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Welcome to NASA Aeronautics’ live update page with news about NASA events and other festivities taking place throughout the week at EAA... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: July 26, 2024 - 11:00 pmNASA astronauts hold their own Summer Olympics in space (video)
NASA astronauts held their own mini-Olympics on the International Space Station to mark the start of the Summer Games here on Earth.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: July 26, 2024 - 10:00 pmSpaceX Moves Ahead With Falcon 9 Launches After FAA Go-Ahead
The Federal Aviation Administration has ruled that SpaceX can resume Falcon 9 rocket launches while the investigation into a failed July 11... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: July 26, 2024 - 9:09 pmSpaceX's historic Polaris Dawn astronaut mission delayed until mid-August
SpaceX is now eyeing mid- to late August for the launch of the Polaris Dawn astronaut mission, which will feature the first-ever... Read more »Source: Space | Published: July 26, 2024 - 9:00 pmA moon of Uranus could have a hidden ocean, James Webb Space Telescope finds
Astronomers have found that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, has some of the most carbon dioxide-rich deposits in the solar system, hinting... Read more »Source: Space | Published: July 26, 2024 - 7:59 pmSun blasts out most powerful flare of current solar cycle, sends massive coronal mass ejection into space (video)
A solar flare on July 23 was even bigger than a previous one that triggered May's global aurora storm, but this one... Read more »Source: Space | Published: July 26, 2024 - 7:29 pmThree NASA Interns Expand Classroom Access to NASA Data
This summer, NASA welcomed interns with professional teaching experience to help make the agency’s data more interactive and accessible in the classroom.... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: July 26, 2024 - 7:20 pmThree NASA Interns Expand Classroom Access to NASA Data
This summer, NASA welcomed interns with professional teaching experience to help make the agency’s data more interactive and accessible in the classroom.... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: July 26, 2024 - 7:20 pm'Wonderlab' host Emily Calandrelli will fly to suborbital space with Blue Origin
The Space Gal is headed into orbit, as part of Space for Humanity's Citizen Astronaut Program.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: July 26, 2024 - 7:00 pmHubble Images a Classic Spiral
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image is a wonderfully detailed snapshot of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430 that lies 100 million light-years... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 26, 2024 - 6:40 pmHubble Images a Classic Spiral
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image treats viewers to a wonderfully detailed snapshot of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430 that lies 100 million light-years... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: July 26, 2024 - 6:38 pmSpaceX moving Crew Dragon splashdowns to West Coast after multiple space debris incidents
The four astronauts flying aboard SpaceX Crew Dragon are supposed to launch no earlier than Aug. 18 and splash down near Florida.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: July 26, 2024 - 6:31 pmInternational Space Station: Live updates
Find out what's going on at the International Space Station.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: July 26, 2024 - 5:57 pmISS astronaut captures auroras and a meteor in stunning timelapse from space (video)
Auroras, stars and a fleeting meteor are captured in a mesmerizing new view from the International Space Station.... Read more »Source: Space | Published: July 26, 2024 - 5:30 pmEurope's JUICE Jupiter probe flies by Earth on Aug. 20, and it may be visible to some skywatchers
Europe's JUICE Jupiter spacecraft will swing past Earth on Aug. 20, and some skywatchers in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Ocean region... Read more »Source: Space | Published: July 26, 2024 - 5:00 pmNASA Returns to Arctic Studying Summer Sea Ice Melt
What happens in the Arctic doesn’t stay in the Arctic, and a new NASA mission is helping improve data modeling and increasing... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: July 26, 2024 - 4:38 pmSpaceX to bounce back from Falcon 9 failure with Starlink launch early on July 27
SpaceX plans to launch 23 of its Starlink broadband satellites early Saturday morning (July 27), on the company's first mission since a... Read more »Source: Space | Published: July 26, 2024 - 4:30 pmWeek in images: 22-26 July 2024
Week in images: 22-26 July 2024 Discover our week through the lens... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: July 26, 2024 - 1:10 pmJWST directly images a surprise super-Jupiter planet
A case of cosmic mistaken identity led to astronomers finding a new exoplanet where an old one should have been. The world,... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: July 26, 2024 - 1:03 pm2024 Full Moon calendar: When to see the Full Moon and phases
The phenomenon of a Full Moon arises when our planet, Earth, is precisely sandwiched between the Sun and the Moon. This alignment... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: July 26, 2024 - 12:06 pm- Video
Starliner astronauts: ‘Great progress,’ but no return date
In a press briefing July 25, 2024, NASA and Boeing again gave no firm date for the return from ISS for the... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: July 26, 2024 - 12:00 pm Martian rock crushed by Curiosity hides a surprise!
The rover Curiosity found sulfur crystals in a Martian rock for the first time. Researchers say they shouldn't be there and are... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: July 26, 2024 - 11:45 amSummer meteor showers are here: Top 10 tips for watching
Meteor showers are unpredictable but nothing beats them for a fun and relaxing time under the stars. Here's our 10 tips to... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: July 26, 2024 - 11:40 amSun news July 26: Geomagnetic storming earlier, more tonight
Sun news for July 26, 2024. Moderate activity continues with 2 M flares. A geomagnetic storm this morning should be followed by... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: July 26, 2024 - 11:35 amDelta Aquariid meteor shower: All you need to know in 2024
The nominal peak of the Delta Aquariid meteor shower is late July. But the shower rambles along steadily for weeks and intermingles... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: July 26, 2024 - 11:30 am- Video
Radiant point of meteor showers: All you need to know
Meteors enter Earth's atmosphere on parallel paths. So, you'll see meteors appear to come from a single point in the sky: the... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: July 26, 2024 - 11:18 am Learn how to shoot photos of meteors
Want to try to shoot photos of meteors with your camera? The first step is planning. The next step is to gather... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: July 26, 2024 - 11:05 amHubble Images a Classic Spiral
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image treats viewers to a wonderfully detailed snapshot of the spiral galaxy NGC 3430 that lies 100... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: July 26, 2024 - 11:00 amVisible planets and night sky guide for July and August
Visible planets and night sky guide for July 2024. It’s summer meteor time! Follow these tips to optimize your chances of seeing... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: July 26, 2024 - 9:20 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 26 – August 3
Very low in the west in bright twilight, have you picked up Venus yet? Binoculars help. Much tougher will be Mercury and... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 26, 2024 - 8:40 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 26 – August 3
Very low in the west in bright twilight, have you picked up Venus yet? Binoculars help. Much tougher will be Mercury and... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 26, 2024 - 8:40 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 26 – August 3
Very low in the west in bright twilight, have you picked up Venus yet? Binoculars help. Much tougher will be Mercury and... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 26, 2024 - 8:40 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 26 – August 3
Very low in the west in bright twilight, have you picked up Venus yet? Binoculars help. Much tougher will be Mercury and... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 26, 2024 - 8:40 amEarth from Space: Paris in focus
Image: This striking high-resolution image offers an in-depth view of central Paris, allowing you to explore and zoom into the city’s most... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: July 26, 2024 - 8:00 amSee 3 small constellations near the Summer Triangle
You need a dark country sky to see these 3 small constellations: Vulpecula, Delphinus and Sagitta. They are all near the Summer... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: July 26, 2024 - 7:22 amThe Sky This Week from July 26 to August 2: Catch the Southern Delta Aquariids
Friday, July 26With a good dark window between sunset and moonrise, take a look this evening at two famous galaxies: M81 and... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: July 26, 2024 - 5:00 amIs This How You Get Hot Jupiters?
