NASA Terrier-Improved Malemute Rocket. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/CI Lab A project developed by community college students is providing the opportunity for the public to…
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At center, Soyuz Commander Alexander Misurkin and spaceflight participants Yusaku Maezawa (left) and Yozo Hirano (right) pose for individual preflight portraits. Russian cosmonaut Alexander Misurkin…
Hubble Space Telescope image of the open star cluster NGC 1755. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Milone, G. Gilmore The open star cluster NGC 1755…
This artist’s rendering shows a view of our own Milky Way Galaxy and its central bar as it might appear if viewed from above. Credit:…
A piercing tool built by ESA is set to open a Moon soil container from Apollo 17 that has gone untouched for nearly 50 years.…
This artist’s rendering shows a view of our own Milky Way Galaxy and its central bar as it might appear if viewed from above. An…
When was the last time an asteroid hit Earth? Today! But it was almost definitely very small. Small asteroids and other tiny dust and particles…
James Webb Space telescope. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab Before the MIRI instrument – one of four scientific instruments aboard the…
NASA’s Juno Spacecraft “Hears” Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede – Listen to the Dramatic Flyby of the Icy Orb
This JunoCam image shows two of Jupiter’s large rotating storms, captured on Juno’s 38th perijove pass, on November 29, 2021. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Kevin…
The world’s next generation cosmic observatory, the James Webb Space TelescopeThe James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) is an orbiting infrared observatory that will…
Artist’s representation of IXPE in Earth orbit. Credit: NASA NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the…
[embedded content]December 15 – 16, 2021 Hurricane-force winds, dust storms, tornadoes, wildfires, snow squalls, heavy rain, and record-breaking heat accompanied an unusual December storm system.…
December 16, 2021 December 17, 2021 Locally named Odette, the storm is one of the strongest recorded on Earth this year and the 6th to…
ESA’s 4.5 m-diameter antenna located in Western Australia. Credit: D. Hamilton When NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent…
August 9, 2021 Once the second-largest lake in Turkey, it now rarely spans an area much larger than a puddle. Lake Tuz was once the…
This illustration depicts NASA’s Mars 2020 rover studying rocks with its robotic arm. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The findings by rover scientists highlight the diversity of samples…
The International Space Station is pictured from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour during a fly around of the orbiting lab that took place following its…
An artist’s impression of the future SWOT satellite making sea surface observations, even through clouds. Credit: Centre National D’Etudes Spatiales (CNES) The missions, including two…
For the first time in history, a spacecraft has touched the Sun. NASAEstablished in 1958, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent…
Artist’s impression of the James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), folded in the Ariane 5 rocket during launch from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Credit: ESA…