This new image of the Ring Nebula from Webb’s MIRI (Mid-InfraRed Instrument) reveals particular details in the concentric features in the outer regions of the…
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Trou au Natron in Chad resembles a ghostly face from space, formed by distinctive volcanic features. Satellite observations and research expeditions have unveiled its rich…
By combining data from Chandra and IXPE, astronomers are learning more about how a pulsar is injecting particles into space and shaping its environment. The…
The Canadarm2 robotic arm, with its fine-tuned robotic hand Dextre attached, is pictured as the International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the city lights…
This image taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope shows part of the Veil Nebula or Cygnus Loop. To create this colorful image, observations were taken…
Illustration of NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration communicating with the International Space Station over laser links. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center SpaceXCommonly known as…
Using various telescopes, researchers observed a bright gamma-ray burst, revealing a neutron star merger and detecting the rare element tellurium. These findings, resulting from kilonova…
NASA’s ILLUMA-T payload communicating with LCRD over laser signals. Credit: NASA/Dave Ryan NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent…
NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will offer unprecedented views into the Milky Way’s core. Primarily employing microlensing, the mission will observe hundreds of…
Launched in 2020, the Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite is designed to monitor sea surface heights, aiding in climate studies, especially the El Niño phenomenon. By…
In one of the most luminous gamma-ray bursts observed, scientists detected the creation of rare chemical elements following a neutron star merger named GRB 230307A.…
Flight Engineers Oleg Kononenko (left) and Nikolai Chub (right) of Roscosmos. Credit: NASA RoscosmosRoscosmos, also known as the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, is…
Russian spacewalkers Oleg Kononenko (suit with red stripes) and Sergey Prokopyev (suit with blue stripes) work outside the International Space Station over 250 miles above…
Integration of the crew and service modules for the Artemis II Orion spacecraft was recently completed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Photo credit:…
Eruptions from neighboring volcanoes on Russia’s ever-fiery Kamchatka Peninsula were captured on October 16, 2023, by the Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8. Eruptions on…
These stereoscopic images are a pair of close-ups of ancient asteroid Bennu material retrieved by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission and delivered to Earth on September 24,…
The Moon passes in front of the sun during the annular solar eclipse in this photograph taken by Expedition 70 Flight Engineer Jasmin Moghbeli aboard…
Four Expedition 70 crew members pose for a fun portrait inside their crew quarters aboard the International Space Station’s Harmony module. Clockwise from bottom are,…
This artist’s concept shows what the exoplanet WASP-17 b could look like. WASP-17 b, also called Ditsö̀, is a hot gas giant that orbits its…
NASA’s Psyche mission will explore the metal-rich asteroid Psyche, believed to be the remnants of an early planet’s core. By investigating its composition and properties,…