celestial sphere, and the bright... Read more »

Millions of viewers were wowed by last week’s total solar eclipse. Now, we get to see the eclipse from another angle: space.... Read more »

The ocean holds about 97 percent of Earth's water and covers 70 percent of our planet's surface. According to the United Nations,... Read more »

Wide-field photos of the total solar eclipse taken by several astronomers along the path of totality, caught a comet approaching the Sun.... Read more »

NASA Engineer Cindy Fuentes Rosal waves goodbye to a Black Brant IX sounding rocket launching from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia... Read more »

Astronomers have discovered methane emission on a brown dwarf, an unexpected finding for such a cold and isolated world. The findings suggest... Read more »

Scientists have developed a new method using knot theory to find the optimal routes for future space missions without the need to... Read more »

Jupiter aligns with distant Uranus before it exits the evening sky as a bright supernova flares in the southern galaxy NGC 3621.... Read more »

Jupiter aligns with distant Uranus before it exits the evening sky as a bright supernova flares in the southern galaxy NGC 3621.... Read more »

Jupiter aligns with distant Uranus before it exits the evening sky as a bright supernova flares in the southern galaxy NGC 3621.... Read more »

In an approach they call 'nanostitching,' engineers used carbon nanotubes to prevent cracking in multilayered composites. The advance could lead to next-generation... Read more »

A team of engineers lifts the mast into place atop of NASA’s VIPER robotic Moon rover in a clean room at NASA’s... Read more »

NASA will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Human Exploration Rover Challenge when the competition returns to the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s... Read more »

A nearby supernova in 2023 offered astrophysicists an excellent opportunity to test ideas about how these types of explosions boost particles, called... Read more »

The My NASA Data (MND) project supports grades 3rd through 12th-grade students and teachers across the globe in analyzing and interpreting NASA... Read more »

Astronomers have identified the most massive stellar black hole yet discovered in the Milky Way galaxy. This black hole was spotted in... Read more »

The mystery of how Pluto got a giant heart-shaped feature on its surface has finally been solved by an international team of... Read more »

This spectacular image showing the Moon’s shadow on Earth’s surface was acquired during a 20-second period starting at 2:59 p.m. EDT (18:59:19... Read more »

Physicists solve a puzzle linked to JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was just a quarter of its... Read more »

Physicists solve a puzzle linked to JWST-ER1g, a massive ancient galaxy that formed when the universe was just a quarter of its... Read more »

The new era in space flight began on April 12, 1981. That is when the first Space Shuttle mission (STS-1) was launched.... Read more »

In 2022, astronomers discovered the brightest gamma-ray burst (GRB) of all time. Now, astronomers confirm that a 'normal' supernova, the telltale sign... Read more »

An international research team has for the first time directly detected stellar winds from three Sun-like stars by recording the X-ray emission... Read more »

A star's magnetic field must be considered in order to correctly determine the characteristics of exoplanets from observations by space telescopes such... Read more »

EarthCARE - ESA's cloud and aerosol mission... Read more »

Jupiter is easy to spot, shining low in the west at nightfall. Near it are Uranus and Comet Pons-Brooks, tougher catches that... Read more »

Jupiter is easy to spot, shining low in the west at nightfall. Near it are Uranus and Comet Pons-Brooks, tougher catches that... Read more »

Jupiter is easy to spot, shining low in the west at nightfall. Near it are Uranus and Comet Pons-Brooks, tougher catches that... Read more »

When astronomers looked at a stellar pair at the heart of a stunning cloud of gas and dust, they were in for... Read more »

Researchers have found that baby stars discharge plumes of gas, dust, and magnetic flux from their protostellar disk. The protostellar disk that... Read more »

Astrophysicists shed light on the relationship between the Milky Way and the Egyptian sky-goddess Nut. The paper draws on ancient Egyptian texts... Read more »

Research has uncovered important new insights into the evolution of oxygen, carbon, and other vital elements over the entire history of Earth... Read more »

A total solar eclipse is seen in Dallas, Texas on Monday, April 8, 2024. A total solar eclipse swept across a narrow... Read more »

With Sky & Telescope’s editors and writers scattered across the eclipse path, we have dozens of stories to share. Here are a... Read more »

High sensitivity radio observations have discovered a cloud of magnetized plasma in the Hydra galaxy cluster. The odd location and shape of... Read more »

Linking analyses of the moon's gravity field with models of its earliest evolution, scientists tell a story of the moon turning itself... Read more »

Antarctica harbors a large concentration of meteorites imbuing the icy continent with an unparalleled wealth of information on our solar system. However,... Read more »

Captured by cutting-edge radio telescope technology, a chance reactivation of a magnetar -- the Universe's most powerful magnets -- has revealed an... Read more »

