NASA’s Juno captured this view of Jupiter during the mission’s 54th close flyby of the giant planet on September 7, 2023. The image was made…
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Astronaut Frank Borman, command pilot for the Gemini-7 spaceflight, looks over the Gemini-7 spacecraft during weight and balance tests. The tests are conducted in the…
On November 8, 2023, NASA’s DISSIPATION mission was launched by a sounding rocket from Fairbanks, Alaska, with the goal of studying auroral impacts on the…
This panchromatic view of galaxy cluster MACS0416 was created by combining infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with visible-light data from NASA’s Hubble…
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft, lifts off the pad at Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida on Thursday, November…
This image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope features the dazzling Terzan 12, a dense assembly of stars bound together by gravity. This observation is…
Satellite image of the Klyuchevskoy volcano on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula acquired on November 1, 2023, by NASA’s Aqua satellite. Eurasia’s tallest active volcano spewed ash…
The sun’s glint beams across the Pacific Ocean in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above the Hawaiian island…
he SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, carrying the Dragon capsule, lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June 5,…
Artist’s impression of NASA’s Atmospheric Waves Experiment (AWE) mapping the properties of global mesospheric gravity waves. By analyzing the mesopause’s airglow, AWE will advance our…
An aurora glows in Earth’s atmosphere as the International Space Station soared 260 miles above Utah during orbital nighttime. Credit: NASA Human research and space…
The sun’s glint beams off a clear blue North Atlantic Ocean as the International Space Station orbited 261 miles above. In the foreground, a pair…
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope reveals an ultraviolet view of Jupiter. Credit: NASA, ESA, and M. Wong (University of California – Berkeley); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic…
This artist’s concept depicts astronauts and human habitats on Mars. NASA’s Perseverance rover carried a number of technologies that could make Mars safer and easier…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has gazed at the Crab Nebula in the search for answers about the supernova remnant’s origins. This image by Webb’s…
November 2023 skywatching highlights include the peak of the Leonid meteor shower, Saturn in Aquarius, and opposite views of Venus and Jupiter in the morning…
NASA is not engaged in asteroid mining; instead, it is focused on fundamental scientific research missions, such as the Psyche mission, which will investigate the…
El Niño’s disruptions to global rainfall patterns may increase food insecurity, with regions like southern Africa being particularly vulnerable. FEWS NET’s analysis aids in understanding…
Astronauts on the International Space Station celebrate Halloween by creating costumes with materials on board, keeping the festive spirit alive in space. Although no ghouls…
Lucy will explore the Jupiter Trojan asteroids – thought to be “fossils of planet formation.” Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center NASAEstablished in 1958, the…