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NASA's Orion spacecraft as it flies by the moon.

How to watch NASA reveal the Artemis II moon astronauts

NASA is just a short time away from naming the four astronauts who will be taking a trip to the moon. Here's how to watch the big reveal ...
Virgin Orbit rocket

Virgin Orbit lays off most staff over funding struggles

A graphic rendering of the Boeing Starliner orbiting Earth.

NASA and Boeing reveal new date for first crewed Starliner flight

NASA's Orion spacecraft and Earth.

Watch NASA’s video teasing the reveal of Artemis moon astronauts

Mars helicopter

NASA’s plucky Mars helicopter eyes another flight record

The damaged Soyuz MS-22 departs the space station for the voyage home.

A crew capsule just landed on Earth. But why was it empty?

A OneWeb satellite in space.

OneWeb ready to take on Starlink in internet-from-space race

The telescopes of the SPECULOOS Southern Observatory gaze out into the stunning night sky over the Atacama Desert, Chile.

Check out the night sky for a special planetary parade

Perseverance looks towards the Delta on Sol 419, capturing this image with its Right Navigation Camera.

Perseverance and Ingenuity play a game of tag across Mars

The galaxy JW100 (lower right) features prominently in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The streams of star-forming gas dripping from the disk of the galaxy like streaks of fresh paint are formed by a process called ram pressure stripping. Their resemblance to dangling tentacles led astronomers to refer to JW100 as a ‘jellyfish’ galaxy. JW100 is over 800 million light-years away, in the constellation Pegasus.

There’s a cosmic jellyfish in this week’s Hubble image

An artist’s impression of Uranus and its five largest moons (innermost to outermost) Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania and Oberon.

Two of Uranus’ moons could host oceans, new research suggests

Artist's concept of a near-Earth object.

An asteroid is making a close approach to Earth, and scientists are pumped

Still from the video of Jezero crater created by merging data from various Mars orbiting spacecraft.

See Mars’s beautiful Jezero Crater from the air in flyover video

See Mars’s beautiful Jezero Crater from the air in flyover video

Take a virtual flight over the famous Jezero Crater on Mars, thanks to the European Space Agency.
An artist’s depiction of the interstellar comet ‘Oumuamua, as it warmed up in its approach to the sun and outgassed hydrogen (white mist), which slightly altered its orbit. The comet, which is most likely pancake-shaped, is the first known object other than dust grains to visit our solar system from another star.

We now know what caused comet ‘Oumuamua’s strange orbit

We now know what caused comet ‘Oumuamua’s strange orbit

It wasn't aliens that sent an interstellar comet to visit our solar system. The explanation is a phenomenon called outgassing.
This artist’s illustration shows the ejection of a cloud of debris after NASA’s DART spacecraft collided with the asteroid Dimorphos. The image was created with the help of the close-up photographs of Dimorphos that the DRACO camera on the DART spacecraft took right before the impact. The DART spacecraft collided with Dimorphos at a speed of over 6 kilometres per second (about 22 000 kilometres per hour). After the impact several telescopes observed the evolution of the cloud of debris, including ESO’s Very Large Telescope.

Scientists observe the aftermath of a spacecraft crashing into asteroid

Scientists observe the aftermath of a spacecraft crashing into asteroid

When NASA crashed a spacecraft into an asteroid, it wasn't only a thrilling test of planetary defense. It was also a unique opportunity for scientists.
This illustration conceptualises the swirling clouds identified by the James Webb Space Telescope in the atmosphere of the exoplanet VHS 1256 b. The planet is about 40 light-years away and orbits two stars that are locked in their own tight rotation. Its clouds, which are filled with silicate dust, are constantly rising, mixing, and moving during its 22-hour day.

James Webb spots exoplanet with gritty clouds of sand floating in its atmosphere

James Webb spots exoplanet with gritty clouds of sand floating in its atmosphere

Exoplanet VHS 1256 b, around 40 light-years away, has an unusual atmosphere where clouds of sand float in temperatures of 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit.
[Jupiter: left] - The forecast for Jupiter is for stormy weather at low northern latitudes. A prominent string of alternating storms is visible, forming a ‘vortex street’ as some planetary astronomers call it. [Uranus: right] - Uranus’s north pole shows a thickened photochemical haze that looks similar to the smog over cities. Several little storms can be seen near the edge of the polar haze boundary. Note: The planets do not appear in this image to scale.

Hubble sees the changing seasons on Jupiter and Uranus

Hubble sees the changing seasons on Jupiter and Uranus

Our planet isn't the only place in the solar system with dramatic weather changes - Hubble recently captured seasonal changes to two of the outer planets.
Earth as seen from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

SpaceX shares stunning ‘blue marble’ footage of Earth

SpaceX shares stunning ‘blue marble’ footage of Earth

SpaceX recently shared some stunning footage of Earth captured from the second stage of its workhorse Falcon 9 rocket.
relativity space achieves first launch of 3d printed rocket terran 1

Relativity Space launches first 3D-printed rocket, but it didn’t end well

Relativity Space launches first 3D-printed rocket, but it didn’t end well

Relativity Space has achieved the first launch of a 3D-printed rocket, but an anomaly with the second stage prevented it from reaching orbit.
spacex satellites light pollution trails made by starlink

Astronomers increasingly troubled by satellite constellations

Astronomers increasingly troubled by satellite constellations

Astronomers are becoming increasingly concerned about light pollution in the night sky caused by the growing number of satellites in low-Earth orbit.
An artist's impression of an asteroid approaching Earth

A large asteroid is about to zip between Earth and the moon

A large asteroid is about to zip between Earth and the moon

A newly discovered asteroid up to 310 feet wide will hurtle between Earth and the moon this weekend at a speed of about 17,000 miles per.
Virgin Orbit rocket

Virgin Orbit still seeking cash injection so its rockets can fly again

Virgin Orbit still seeking cash injection so its rockets can fly again

Satellite-launch company Virgin Orbit has reportedly been in talks all weekend as it seeks a cash injection to avoid possible bankruptcy.
Some exoplanets have one side permanently facing their star while the other side is in perpetual darkness. The ring-shaped border between these permanent day and night regions is called a “terminator zone.” In a new paper in The Astrophysical Journal, physics and astronomy researchers at UC Irvine say this area has the potential to support extraterrestrial life.