When we think of Jupiter-type planets, we usually picture massive cloud-covered worlds orbiting far from their stars. That distance keeps their volatile... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: July 26, 2024 - 2:01 amNow Uranus’ Moon Ariel Might Have an Ocean too
Venus is known for being really quite inhospitable with high surface temperatures and Mars is known for its rusty red horizons. Even... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: July 25, 2024 - 10:52 pmWhy is JWST Having So Much Trouble with the TRAPPIST-1 System?
When the James Webb Space Telescope was launched it came with a fanfare expecting amazing things, much like the Hubble Space Telescope.... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: July 25, 2024 - 9:40 pmPlanetary Habitability Depends on its Star’s Magnetic Field
The extrasolar planet census recently passed a major milestone, with 5500 confirmed candidates in 4,243 solar systems. With so many exoplanets available... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: July 25, 2024 - 9:22 pmA Solution to the “Final Parsec Problem?”
Supermassive Black Holes are Nature’s confounding behemoths. It’s difficult for Earth-bound minds to comprehend their magnitude and power. Astrophysicists have spent decades... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: July 25, 2024 - 9:20 pmNASA’s Orion Spacecraft Gets Lift on Earth
Crane operator Rebekah Tolatovicz, a shift mechanical technician lead for Artic Slope Regional Corporation at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, operates... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: July 25, 2024 - 9:09 pmNASA Selects Marshall Logistics Support Services II Contractor
NASA has awarded the MSFC Logistics Support Services II (MLSS II) contract to Akima Global Logistics, LLC to provide logistics support services... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: July 25, 2024 - 8:55 pmSpace-trekking muscle tests drugs for microgravity-induced muscle impairment
A gentle rumble ran under a researcher's feet as a rocket carrying her research -- live, human muscle cells grown on scaffolds... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 25, 2024 - 7:47 pmFrom Intern to Astronaut
From left to right, NASA astronaut candidates Anil Menon, Deniz Burnham, and Marcos Berrios pose for a photograph in front of NASA’s... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 25, 2024 - 6:54 pmFrom Intern to Astronaut
On Sept. 2, 2022, NASA astronauts Anil Menon (left), Deniz Burnham (center), and Marcos Berrios (right) posed for a photograph in front... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: July 25, 2024 - 6:12 pmAstronomers Find 21 “Dark” Neutron Stars Orbiting Sun-like Stars
New analysis has revealed 21 Sun-like stars in mutual orbit around dark objects of neutron star–like masses — rare systems that have... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 25, 2024 - 6:07 pmNASA’s Fermi Finds New Feature in Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst Yet Seen
In October 2022, astronomers were stunned by what was quickly dubbed the BOAT — the brightest-of-all-time gamma-ray burst (GRB). Now an international... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: July 25, 2024 - 6:00 pmNASA’s Perseverance Rover Scientists Find Intriguing Mars Rock
The six-wheeled geologist found a fascinating rock that has some indications it may have hosted microbial life billions of years ago, but... Read more »Source: NASA | Published: July 25, 2024 - 5:42 pmOur Carbon Dioxide Emissions Have a Mesmerizing Side
Our CO2 emissions are warming the planet and making life uncomfortable and even unbearable in some regions. In July, the planet set... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: July 25, 2024 - 4:04 pmHow Europe’s biggest rocket came to be: Ariane 6 montage
Video: 00:08:21 The first half of 2024 saw hundreds of people across Europe building, cajoling, shipping, lowering, integrating, securing and protecting the... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: July 25, 2024 - 3:30 pmFrom Concordia to the Moon
Image: Concordia is a research station in Antarctica that places you farther away from humankind than even the International Space Station. Every... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: July 25, 2024 - 1:00 pm- Video
Will this ‘hairpin turn’ exoplanet become a hot Jupiter?