Markarian’s Chain is a string of bright Virgo Cluster galaxies straddling the Virgo/Coma border. ... Read more »

NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen, left, Frank Rubio, Warren Hoburg, and UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, right, pose for a photo... Read more »

A team of researchers has shown that molecules can be as formidable at scrambling quantum information as black holes by combining mathematical... Read more »

Scientists may be one step closer to unlocking one of the great mysteries of the universe after calculating that neutron stars might... Read more »

New observations provide insights into whether the birth of the giant planets takes a similar course to that of stars.... Read more »

The CHEOPS space telescope is providing new information on the mysterious exoplanet WASP-76b. This ultra-hot giant is characterized by an asymmetry between... Read more »

You might have your eclipse-viewing plans all worked out, but have you thought about all the other things you might need? The... Read more »

Venus and Jupiter may shine through the blue sky during the April 8th solar eclipse even if the eclipse for you is... Read more »

Venus and Jupiter may shine through the blue sky during the April 8th solar eclipse even if the eclipse for you is... Read more »

Venus and Jupiter may shine through the blue sky during the April 8th solar eclipse even if the eclipse for you is... Read more »

Densely packed, fast-moving stars at the Milky Way's center can collide with each other. New research uses simulations to explore the outcomes... Read more »

“… I've just seen such tremendous things happen since I've been part of the Astrobiology Program, and that's why I'm pretty confident... Read more »

Researchers have used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to make the largest 3D map of our universe and world-leading measurements of dark... Read more »

Watch the total solar eclipse — alongside interviews with scientists and astronauts — with these livestreams. The post Where to Watch the... Read more »

A team of astronomers has used NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to survey the starburst galaxy Messier 82 (M82). Located 12 million... Read more »

What looks like highways going through a metropolitan area are actually a series of glaciers carving their way through the Karakoram mountain... Read more »

One of the great mysteries of modern science is dark matter. We know dark matter exists thanks to its effects on other... Read more »

The primary structure of the Gateway space station's HALO (Habitation and Logistics Outpost) module is one step closer to launch following welding... Read more »

 There’s so much that the Moon offers to an observer armed with just modest instrumentation and the unaided eye. Here’s some of... Read more »

Safety is important, no matter where you're viewing the eclipse. NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station show off their eclipse glasses,... Read more »

April’s evening skies offer plenty of stars to check out. However, aside from Jupiter low in the west, planets are in short... Read more »

April’s evening skies offer plenty of stars to check out. However, aside from Jupiter low in the west, planets are in short... Read more »

“One of my cornerstone pinnacles [is], ‘Show up to work [and] life with integrity and intent.’ So, accomplish your goals with integrity,... Read more »

What? You say you're bored? The evening sky is moonless, the two Dog Stars align vertically, the Big Dipper dumps into the... Read more »

What? You say you're bored? The evening sky is moonless, the two Dog Stars align vertically, the Big Dipper dumps into the... Read more »

What? You say you're bored? The evening sky is moonless, the two Dog Stars align vertically, the Big Dipper dumps into the... Read more »

An Atlas-Centaur launched at 5:22 p.m. EST on March 27, 1969, to send Mariner 7 on its way to Mars. Mariner 7... Read more »

New research has discovered a rare dust particle trapped in an ancient extra-terrestrial meteorite that was formed by a star other than... Read more »

The ALMA radio telescope has detected more than 100 molecular species, including many indicative of different star formation and evolution processes, in... Read more »

For the April 8th eclipse, mobile apps offer everything from weather forecasts to local circumstances. Here's a review of eclipse apps that... Read more »

The interior of the Sun does not rotate at the same rate at all latitudes. The physical origin of this differential rotation... Read more »

Planets form in disks of dust and gas called protoplanetary disks that whirl around a central protostar during its final assembly.... Read more »

Astronomers have found that a previously quiet black hole, which sits at the center of a galaxy about 800 million light years... Read more »

A new image from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) collaboration has uncovered strong and organized magnetic fields spiraling from the edge of... Read more »

Researchers found that the double-lobed object, which is officially named Kuiper Belt Object 486958 Arrokoth and resembles a snowman, may have ancient... Read more »

Scientists captured images showing the development of turbulence as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) interacted with the ambient solar wind in the... Read more »

Astronomers have measured the speed of fast-moving jets in space, crucial to star formation and the distribution of elements needed for life.... Read more »

NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft will carry a special message when it launches in October 2024 and heads toward Jupiter's moon Europa. The... Read more »

Most of our time will be focused on Sun during the minutes of totality on April 8th, but consider tearing yourself away... Read more »