Tidally locked exoplanets could be habitable in the ‘terminator zone’

Tidally locked exoplanets could be habitable in the ‘terminator zone’

There are exoplanets where one side is always in sunlight and the other is always dark. But a particular region of these planets could be habitable.
This image shows just a portion of M55, the cluster as a whole appears spherical because the stars’ intense gravitational attraction pulls them together. Hubble’s clear view above Earth’s atmosphere resolves individual stars in this cluster. Ground-based telescopes can also resolve individual stars in M55, but fewer stars are visible.

A sparkling field of stars cluster together in Hubble image

A sparkling field of stars cluster together in Hubble image

A Hubble image of the galaxy Messier 55 shows a stunning sea of stars in an enormous group called a globular cluster.
Using observations from different NASA missions, this map shows where the Moon’s shadow will cross the U.S. during the 2023 annular solar eclipse and 2024 total solar eclipse. The map was developed by NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio (SVS) in collaboration with the NASA Heliophysics Activation Team (NASA HEAT), part of NASA’s Science Activation portfolio.

NASA map shows where you can see a solar eclipse across the U.S.

NASA map shows where you can see a solar eclipse across the U.S.

NASA has created a map of the U.S. showing when and where you can see a solar eclipse in 2023 and 2024.
The SpaceX Dragon Endeavour crew ship is pictured docked to the Harmony module's space-facing international docking adapter. Endeavour carried four Axiom Mission 1 astronauts, Commander Michael Lopez-Alegria, Pilot Larry Connor, and Mission Specialists Eytan Stibbe and Mark Pathy, to the International Space Station for several days of research, education, and commercial activities.

Axiom Space to send third private mission to the International Space Station

Axiom Space to send third private mission to the International Space Station

Axiom Space will send a third private mission to the International Space Station, scheduled for November this year.
UGCA 307 hangs against an irregular backdrop of distant galaxies in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The small galaxy consists of a diffuse band of stars containing red bubbles of gas that mark regions of recent star formation, and lies roughly 26 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Corvus. Appearing as just a small patch of stars, UGCA 307 is a diminutive dwarf galaxy without a defined structure — resembling nothing more than a hazy patch of passing cloud.

A small, fuzzy dwarf galaxy in our neighborhood captured by Hubble

A small, fuzzy dwarf galaxy in our neighborhood captured by Hubble

This week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a galaxy in our backyard, cosmically speaking, taken as part of a project to image nearby galaxies.
Rendering of Firefly’s Blue Ghost lunar lander delivering NASA’s LuSEE-Night radio telescope to the far side of the Moon.

NASA picks a commercial partner to visit the far side of the moon

NASA picks a commercial partner to visit the far side of the moon

NASA has contracted Firefly Aerospace to deliver payloads including a radio telescope to the far side of the moon, which minimizes radio noise coming from Earth.
ESA’s Rosalind Franklin twin rover is back on its wheels and drilled down 1.7 metres into a martian-like ground in Italy – about 25 times deeper than any other rover has ever attempted on Mars. The test rover, known as Amalia, also collected samples for analysis under the watchful eye of European science teams.

How Europe’s ExoMars rover plans to get to Mars without Russia

How Europe’s ExoMars rover plans to get to Mars without Russia

ExoMars was supposed to be a joint Europe-Russia mission. But the rover will now be sent to Mars using a European lander instead.
This illustration shows NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft-lander approaching a site on Saturn’s exotic moon, Titan. Taking advantage of Titan’s dense atmosphere and low gravity, Dragonfly will explore dozens of locations across the icy world, sampling and measuring the compositions of Titan's organic surface materials to characterize the habitability of Titan’s environment and investigate the progression of prebiotic chemistry.

How NASA’s Dragonfly mission will assess Titan for habitability

How NASA’s Dragonfly mission will assess Titan for habitability

NASA's robotic rotorcraft Dragonfly will explore Saturn's moon Titan -- a location that is intriguing because it is thought to be potentially habitable.
NASA’s 2001 Mars Odyssey orbiter is depicted in this illustration. The mission team spent most of 2021 assessing how much propellant is left on the orbiter, concluding it has enough to stay active through at least 2025.

How much fuel is left in this 20-year-old Mars orbiter?

How much fuel is left in this 20-year-old Mars orbiter?

Figuring out how much fuel remains in the Mars Odyssey spacecraft turned out to be more complicated than NASA engineers were expecting.
Amazon's smallest customer terminal for Project Kuiper.

Amazon unveils customer terminals for internet-from-space service

Amazon unveils customer terminals for internet-from-space service

Amazon has shown off the hardware that will be used by the first customers of its Project Kuiper internet-from-space service.
An artist's illustration showing astronauts on the moon.

How to watch NASA unveil its next-generation spacesuit

How to watch NASA unveil its next-generation spacesuit

NASA is about to unveil a prototype of the all-new spacesuit that astronauts will wear when they set foot on the moon in just a few years from now.
The space station and Earth.

NASA may use a ‘space tug’ to decommission the space station

NASA may use a ‘space tug’ to decommission the space station

NASA is aiming to build a special spacecraft capable of guiding the International Space Station to a safe deorbit position when it’s decommissioned in 2030.

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