Astronomers have found a 'hairpin turn' exoplanet with an extremely elongated orbit. It also orbits its star backward and may eventually become... Read more »Source: EarthSky | Published: July 25, 2024 - 11:24 am How China’s Chang’e 6 mission snagged the first samples of the Moon’s farside
On June 25, 2024, China’s Chang’e 6 mission came to an end when a reentry capsule touched down in the Siziwang Banner... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: July 25, 2024 - 11:00 amMake the most of ESA’s Industry Space Days 2024
Participants of ESA’s Industry Space Days (ISD 2024) share insights and tips on how to make the most of this space technology... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: July 25, 2024 - 7:40 amAstronauts Can Now Watch 4K Streaming Video on the Station
We take high definition streaming for granted in many parts of the world. Even now, as I type this article, I have... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: July 24, 2024 - 10:29 pmThe Shelf Life of Many Medications Is Shorter Than A Round Trip To Mars
Check any container of over-the-counter medicine, and you’ll see its expiration date. Prescription medicines have similar lifetimes, and we’re told to discard... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: July 24, 2024 - 10:04 pmDark matter flies ahead of normal matter in mega galaxy cluster collision
Astronomers have untangled a messy collision between two massive clusters of galaxies in which the clusters' vast clouds of dark matter have... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 24, 2024 - 9:15 pmThe Future is Bright: Johnson Space Center Interns Shine Throughout Summer Term
More than 100 interns supported operations at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston this summer, each making an important impact on the... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: July 24, 2024 - 8:11 pmAstronomers Have Tools That Can Help Detect Deepfake Images
There’s a burgeoning arms race between Artificial Intelligence (AI) deepfake images and the methods used to detect them. The latest advancement on... Read more »Source: Universe Today | Published: July 24, 2024 - 6:32 pmA Saturnian Summer
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of Saturn on July 4, 2020. Two of Saturn's icy moons are clearly visible in... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 24, 2024 - 6:19 pmImages of nearest 'super-Jupiter' open a new window to exoplanet research
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers imaged a new exoplanet that orbits a star in the nearby triple system Epsilon... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 24, 2024 - 4:30 pmWebb images new, cold exoplanet 12 light-years away
An international team of astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have directly imaged an exoplanet roughly 12 light-years from Earth.... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: July 24, 2024 - 3:00 pmNASA cancels fully built Moon rover, stunning scientists
To the shock of the lunar science community, on July 17, NASA cancelled the much-anticipated Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) mission,... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: July 24, 2024 - 2:59 pmTools for finding dark skies
Have you ever seen the Milky Way? Only 20 percent of people in the U.S. live in a location where they can.... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: July 24, 2024 - 1:00 pmA Closer Look at a Potential "Eyeball Planet"
New James Webb Space Telescope observations of LHS 1140b hint at a temperate water world with a nitrogen-rich atmosphere. The post A... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 24, 2024 - 12:00 pmEarthCARE’s multispectral imager puts clouds into context
Launched less than two months ago, ESA’s EarthCARE satellite has already returned images from two of its four instruments. Now, it has... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: July 24, 2024 - 9:36 amAstronaut Eileen Collins, NASA’s First Female Shuttle Commander
Astronauts Eileen M. Collins, STS-93 mission commander, and Jeffrey S. Ashby, pilot, peruse checklists on Columbia's middeck.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 23, 2024 - 6:11 pmWhat we do — and don’t — know about dark energy
Our universe is shrouded in mystery, with about 70 percent of it consisting of dark energy. The exact nature of dark energy... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: July 23, 2024 - 4:59 pmExpiring medications could pose challenge on long space missions
A new study shows that over half of the medicines stocked in space -- staples such as pain relievers, antibiotics, allergy medicines,... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 23, 2024 - 4:33 pmTake a summer road trip along the Milky Way
Summer in the Northern Hemisphere is a frustrating time for many amateur astronomers. The nights never get dark enough to easily see... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: July 23, 2024 - 3:25 pmWebb Telescope Sees Morning and Evening on a Hot Saturn
The James Webb Space Telescope has for the first time detected the difference between the morning and evening of a tidally locked... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 23, 2024 - 1:26 pmFolklore meets science in this search for the ‘sounds’ of the northern lights
Over Mother’s Day weekend in May, skies as far south as Florida and Texas were filled with the vibrant colors of the... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: July 23, 2024 - 1:04 pmBird of many names
Katelyn Beecroft from London, Ontario, Canada M17 in Sagittarius is popularly called the Swan Nebula or the Omega Nebula, though it also... Read more »Source: Astronomy Magazine | Published: July 22, 2024 - 10:21 pmResearchers explore the effects of stellar magnetism on potential habitability of exoplanets
A study extends the definition of a habitable zone for planets to include their star's magnetic field.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 22, 2024 - 9:59 pmAstrophysicists uncover supermassive blackhole/dark matter connection in solving the 'final parsec problem'
Researchers have found a link between some of the largest and smallest objects in the cosmos: supermassive black holes and dark matter... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 22, 2024 - 9:59 pmChandra Sees the Peacock’s Galaxy
The barred spiral galaxy NGC 6872 is interacting with a smaller galaxy to the upper left. The smaller galaxy has likely stripped... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 22, 2024 - 8:10 pmStar-Mapping Mission Gaia Impacted by Micrometeoroid, Solar Storm
Having survived two recent threats — high-velocity space dust and enhanced solar activity — Gaia is now returning better data than ever.... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 22, 2024 - 3:36 pmLife signs could survive near surfaces of Enceladus and Europa
Europa and Enceladus, icy moons of Jupiter and Saturn respectively, have evidence of oceans beneath their crusts. A NASA experiment suggests --... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 21, 2024 - 3:32 pmCosmic sky of red and blue
Splashes of colour illustrate the clear difference between the two most populous type of bright nebulae in our Milky Way Galaxy, emission... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: July 20, 2024 - 3:06 pmNASA to Host Panels, Forums, and More at Oshkosh 2024
Each summer, aviation enthusiasts and experts from around the planet – including NASA’s aeronautical innovators – descend into a regional airport near... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: July 19, 2024 - 8:21 pmExplorers on the Moon: Apollo 11 Landing
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin, lunar module pilot, poses for a photo beside the U.S. flag that has been placed on the Moon at... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 19, 2024 - 4:55 pmEarly riser! The Sun is already starting its next solar cycle -- despite being halfway through its current one
The first rumblings of the Sun's next 11-year solar cycle have been detected in sound waves inside our home star -- even... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 19, 2024 - 4:38 pmNew dawn for space storm alerts could help shield Earth's tech
