15 Stunning Images From the 2026 Milky Way Photographer of the Year
Travel photography blog Capture the Atlas has announced the winners of its annual Milky Way Photographer of the…
James Webb Space Telescope directly studies an exoplanet’s surface for the 1st time: ‘We see a dark, hot, barren rock’
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have, for the first time, directly analyzed the surface of a…
Astronomers believe they’ve detected an atmosphere around a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto
A new study suggests that a tiny, icy world beyond Pluto harbors a thin, delicate atmosphere that may…
Hubble Spots a Starry Spiral
In this new picture from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, a spiral galaxy glittering with star clusters is the center…
IonQ Introduces InSAR Monitoring Capability for Earth Observation
Insider Brief IonQ launched a commercial InSAR capability to provide automated, high-frequency monitoring of ground deformation from space.…
Mars Is Secretly Shaping Earth’s Climate Over Millions Of Years, Scientists Reveal
A new study published in Nature Communications reveals that Mars exerts a subtle yet measurable influence on Earth’s…
Lasers take aim at a galaxy far, far away photo of the day for May 4, 2026
Lasers on the ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer beam into the sky towards the Tarantula Nebula to create…
NASA Releases Thousands of Unseen Artemis II Photos
The photo trove includes the spectacular eclipse the Artemis astronauts witnessed but also images that give a more…
NASA just took a huge step toward the Moon after Artemis II success
After NASA’s Artemis II mission ended with a successful splashdown, engineers began closely reviewing data from across the…
NASA shuts down 49-year-old Voyager 1 instrument to keep it alive
On April 17, engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California sent a command to turn…
Earth’s origin mystery cracked? Meteorites may hold the secret to life’s ingredients |
Scientists involved in planetary formation studies, meteorites, and early solar system investigations have been wondering about the origins…
how engineers built a spacecraft that could survive touching the Sun and what it has revealed about stellar physics
Engineers wrapped the heat shield in white ceramic paint, bolted it to the front of a car-sized spacecraft,…