Dust and Water in Sagittarius A*
A brilliant concentration of stars takes center stage in this Aug. 11, 2026, image taken by NASA’s James…
On this day in space! Sept. 10, 2011: NASA launches GRAIL probes to the moon to map lumpy lunar gravity
On Sept. 10, 2011, NASA’s GRAIL spacecraft launched on a mission to the moon! GRAIL, which stands for…
Scientists study 3,000 supernovas and discover that dark energy may be evolving
A catalog of almost 3,000 white dwarfs that exploded as type Ia supernovas after overfeeding on companion stars…
Mercury is shrinking faster than we thought. What’s going on inside of it?
Wrinkles on the surface of Mercury have revealed that the closest planet to the sun is shrinking faster…
Why is NASA in the air show business?
There is no greater spectacle in spaceflight than witnessing a launch in person, particularly of a large rocket.…
Navigation startup TrustPoint orders 40 satellites from EnduroSat
WASHINGTON — TrustPoint has ordered 40 satellites from EnduroSat for its planned low-Earth-orbit navigation network, the startup’s biggest…
Powerful new AI model will map the moon’s surface in more detail than ever, NASA and IBM scientists say
IBM and NASA have partnered to create a new artificial intelligence (AI) model capable of processing decades of…
A Harvest Moon with 5 planets on the side: September is the best month for stargazing, and this year is extra special
There may be no better month to get outside and look at the stars than September, when warm…
On this day in space! Sept. 9, 1982: The 1st private rocket Conestoga 1 launches from Texas ranch
On Sept. 9, 1982, the first private rocket launched from a Texas cattle ranch. The Conestoga 1 rocket…
APOD: 2026 September 10 – LDN 1295: The Giraffe Nebula
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The moon may have formed in just 5 hours, new simulations suggest
The moon may have formed in as few as five hours after the cataclysmic collision between Earth and…
Earth May Not Be a Cosmic Fluke, New Simulations Suggest
This artist’s impression shows the temperate planet Ross 128 b, with its red dwarf parent star in the…