Space storms could soon be forecasted with greater accuracy than ever before thanks to a big leap forward in our understanding of... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 19, 2024 - 4:38 pmNASA Awards Launch Excitement for STEM Learning Nationwide
NASA awards inspire the next generation of explorers by helping community institutions like museums, science centers, libraries, and other informal education institutions... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: July 19, 2024 - 3:55 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 19 – 28
Scorpius poses at center stage in the south. The Sagittarius Teapot follows behind it. And Rasalhague, the head star of Ophiuchus. turns... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 19, 2024 - 9:14 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 19 – 28
Scorpius poses at center stage in the south. The Sagittarius Teapot follows behind it. And Rasalhague, the head star of Ophiuchus. turns... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 19, 2024 - 9:14 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 19 – 28
Scorpius poses at center stage in the south. The Sagittarius Teapot follows behind it. And Rasalhague, the head star of Ophiuchus. turns... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 19, 2024 - 9:14 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 19 – 28
Scorpius poses at center stage in the south. The Sagittarius Teapot follows behind it. And Rasalhague, the head star of Ophiuchus. turns... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 19, 2024 - 9:14 amArtemis II Core Stage on the Move
On July 16, 2024, the Artemis II core stage rolled out of the Vertical Assembly Building to the waiting Pegasus barge at... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 18, 2024 - 5:14 pmNew Exploration of Titan's Seas
A new look at data from NASA's Cassini mission confirms methane cycles on Saturn's largest moon, Titan, just as water cycles on... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 18, 2024 - 5:08 pmRegistration Opens for the 2024 NASA International Space Apps Challenge
NASA invites innovators, technologists, storytellers, and problem solvers to register for the 2024 NASA Space Apps Challenge, the largest annual global hackathon.... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: July 18, 2024 - 5:02 pmExoplanet-hunting telescope to begin search for another Earth in 2026
Europe's next big space mission -- a telescope that will hunt for Earth-like rocky planets outside of our solar system -- is... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 18, 2024 - 4:49 pmAnother intermediate-mass black hole discovered at the center of our galaxy
So far, only about ten intermediate-mass black holes have been discovered in the entire universe. The newly identified black hole causes surrounding... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 18, 2024 - 4:48 pmNASA Cancels VIPER Lunar Rover Mission
The development of the VIPER lunar rover has been discontinued. The post NASA Cancels VIPER Lunar Rover Mission appeared first on Sky... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 17, 2024 - 9:48 pmActing Center Chief Technologist Dr. Phillip Williams
"I found out years later that seeing me in high school and hearing my experience in college inspired her to major in... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 17, 2024 - 5:36 pmWant to spot a deepfake? Look for the stars in their eyes
In an era when the creation of artificial intelligence (AI) images is at the fingertips of the masses, the ability to detect... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 17, 2024 - 4:11 pmAstronomers spot a 'highly eccentric' planet on its way to becoming a hot Jupiter
The newly discovered planet TIC 241249530 b has the most highly elliptical, or eccentric, orbit of any known planet. It appears to... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 17, 2024 - 4:09 pmThe magnet trick: New invention makes vibrations disappear
Damping vibrations is crucial for precision experiments, for example in astronomy. A new invention uses a special kind of magnets to achieve... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 17, 2024 - 4:03 pmScience Activation’s PLACES Team Facilitates Second Professional Learning Institute
The NASA Science Activation Program’s Place-Based Learning to Advance Connections, Education, and Stewardship (PLACES) team successfully led their second Professional Learning (PL)... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: July 17, 2024 - 3:08 pmNASA STEM Program for Indigenous Communities Honored for Excellence
NASA has been selected by the International Astronautical Federation to receive its 2024 “3G” Diversity Award, which recognizes organizations for their contributions... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: July 17, 2024 - 2:22 pmVisual Observing vs. Smart Telescopes — Finding Harmony
The latest smartscope astrophotography craze opens the door to some incredible opportunities for both beginners and seasoned observers. The post Visual Observing... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 17, 2024 - 1:00 pmVisual Observing vs. Smart Telescopes — Finding Harmony
The latest smartscope astrophotography craze opens the door to some incredible opportunities for both beginners and seasoned observers. The post Visual Observing... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 17, 2024 - 1:00 pmVisual Observing vs. Smart Telescopes — Finding Harmony
The latest smartscope astrophotography craze opens the door to some incredible opportunities for both beginners and seasoned observers. The post Visual Observing... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 17, 2024 - 1:00 pmApollo 11 Lifts Off
Apollo 11 launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 9:32 a.m. EDT, July 16, 1969. Aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 16, 2024 - 8:10 pmHow astronomers are using pulsars to observe evidence of dark matter
Tantalizing evidence of potential dark matter objects has been detected with the help of the Universe's 'timekeepers'. These pulsars -- neutron stars... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 16, 2024 - 7:12 pmSun-like stars found orbiting hidden companions
Astronomers have uncovered what appear to be 21 neutron stars in orbit around stars like our Sun. The discovery is surprising because... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 16, 2024 - 7:11 pmFood aroma study may help explain why meals taste bad in space
A new study on common food aromas may help explain why astronauts report that meals taste bland in space and struggle to... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 16, 2024 - 4:27 pmNew analysis of Cassini data yields insights into Titan's seas
A new study of radar experiment data from the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn has yielded fresh insights related to the makeup and... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 16, 2024 - 4:27 pmBizarre 'garden sprinkler-like' jet is spotted shooting out of neutron star
A strange 'garden sprinkler-like' jet coming from a neutron star has been pictured for the first time. The S-shaped structure is created... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 16, 2024 - 4:26 pmExplore Norma: The right (angle) constellation for July
Little-known Norma, a small constellation in the southern sky, contains several stellar and deep-sky delights. The post Explore Norma: The right (angle)... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 16, 2024 - 3:34 pmExplore Norma: The right (angle) constellation for July
Little-known Norma, a small constellation in the southern sky, contains several stellar and deep-sky delights. The post Explore Norma: The right (angle)... Read more »Source: Astronomy & Observing News – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 16, 2024 - 3:34 pmNASA, Universities Take Learning Out of Classroom
There’s no “I” in team, and that holds true for NASA and its partners as the agency ramps up efforts to recruit... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: July 15, 2024 - 7:36 pmNASA Meatball Painting on Kennedy's VAB
Painting of the NASA logo, also called the meatball, continued on the 525-foot-tall Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 15, 2024 - 6:49 pmNASA's Webb investigates eternal sunrises, sunsets on distant world
