NASA Explains Why Earth Appears Glowing Orange In Stunning Space Photo
NASA has shared a beautiful image taken from the International Space Station (ISS), which shows Earth wrapped in…
The Universe Is Full of ‘Impossible’ Black Holes. Now Scientists Know Why
An international team of astrophysicists has found evidence that the universe recycles black holes, merging them to form…
This Alien Planet Has Rock Clouds That Vaporize Before Sunset
Artistic representation of WASP-94A b, a gas giant in the Microscopium constellation. Clouds build as air flows over…
Scientists discover a shortcut to the moon that NASA missed
Getting to the moon is partly a fuel problem. Plotting the most efficient path between two points in…
A NASA satellite launched in 1976 carries a Carl Sagan–designed plaque sealed inside its core, mapping Earth’s continents 268 million years ago, at launch, and 8.4 million years from now — and that last date is no accident, because it’s roughly when the satellite is expected to fall back to Earth and finally be opened.
On 4 May 1976, NASA launched a satellite called LAGEOS-1 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. It…
It’s cracked and frozen, but it’s one of the best places to search for alien life. Meet Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus
Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus is one of the best places to search for signs of alien life in…
China reveals 3-person Shenzhou 23 crew, including Hong Kong’s 1st astronaut
China has named the three astronauts due to fly on the Shenzhou 23 mission on Sunday (May 24),…
SpaceX just launched Starship V3 — its most powerful megarocket yet — into space for the 1st time in spectacular Flight 12 test (video)
The most powerful rocket in history just roared off its launch pad in a spectacular show of power…
Webb just clocked nearly 9,000 young star clusters and found the biggest ones break from their birth clouds in 5 million years, a timing clue that could reshape how astronomers model galaxies growing up
The James Webb Space Telescope has given astronomers a sharper look at how young star clusters escape their…
The Vela satellites were built to catch secret nuclear tests, but they accidentally recorded flashes from deep space that opened a new branch of astrophysics
The Vela satellites were not built to study stars. They were built to watch for nuclear weapons. In…
Call for Creatives: NASA Seeks Help Illuminating Mission Storytelling
As NASA pushes the boundaries of exploration and innovation for the benefit of humanity, the agency is looking…
The Hubble Deep Field began as a gamble on a tiny patch of sky that had been chosen because it looked almost empty, and it ended by revealing nearly 3,000 galaxies hiding in what seemed like nothing.
In December 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope spent ten days staring at a small, deliberately unremarkable patch of…