Astronaut Nick Hague Soaks Up Views of Earth
As he prepares to conclude his stay aboard the orbiting laboratory this week, astronaut Nick Hague shared this photo saying:…
Hubble Tracks a Galaxy on the Move
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the galaxy Messier 86. Despite its being discovered over 235 years…
NASA Selects Proposals to Advance Understanding of Space Weather
NASA has selected three proposals for concept studies of missions that could help us better understand the dynamic space weather…
Hubble Spots a Swarm of Stars
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a dwarf galaxy named UGC 685. Such galaxies are small and…
Chandra Spots a Mega-Cluster of Galaxies in the Making
Astronomers using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes have put together a detailed map of a rare…
Hubble Sees a Familiar Sight
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows IC 4653, a galaxy just over 80 million light-years from Earth.…
Stars Pollute, but Galaxies Recycle
Galaxies were once thought of as lonely islands in the universe: clumps of matter floating through otherwise empty space. We…
NASA and Uber Test System for Future Urban Air Transport
A new future for city transport is in the works at NASA – a future where both people and packages…
Replacing the Space Station’s Solar Array Batteries
After completing the first of 10 spacewalks to upgrade the station, astronaut Christina Koch wrote: “The great @Space_Station battery swap…
Milky Way’s Center Will Be Revealed by NASA’s Webb Telescope
The center of our galaxy is a crowded place: A black hole weighing 4 million times as much as our…
Viewing a Launch From Above
From aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 60 astronaut Christina Koch photographed the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft ascending into space after…
Stuck on the Rings
Like a drop of dew hanging on a leaf, Tethys appears to be stuck to Saturn’s A and F rings…
NASA’s Webb to Unlock the Mysteries of Comets and the Early Solar System
Since ancient times, comets have fascinated sky-watchers, who often considered them divine omens. A Chinese historian recorded an apparition of…
Where Are New Stars Born? NASA’s Webb Telescope Will Investigate
When it comes to making new stars, the party is almost over in the present-day universe. In fact, it’s been…
NASA Seeks BIG Ideas from Universities for Tech to Study Dark Regions on the Moon
NASA plans to land humans on the Moon by 2024 with the Artemis program. Before astronauts step on the lunar…