Researchers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have finally confirmed what models have previously predicted: An exoplanet has differences between its eternal... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 15, 2024 - 5:58 pmScorching storms on distant worlds revealed
An international study reveals the extreme atmospheric conditions on the celestial objects, which are swathed in swirling clouds of hot sand amid... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 15, 2024 - 5:58 pmJWST unveils stunning ejecta and CO structures in Cassiopeia A's young supernova
Researchers announced the latest findings from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) of the supernova remnant, Cassiopeia A (Cas A). These observations... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 15, 2024 - 5:58 pmCosmic wrestling match
Our universe is around 13.8 billion years old. Over the vastness of this time, the tiniest of initial asymmetries have grown into... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 15, 2024 - 5:53 pmJuice’s lunar-Earth flyby: all you need to know LINK
Juice’s lunar-Earth flyby: all you need to know... Read more »Source: ESA Top News | Published: July 15, 2024 - 10:15 amTriple T-Tauri
This cavernous nebula is home to a bundle of young stars, specifically a triple system of T-Tauri stars.... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: July 13, 2024 - 10:33 amVivid portrait of interacting galaxies marks Webb's second anniversary
Two for two! A duo of interacting galaxies commemorates the second science anniversary of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which takes constant... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 13, 2024 - 2:21 amThe Penguin and the Egg
The distorted spiral galaxy at center, the Penguin, and the compact elliptical at left, the Egg, are locked in an active embrace.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 12, 2024 - 5:17 pmHow the 'heart and lungs' of a galaxy extend its life
Galaxies avoid an early death because they have a 'heart and lungs' which effectively regulate their 'breathing' and prevent them growing out... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 12, 2024 - 4:40 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 12 – 21
Mercury lurks in the sunset. The July Moon rides low across the sky this week as it waxes from first quarter to... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 12, 2024 - 8:27 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 12 – 21
Mercury lurks in the sunset. The July Moon rides low across the sky this week as it waxes from first quarter to... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 12, 2024 - 8:27 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 12 – 21
Mercury lurks in the sunset. The July Moon rides low across the sky this week as it waxes from first quarter to... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 12, 2024 - 8:27 amScientific definition of a planet says it must orbit our sun; A new proposal would change that
The International Astronomical Union defines a planet as a celestial body that orbits the sun, is massive enough that gravity has forced... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 12, 2024 - 1:55 amDark matter in dwarf galaxy tracked using stellar motions
The qualities and behavior of dark matter, the invisible 'glue' of the universe, continue to be shrouded in mystery. Though galaxies are... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 11, 2024 - 3:13 pmMars likely had cold and icy past, new study finds
The question of whether Mars ever supported life has captivated the imagination of scientists and the public for decades. Central to the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 10, 2024 - 11:53 pmA Midsummer Red Sprite Seen from Space
Several transient luminous events illuminate pockets of Earth’s upper atmosphere. A line of thunderstorms off the coast of South Africa powers the... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 10, 2024 - 5:56 pmGreater focus needed on how existing international law can prevent the increasing militarization of outer space
There is a pressing need for countries and international organizations to understand better how existing international law can help them address serious... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 10, 2024 - 5:10 pmThe origins of dark comets
Up to 60% of near-Earth objects could be dark comets, mysterious asteroids that orbit the sun in our solar system that likely... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 10, 2024 - 5:09 pmStrong evidence for intermediate-mass black hole in Omega Centauri
Most known black holes are either extremely massive, like the supermassive black holes that lie at the cores of large galaxies, or... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 10, 2024 - 5:08 pmFound with Webb: A potentially habitable icy world
A international team of astronomers has made an exciting discovery about the temperate exoplanet LHS 1140 b: it could be a promising... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 9, 2024 - 10:42 pmArtemis II Core Stage Moves from Final to VAB
The Artemis II Core Stage moves from final assembly to the VAB at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans in preparation... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 9, 2024 - 7:00 pmCelebrate the Heliophysics Big Year with Free Heliophysics and Math Webinars from NASA HEAT
The Heliophysics Big Year (HBY) is a global celebration of the Sun’s influence on Earth and the entire solar system. It began... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: July 9, 2024 - 4:26 pmBuilding materials for water-rich planets in the early solar system
Age data for certain classes of meteorite have made it possible to gain new findings on the origin of small water-rich astronomical... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 9, 2024 - 4:18 pmNew way for beneficial microbes to survive extreme conditions and space exploration
Investigators sought to help figure out how to send materials like probiotics into space and to better treat a variety of gastrointestinal... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 9, 2024 - 4:16 pmStench of a gas giant? Nearby exoplanet reeks of rotten eggs, and that's a good thing
An exoplanet infamous for its deadly weather has been hiding another bizarre feature -- it reeks of rotten eggs, according to a... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 9, 2024 - 2:24 am30 Years Ago: STS-65 Lifts Off
Space shuttle Columbia heads skyward after clearing the fixed service structure tower at Launch Complex Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 8, 2024 - 7:41 pmNASA’s Neurodiversity Network Interns Speak at National Space Development Conference
Two high school interns funded by NASA’s Neurodiversity Network (N3) presented their work from Summer 2023 at the recent National Space Society... Read more »Source: Learning Resources – NASA | Published: July 8, 2024 - 6:33 pmForming stars like the old days
In this image, JWST strips away the gas that is transparent at infrared wavelengths, and reveals a skeleton of dusty ribbons that... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: July 5, 2024 - 2:18 pmFresh wind blows from historical supernova
A mysterious remnant from a rare type of supernova recorded in 1181 has been explained for the first time. Two white dwarf... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 5, 2024 - 2:11 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 4 – 14
The waxing Moon passes Regulus on its way to occulting Spica July 13th. The Kite of Boötes tilts toward the Dipper. And... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 4, 2024 - 8:34 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 4 – 14
The waxing Moon passes Regulus on its way to occulting Spica July 13th. The Kite of Boötes tilts toward the Dipper. And... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 4, 2024 - 8:34 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, July 4 – 14
The waxing Moon passes Regulus on its way to occulting Spica July 13th. The Kite of Boötes tilts toward the Dipper. And... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 4, 2024 - 8:34 amA matter of perspective