Most of our time will be focused on Sun during the minutes of totality on April 8th, but consider tearing yourself away... Read more »

Astronomers have concluded that an obscure class of galaxies known as Compact Symmetric Objects, or CSOs, are not young as previously thought... Read more »

Two full-scale development model rovers that are part of NASA's CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration) technology demonstration drive in the Mars... Read more »

An orange dwarf star has yielded the tiniest 'starquakes' ever recorded, measured by an international team of scientists.... Read more »

An Antarctic large-scale experiment is striving to find out if gravity also exists at the quantum level. An extraordinary particle able to... Read more »

Whether the Sun will become a dented ball or an eerie crescent of fire, a celestial shadow show awaits you practically everywhere... Read more »

New work aimed to study the star-forming gas in a single radio galaxy. Although the team didn't find any star-forming gas in... Read more »

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows LEDA 42160, a galaxy about 52 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Virgo. The... Read more »

Spiral galaxy Messier 106 in Canes Venatici faces stiff competition there but remains one of the northern sky’s best . ... Read more »

How much time do planets have to form from a swirling disk of gas and dust around a star? A new study... Read more »

Could life be found in frozen sea spray from moons orbiting Saturn or Jupiter? New research finds that life can be detected... Read more »

The full Moon will go through a penumbral eclipse. Comet Pons-Brooks nears its best showing in early evening. And as Mercury fades... Read more »

The full Moon will go through a penumbral eclipse. Comet Pons-Brooks nears its best showing in early evening. And as Mercury fades... Read more »

Astronomers have identified what could be two of the Milky Way's earliest building blocks: Named 'Shakti' and 'Shiva', these appear to be... Read more »

A challenge to space scientists to better understand our hazardous near-Earth space environment has been set in a new study.... Read more »

A fast boat is seen at sunrise after the landing of SpaceX Dragon Endurance spacecraft a few hours earlier in the Gulf... Read more »

A group of high school students from Oakland, California, made contributions to the field of exoplanet research. Researchers worked with the students... Read more »

New study reveals that Europa's ice shell is at least 20 kilometers thick.... Read more »

The first generation of stars transformed the universe. Inside their cores, simple hydrogen and helium fused into a rainbow of elements. When... Read more »

Scientists have created a giant quantum vortex to mimic a black hole in superfluid helium that has allowed them to see in... Read more »

Dark matter is one of science's greatest mysteries. Although it is believed to make up about 85 percent of the cosmos, scientists... Read more »

Astronauts have been able to track their muscle health in spaceflight for the first time using a handheld device, revealing which muscles... Read more »

"I've come a long way from thinking, 'Well, I did this whole dissertation on geysers, what it would take for them to... Read more »

Simulated effects of microgravity, created by 60 days of constant bed rest, severely disrupts rhythmic gene expression in humans, according to a... Read more »

Gemini VI astronauts Thomas P. Stafford (left), pilot, and Walter M. Schirra Jr., command pilot, are shown during suiting up exercises at... Read more »

Astronomers have charted the largest-ever volume of the universe with a new map of active supermassive black holes living at the centers... Read more »

This majestic image of the dazzling green lights of the aurora borealis was captured on March 17, 2015, around 5:30 a.m. EDT... Read more »

In and around the vast Imbrium Basin is a very fertile area for lunar observers. For our Imbrium expedition let’s zero in... Read more »

Mercury emerges in the sunset, far lower right of brighter Jupiter. And don't just arc to Arcturus and speed to Spica —... Read more »

NASA astronaut and Expedition 68 Flight Engineer Stephen Bowen holds a small pie that is festively decorated in commemoration of Pi Day... Read more »

Immediately after splashdown, a recovery helicopter from the USS Guadalcanal hovers over the Apollo 9 spacecraft. Still inside the Command Module are... Read more »

Spiral galaxies Messier 95 and 96 are Leo’s second great Messier duo, after Messier 65 and 66. ... Read more »

Betelgeuse has dipped nearly half a magnitude since late January. Could it be headed for another Great Dimming Event? We also take... Read more »

Expedition 70 Flight Engineers (from left) Jasmin Moghbeli and Loral O'Hara, both NASA astronauts, are pictured inside the International Space Station's cupola... Read more »

The Moon is seen passing in front of the Sun at the point of the maximum of the partial solar eclipse near... Read more »

This image shows two types of sand dunes on Mars. The small dots are called barchan dunes, and from their shape we... Read more »

The Moon sidles up to bold Jupiter, then the delicate Pleiades, then the Castor and Pollux twins. Arcturus, ascending in the east,... Read more »

Antes de intentar fotografiar el eclipse con su smartphone, lea el consejo de estos expertos. The post Como Fotografiar el Eclipse Con... Read more »