There’s an almost 3D quality to this image of a portion of the Milky Way, with the illusion that the nebulae are... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: July 3, 2024 - 7:35 pmMoon 'swirls' could be magnetized by unseen magmas
Mysterious, light-colored swirls on Moon's surface could be rocks magnetized by magma activity underground, laboratory experiments confirm.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 3, 2024 - 5:18 pmMachine learning could aid efforts to answer long-standing astrophysical questions
Physicists have developed a computer program incorporating machine learning that could help identify blobs of plasma in outer space known as plasmoids.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 3, 2024 - 5:17 pmOrion on the Rise
Technicians used a 30-ton crane to lift NASA’s Orion spacecraft on Friday, June 28, 2024, from the Final Assembly and System Testing... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 3, 2024 - 5:02 pmCatch an Exciting Spica Occultation on July 13th
Don't miss Spica's dramatic disappearance at the Moon's dark limb. We also check in on the status of current bright comets. The... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 3, 2024 - 2:37 pmCatch an Exciting Spica Occultation on July 13th
Don't miss Spica's dramatic disappearance at the Moon's dark limb. We also check in on the status of current bright comets. The... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 3, 2024 - 2:37 pmCatch an Exciting Spica Occultation on July 13th
Don't miss Spica's dramatic disappearance at the Moon's dark limb. We also check in on the status of current bright comets. The... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 3, 2024 - 2:37 pmStudying Hurricane Beryl from Space
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured this image of Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean on July 1, 2024, while aboard the International Space... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 2, 2024 - 7:15 pmNeutrons on classically inexplicable paths
Is nature really as strange as quantum theory says -- or are there simpler explanations? New neutron measurements prove: It doesn't work... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 2, 2024 - 5:55 pmOrganic material from Mars reveals the likely origin of life's building blocks
Two samples from Mars together deliver clear evidence of the origin of Martian organic material. The study presents solid evidence for a... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 2, 2024 - 3:28 amCassini Sees Saturn
Saturn and its rings completely fill the field of view of Cassini's narrow angle camera in this natural color image taken on... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: July 1, 2024 - 9:08 pmA new pulsar buried in a mountain of data
Astronomers have discovered the first millisecond pulsar in the stellar cluster Glimpse-CO1.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: July 1, 2024 - 8:22 pm- mp3
July Podcast: Spotlight on Spica
Grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour. This month offers a chance to watch a dramatic coverup of... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 1, 2024 - 6:37 am - mp3
July Podcast: Spotlight on Spica
Grab your curiosity, and come along on this month’s Sky Tour. This month offers a chance to watch a dramatic coverup of... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: July 1, 2024 - 6:37 am This desert moss has the potential to grow on Mars
The desert moss Syntrichia caninervis is a promising candidate for Mars colonization thanks to its extreme ability to tolerate harsh conditions lethal... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 30, 2024 - 7:30 pmHead south for a Messier globular duo
The southern constellation of Scorpius hosts two splendid globular clusters, M4 and M80, both of which provide good viewing despite their lowly... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: June 30, 2024 - 8:25 amThe Maze is Afoot
This labyrinth – with a silhouette of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes at its center – is used as a calibration target... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 28, 2024 - 6:35 pmTiny bright objects discovered at dawn of universe baffle scientists
A recent discovery by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) confirmed that luminous, very red objects previously detected in the early universe... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 28, 2024 - 4:52 pmToo many missing satellite galaxies found
Bringing us one step closer to solving the 'missing satellites problem,' researchers have discovered two new satellite galaxies.... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 28, 2024 - 4:49 pmNew class of Mars quakes reveals daily meteorite strikes
An international team of researchers combine orbital imagery with seismological data from NASA's Mars InSight lander to derive a new impact rate... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 28, 2024 - 4:48 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 28 – July 7
It takes hardly more than a glance up these evenings to check for the anticipated eruption of T Coronae Borealis, the Blaze... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 28, 2024 - 12:48 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 28 – July 7
It takes hardly more than a glance up these evenings to check for the anticipated eruption of T Coronae Borealis, the Blaze... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 28, 2024 - 12:48 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 28 – July 7
It takes hardly more than a glance up these evenings to check for the anticipated eruption of T Coronae Borealis, the Blaze... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 28, 2024 - 12:48 pmThe density difference of sub-Neptunes finally deciphered
The majority of stars in our galaxy are home to planets. The most abundant are the sub-Neptunes, planets between the size of... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 27, 2024 - 9:22 pmHubble Captures Infant Stars Transforming a Nebula
Named RCW 7, the nebula is located just over 5300 light-years from Earth in the constellation Puppis. Nebulae are areas of space... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 27, 2024 - 5:15 pmIs the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know
T Coronae Borealis is a nova star that's due to suddenly — and briefly — brighten. Here's how to see this once-in-a-lifetime... Read more »Source: Observing – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 26, 2024 - 9:30 pmIs the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know
T Coronae Borealis is a nova star that's due to suddenly — and briefly — brighten. Here's how to see this once-in-a-lifetime... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 26, 2024 - 9:30 pmIs the "Blaze Star" About to Blow? You May Be the First to Know
T Coronae Borealis is a nova star that's due to suddenly — and briefly — brighten. Here's how to see this once-in-a-lifetime... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 26, 2024 - 9:30 pmPrecision instrument bolsters efforts to find elusive dark energy
Dark energy -- a mysterious force pushing the universe apart at an ever-increasing rate -- was discovered 26 years ago, and ever... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 26, 2024 - 7:21 pmShocked quartz reveals evidence of historical cosmic airburst
Researchers continue to expand the case for the Younger Dryas Impact hypothesis. The idea proposes that a fragmented comet smashed into the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 26, 2024 - 7:20 pmPillars of creation star in new visualization from NASA's Hubble and Webb telescopes
Made famous in 1995 by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, the Pillars of Creation in the heart of the Eagle Nebula have captured... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 26, 2024 - 7:20 pmPredicting changes inside astronauts' bodies during space travel through blood sample analysis
The human body undergoes various transformations in space. However, a direct examination of organs and tissues is challenging. This study successfully identified... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 26, 2024 - 7:20 pmSurprising phosphate finding in NASA's OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample
Early analysis of the asteroid Bennu sample returned by NASA's OSIRIS-REx mission has revealed dust rich in carbon, nitrogen, and organic compounds,... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 26, 2024 - 7:19 pmNOAA’s GOES-U Satellite Launches
A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket carrying the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration GOES-U (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite U) lifts off from Launch... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 26, 2024 - 6:55 pmNew evidence for how heat is transported below the sun's surface
Solar physicists have revealed the interior structure of the sun's supergranules, a flow structure that transports heat from the sun's hidden interior... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 26, 2024 - 12:56 amTelltale greenhouse gases could signal alien activity
If aliens modified a planet in their solar system to make it warmer, we'd be able to tell. A new study identifies... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 26, 2024 - 12:56 amMarsquakes may help reveal whether liquid water exists underground on red planet
If liquid water exists today on Mars, it may be too deep underground to detect with traditional methods used on Earth. But... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 26, 2024 - 12:49 amHuman Factors Researcher Garrett Sadler
"You know, there's the whole impostor syndrome thing, and I didn’t feel like I was qualified to be here because I didn't... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 25, 2024 - 5:34 pmSet your filtered sights on the Sun
Summer is the season for a spot of solar observing and sunspots, probably the Sun’s most fascinating phenomena, are easier to see... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: June 25, 2024 - 8:23 amOn the GOES
Crews transport NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-U) from the Astrotech Space Operations facility to the SpaceX... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 24, 2024 - 5:28 pmFirst of its kind detection made in striking new Webb image
For the first time, a phenomenon astronomers have long hoped to directly image has been captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope's... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 24, 2024 - 4:56 pmGeologists expect Chang'e-6 lunar surface samples to contain volcanic rock and impact ejecta
On June 25, China's Chang'e-6 (CE-6) lunar probe is set to return to Earth, carrying the first surface samples collected from the... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 24, 2024 - 4:56 pmA hidden treasure in the Milky Way -- Astronomers uncover ultrabright x-ray source
Astronomers uncovered that a well-known X-ray binary, whose exact nature has been a mystery to scientists until now, is actually a hidden... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 24, 2024 - 4:55 pmStar clusters observed within a galaxy in the early Universe
The history of how stars and galaxies came to be and evolved into the present day remains among the most challenging astrophysical... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 24, 2024 - 4:54 pmA more youthful globular cluster
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), which is the nearest galaxy to our Milky Way at about 159,000 light years, is home to... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: June 24, 2024 - 8:37 amFollow the leader
This line of galaxies is a cosmic coincidence behind the interacting system Arp-Madore 2105-332, which is a pair of galaxies 200 million... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: June 23, 2024 - 9:27 amCassiopeia A’s many faces
This is the James Webb Space Telescope’s (JWST’s) second view of the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant, the remains of a... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: June 22, 2024 - 12:15 pmHuskyWorks During Rover Testing
“HuskyWorks,” a team from Michigan Technological University’s Planetary Surface Technology Development Lab, tests the excavation tools of a robot on a concrete... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 21, 2024 - 2:12 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 21 – 30
The two brightest stars of summer balance across the zenith. Arcturus and Vega represent the two commonest spectral types, and colors, of... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 21, 2024 - 8:31 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 21 – 30
The two brightest stars of summer balance across the zenith. Arcturus and Vega represent the two commonest spectral types, and colors, of... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 21, 2024 - 8:31 amGuiding humanity beyond the moon
What actually happens to the human body in space? While scientists and researchers have heavily researched how various factors impact the human... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 20, 2024 - 11:40 pmIron meteorites hint that our infant solar system was more doughnut than dartboard
Iron meteorites are remnants of the metallic cores of the earliest asteroids in our solar system. Iron meteorites contain refractory metals, such... Read more »Source: Space & Time News -- ScienceDaily | Published: June 20, 2024 - 11:40 pmNASA's Hubble Celebrates 21st Anniversary with "Rose" of Galaxies
To celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope's deployment into space, astronomers at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 20, 2024 - 8:21 pmSee the Real Planet Parade
Maximize your planetary pleasure and get re-acquainted with Earth's siblings during the June 29th dawn planet parade. The post See the Real... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 19, 2024 - 12:00 pmSee the Real Planet Parade
Maximize your planetary pleasure and get re-acquainted with Earth's siblings during the June 29th dawn planet parade. The post See the Real... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 19, 2024 - 12:00 pmCelebrating Juneteenth
This image of Galveston was taken on Nov. 23, 2022, from the International Space Station as it orbited 224 miles above Earth.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 18, 2024 - 6:06 pmManagement and Program Analyst Mallory Carbon
“I feel that my larger purpose at NASA, which I've felt since I came on as an intern, is to leave NASA... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 17, 2024 - 3:11 pmHubble Captures a Cosmic Fossil
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 2005. It’s not an unusual globular cluster in and of itself,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 14, 2024 - 4:10 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 14 – 23
On solstice week the brightening Moon moves across the evening sky from Spica to Scorpius. On Monday, it helps you find a... Read more »Source: Celestial News & Events – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 14, 2024 - 8:41 amThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 14 – 23
On solstice week the brightening Moon moves across the evening sky from Spica to Scorpius. On Monday, it helps you find a... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 14, 2024 - 8:41 amSea Ice Swirls
Floating fragments of sea ice spun into intricate patterns as ocean currents carried them south along Greenland’s east coast in spring 2024.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 13, 2024 - 5:41 pmA Solitary Sight
The waning gibbous Moon is pictured above Earth from the International Space Station as it soared into an orbital nighttime 260 miles... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 12, 2024 - 6:24 pmCelebrating Pride at NASA’s Ames Research Center
The Intersex Progress Pride flag flies beneath the American flag on the center pole with the California state and NASA flag at... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 11, 2024 - 7:29 pm“Earthrise” by NASA Astronaut Bill Anders
The rising Earth is about five degrees above the lunar horizon in this telephoto view taken from the Apollo 8 spacecraft near... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 10, 2024 - 5:26 pmWhat Are You Looking At?