Excellent view of the docked Apollo 9 command and service modules (CSM) and lunar module (LM), with Earth in the background, during... Read more »

Los fenómenos astronómicos y terrestres que no se debe perder durante el eclipse solar total del 8 de abril de 2024. The... Read more »

NASA newest class of astronauts, selected in 2021, graduate during a ceremony on March 5, 2024, at the at the agency’s Johnson... Read more »

In honor of Women’s History Month 2024 and those who paved the way for them, hundreds of female staff – from artists... Read more »

This densely populated group of stars is the globular cluster NGC 1841, which is part of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a... Read more »

It's early March, so the Winter Triangle balances on Sirius after dark. The Gemini twins float high across the meridian. Leo jumps... Read more »

As told in the latest episode of our long-running Sky Tour astronomy podcast, this month it’ll be challenging to a special kind... Read more »

Following a launch on Feb. 15, Intuitive Machines’ Odysseus lander touched down in the Moon’s south polar region on Feb. 22 and... Read more »

"Anyone you see on the streets, their color or background doesn't matter; we all come into this world the same way. You're... Read more »

Find time this season to set aside your telescope and seek the night sky's ghostly glows. The post Fuzzy Glows: See Zodiacal... Read more »

A female (left) and a male roseate spoonbill get together near the tall grasses at the edge of a pond in the... Read more »

Conviértase en un experto en eclipses para familiares y amigos en un par de minutos The post Cómos y Porqués De Los... Read more »

La eclíptica, dicho de manera simple, es el plano de la órbita de la Tierra alrededor del Sol. The post ¿Qué es... Read more »

Puppis is rich in open clusters, including the Messier trio of M46, M47 and M93.... Read more »

Members of NASA’s Exploration Ground System’s Landing and Recovery team and partners from the Department of Defense aboard the USS San Diego... Read more »

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features IC 3476, a dwarf galaxy that lies about 54 million light-years from Earth in the... Read more »

The full Moon splits the Sickle, the dawn Moon occults Antares, carnivore constellations stand up in the east, and the zodiacal light... Read more »

The city lights of Shanghai, the most populous city in China with a population of about 24.9 million, and the Huangpu River... Read more »

A lander built by the Houston-based company Intuitive Machines touched down near the Moon's South Pole on Thursday. It was the first... Read more »

Olly Penrice has spent over a year imaging with a Celestron Rowe–Ackermann Schmidt Astrograph (RASA) and finds that, with some fiddling required,... Read more »

On July 12, 2011, crew from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy retrieved a canister dropped by parachute from a C-130, which... Read more »

"You must have grit, resilience, courage, and strength. I'm able to really share all the wisdom and the lessons I've learned throughout... Read more »

The Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis II mission received its latest makeover. Teams adhered the agency’s iconic “worm” logo and ESA (European... Read more »

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander lifts off from Launch Pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center... Read more »

Double stars are wonderful, but triples are terrific! Here are 16 trios to enjoy the next clear night. The post Winter's Finest... Read more »

Photographers at NASA capture the sunset on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, near the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center... Read more »

It’s oh-so-easy to be mesmerized by this spiral galaxy. Follow its clearly defined arms, which are brimming with stars, to its center,... Read more »

STS-60 commander Charles F. Bolden is seen at the commander's station on the forward flight deck of the space shuttle Discovery. He... Read more »

"... Being able to see the world from a different perspective is incredible, and getting to fly in space was the culmination... Read more »

The crewmen of the third and final manned Skylab mission relax on the USS New Orleans, prime recovery ship for their mission,... Read more »

Astronaut Bruce McCandless II approaches his maximum distance from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger in this 70mm frame photographed by his fellow... Read more »

NASA astronaut and Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman exits the side of a mockup of the Orion spacecraft during a training exercise... Read more »

"... it's challenge, service, and building the future. If I don't do anything else in my entire life except for those three... Read more »

This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows ESO 185-IG013, a luminous blue compact galaxy (BCG). BCGs are nearby galaxies that show... Read more »

NASA completed a full-duration, 500-second hot fire of an RS-25 certification engine Jan. 17, continuing a critical test series to support future... Read more »

As told in this month’s Sky Tour astronomy podcast, Orion, the Hunter, dominates February’s evening sky, but he seems unaware of the... Read more »

A successful liftoff from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida as Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft, atop... Read more »

If you like chasing comets, here's a guide to the year's best and brightest. The post The Best Comets to Look for... Read more »

This high exposure photograph revealed Earth's atmospheric glow against the backdrop of a starry sky in this image taken from the International... Read more »

The aerial prototype of the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter is seen at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum’s Steve F. Udvar-Hazy Center,... Read more »