A Florida redbelly turtle casts a suspicious look as he is being photographed on the grounds of NASA's Kennedy Space Center in... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 7, 2024 - 8:30 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, June 7 – 16
The waxing Moon reenters the sky as an evening crescent. Pollux and Castor keep it company. The Big Dipper hangs straight down.... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 7, 2024 - 9:19 amArtemis II Astronauts Participate in Moon Tree Dedication Ceremony
The Artemis II crew, NASA astronauts Victor Glover, Reid Wiseman, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, pose... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 6, 2024 - 5:28 pmStarliner to the Stars
A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner spacecraft aboard launches from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 5, 2024 - 6:59 pmComet 13P/Olbers Juices Up June Skies
June brings heat and bugs but also a moderately bright, early-evening comet that returns every 69 years. The post Comet 13P/Olbers Juices... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 5, 2024 - 1:00 pmCrews Unpack NASA’s Europa Clipper Spacecraft
Technicians inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida prepare to rotate the agency’s largest planetary mission... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: June 4, 2024 - 5:24 pm- mp3
June Podcast: Spotting the Serpent Charmer
Listen to this tour of the stars and planets that you’ll see overhead during June. Learn how to spot three planets before... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: June 1, 2024 - 6:00 am Hurricane Season Begins
An external high-definition camera on the International Space Station captured this image of Hurricane Idalia at 11:35 a.m. Eastern Time on Aug.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 31, 2024 - 3:36 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 31 – June 9
Arcturus and Vega highlight the evening, The Big Dipper quickly pivots. And sorry, tell your friends and family who ask that no... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 31, 2024 - 9:18 amWebb Spots a Starburst
Featured in this new image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope is the dwarf galaxy NGC 4449. This galaxy, also known... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 30, 2024 - 5:08 pmDeputy Program Manager Vir Thanvi
"I say that to my team, whenever I have an opportunity. I share with my team that they are enabling science and... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 29, 2024 - 5:43 pmApollo 10 Ends Successfully
Astronaut Eugene A. Cernan, lunar module pilot, egresses the Apollo 10 spacecraft during recovery operations in the South Pacific. U.S. Navy underwater... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 28, 2024 - 7:54 pmHelen Ling, Changemaker
Helen Ling was a supervisor for the computing group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in the 1960s. She was influential in the... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 24, 2024 - 3:24 pmThis Week's Sky at a Glance, May 24 – June 2
The Big Dipper twists around fast near the zenith, Arcturus almost claims the zenith, the Coma Star Cluster not far away can't... Read more »Source: This Week’s Sky At a Glance – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 24, 2024 - 9:18 amA Moonlit Moonwalk
NASA astronaut Kate Rubins places a sample marker in the soil before collecting a sample during a nighttime simulated moonwalk in the... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 23, 2024 - 5:02 pmModeling the Hawaiian Shoreline
Present-day Island of Hawai'i coastal flood risk, with higher risk indicated in dark blue, was modeled to help the County of Hawai'i... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 22, 2024 - 4:58 pmWhy Did Galileo Get Such a Puny Crater?
Galileo was one of the first people to study the Moon through a telescope. You'd think he'd get more than 10-mile-wide crater... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 22, 2024 - 3:48 pmStar power in Boötes
The late-spring constellation of Boötes is home to brilliant Arcturus and a collection of some of the most beautiful double stars of... Read more »Source: Astronomy Now | Published: May 22, 2024 - 11:53 amReadying Apollo 10 for Launch
Nighttime, ground-level view of the Apollo 10 space vehicle on Pad B, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center. This photograph of the... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 20, 2024 - 5:46 pmHubble Views the Dawn of a Sun-like Star
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a triple-star star system.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 17, 2024 - 8:19 pmSpace Physics and Space Weather Scientist Dr. Yihua (Eva) Zheng
"For the girls or women in science — or in any profession or job — opportunities are more abundant than they were... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 16, 2024 - 6:26 pmGood Night, Moon
An illuminated waning gibbous moon contrasts the deep black of space as the International Space Station soared 270 miles over the Southern... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 15, 2024 - 2:23 pmAurora over Idaho
The aurora turns the sky near Malad City, Idaho, red, purple, and green in this 8-second exposure taken on May 11, 2024.... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 13, 2024 - 9:33 pmSevere Geogmagnetic Storm Has Arrived! Auroral Blast Expected Friday Night
A severe geomagnetic storm has just hit Earth — which means we could see auroras tonight! Here's what you'll need to know.... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 10, 2024 - 6:56 pmThat's Refreshing
An American Flamingo takes a sip of water in the Indian River at Haulover Canal on Merritt Island on Thursday, Jan. 11,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 10, 2024 - 6:47 pmSpitzer Space Telescope Captures Galactic Snack
This image of the Andromeda galaxy uses data from NASA’s retired Spitzer Space Telescope. Multiple wavelengths are shown, revealing stars (in blue... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 9, 2024 - 6:09 pmSulaiman Mountain Haze
An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this oblique photograph of the Sulaiman Mountains in central Pakistan. The range resulted from... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 8, 2024 - 5:56 pmComet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Brightens, Grows a Tail
Are you excited about Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS's prospects for a bright appearance this autumn? Guess what? It's already gorgeous. The post Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 8, 2024 - 2:06 pmJupiter’s Great Red Spot
This image of Jupiter’s iconic Great Red Spot and surrounding turbulent zones was captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft. The color-enhanced image is... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 7, 2024 - 6:15 pmAstronaut Suni Williams Prepares for Crew Flight Test
During a mission dress rehearsal, NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronaut Suni Williams flashes a thumbs up in her Boeing spacesuit inside... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 6, 2024 - 7:21 pmA Moonlit Trio
The Moon, left, Jupiter, right, and Saturn, above and to the left of Jupiter, are seen after sunset with the Washington Monument,... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 3, 2024 - 5:55 pmGalaxy Evolution Explorer Searches for Light
NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer was launched on April 28, 2003. Its mission was to study the shape, brightness, size and distance of... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 2, 2024 - 5:43 pmBy Their Powers Combined
In a historic first, all six radio frequency antennas at the Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex – part of NASA's Deep Space... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: May 1, 2024 - 5:57 pmReady the Hot Cocoa and Recliner — Here Comes the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower!
You might be tempted to sleep through this annual shower but then you'd miss seeing some of the fastest meteors around. Not... Read more »Source: Explore the Night with Bob King – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 1, 2024 - 3:40 pm- mp3
May Podcast: Big Dipper Shows the Way
High above you on May evenings is an one obvious star pattern that just about everyone knows: the Big Dipper. This “Swiss... Read more »Source: Sky Tour Astronomy Podcast – Sky & Telescope | Published: May 1, 2024 - 6:00 am International Space Station Program Manager Dana Weigel
"What you eventually realize is that your success as a leader is not really yours, it’s the team’s. You’re not successful without... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 30, 2024 - 4:41 pmThe Horse’s Mane
Rising from turbulent waves of dust and gas is the Horsehead Nebula, otherwise known as Barnard 33, which resides roughly 1,300 light-years... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 29, 2024 - 6:04 pmHubble Spots a Magnificent Barred Galaxy
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 »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 26, 2024 - 5:01 pmNavigating the Moon with Art
Artists used paintbrushes and airbrushes to recreate the lunar surface on each of the four models comprising the LOLA simulator. Project LOLA... Read more »Source: NASA Image of the Day | Published: April 25, 2024 - 4:52 pm
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