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A SpaceX Crew Dragon approaches the space station.

How to watch SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon depart ISS on Friday

How to watch SpaceX’s Cargo Dragon depart ISS on Friday

Fans of slow TV can enjoy watching SpaceX's Cargo Dragon spacecraft depart from the International Space Station on Friday at the start of its journey home.
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Time-lapse video compresses moon rocket’s 10-hour trip into 25 seconds

Time-lapse video compresses moon rocket’s 10-hour trip into 25 seconds

NASA's new moon rocket took 10 hours to reach the launchpad at the Kennedy Space Center ahead of its first flight weeks from now. Here's the trip in 25 seconds.
Earth bathed in moonlight.

Check out this sublime ISS image showing a moonlit Earth

Check out this sublime ISS image showing a moonlit Earth

Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti has posted an astonishing image of Earth that she captured recently from the International Space Station.
A full Moon in view on June 14, 2022 behind the Space Launch System and Orion spacecraft atop the mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The rocket and spacecraft are undergoing final preparations for launch.

How to watch the rollout ahead of NASA’s biggest launch of the year

How to watch the rollout ahead of NASA’s biggest launch of the year

NASA is gearing up for its biggest launch of the year: The Artemis I mission. Here's how to watch the new rocket being rolled out to the launch pad.
SpaceX's Crew-5 astronauts.

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts are just about ready for launch

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 astronauts are just about ready for launch

The next group of SpaceX Crew Dragon astronauts are close to completing their training for next month’s mission to the space station.
This celestial cloudscape from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures the colorful region in the Orion Nebula surrounding the Herbig-Haro object HH 505. Herbig-Haro objects are luminous regions surrounding newborn stars that form when stellar winds or jets of gas spew from these infant stars creating shockwaves that collide with nearby gas and dust at high speeds. In the case of HH 505, these outflows originate from the star IX Ori, which lies on the outskirts of the Orion Nebula around 1,000 light-years from Earth. The outflows themselves are visible as gracefully curving structures at the top and bottom of this image. Their interaction with the large-scale flow of gas and dust from the core of the nebula distorts them into sinuous curves.

This colorful Hubble dreamscape is sculpted by newborn stars

This colorful Hubble dreamscape is sculpted by newborn stars

The image from the Hubble Space Telescope this week is particularly dreamy and stunning, showing the bright colors and soft shapes of a Herbig-Haro object.
The first of six SunRISE SmallSats is shown here at a Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory clean room being worked on by engineers. Pointed toward the camera is the SmallSat’s Sun-facing side, including its fully deployed solar arrays.

Six tiny satellites will form a huge virtual telescope to study space weather

Six tiny satellites will form a huge virtual telescope to study space weather

NASA has plans to study hazardous space weather events in more detail than ever before, using a group of six small satellites in a project called SunRISE.
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Plotting the death of our sun using data from Gaia

Plotting the death of our sun using data from Gaia

Recent research using data from the European Space Agency's Gaia satellite has shed light on the eventual fate of our sun.
This image from the Gemini North telescope in Hawai‘i reveals a pair of interacting spiral galaxies — NGC 4568 (bottom) and NGC 4567 (top) — as they begin to clash and merge. The galaxies will eventually form a single elliptical galaxy in around 500 million years.

Two galaxies collide in epic image from Gemini North telescope

Two galaxies collide in epic image from Gemini North telescope

Hard as it is to imagine, out in the depths of space entire galaxies can collide. One such merger has been captured by NOIRLab's Gemini North telescope.
Illustration of changes in the brightness of the red supergiant star Betelgeuse.

Betelgeuse blew its top, leaving an interior jiggling like jelly

Betelgeuse blew its top, leaving an interior jiggling like jelly

The huge red supergiant star Betelgeuse blew off a huge chunk of its mass in 2019, creating a cloud of dust which obscured its light and caused it to dim.
A shower of Perseid meteors lights up the sky in 2009 in this NASA time-lapse image.

How to watch the Perseids Meteor Shower this weekend

How to watch the Perseids Meteor Shower this weekend

This weekend is the peak of the yearly Perseids meteor shower, and if you're lucky you might be able to spot a flurry of shooting stars overhead.
The International Space Station captured from the Crew Dragon.

Making oxygen in space more efficiently using magnets

Making oxygen in space more efficiently using magnets

A group of researchers proposes a new way of making oxygen in space using magnets, which could help astronauts explore further in the future.
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Watch SpaceX test fire its next-gen Super Heavy rocket

Watch SpaceX test fire its next-gen Super Heavy rocket

SpaceX has this week been conducting the first test fires of its next-generation Super Heavy rocket that's destined for missions to the moon, Mars, and beyond.
NASA's SLS rocket on its way to the launchpad.

Watch NASA’s trailer for new show on highly anticipated lunar mission

Watch NASA’s trailer for new show on highly anticipated lunar mission

As part of the build-up to the highly anticipated Artemis I lunar mission, NASA is releasing a new five-part series called Artemis I, Path to the Pad.
An image of a supernova remnant created by Setonix, Australia's newest supercomputer.

Check out this supercomputer’s stunning image of a supernova remnant

Check out this supercomputer’s stunning image of a supernova remnant

Australia’s newest supercomputer, Setonix, has crunched masses of data to create a stunning image of a supernova remnant.
This star-studded image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the heart of the globular cluster NGC 6638 in the constellation Sagittarius. The star-strewn observation highlights the density of stars at the heart of globular clusters, which are stable, tightly bound clusters of tens of thousands to millions of stars. To capture the data in this image, Hubble used two of its cutting-edge astronomical instruments: Wide Field Camera 3 and the Advanced Camera for Surveys.

Thousands of stars sparkle in this week’s Hubble image

Thousands of stars sparkle in this week’s Hubble image

A sky full of stars is on glorious display in this week's image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
This image is part of a larger mosaic taken with the Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam) on the James Webb Space Telescope. It’s from a patch of sky near the handle of the Big Dipper. This is one of the first images obtained by the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science Survey (CEERS) collaboration.

Looking back on some of the universe’s oldest galaxies with James Webb

Looking back on some of the universe’s oldest galaxies with James Webb

The James Webb Space Telescope continues to astonish, with early data providing a tantalizing glimpse at some extremely distant and extremely old galaxies.
ISRO's Small Satellite Launch Vehicle launches for the first time from Sriharikota, India on Sunday, August 7.

India successfully launches new rocket but fails to deploy satellites into stable orbit

India successfully launches new rocket but fails to deploy satellites into stable orbit

The Indian space agency launched its new SSLV rocket, but its two satellite payloads were placed into an incorrect orbit and have since been destroyed.
Earth as seen by NOAA's GOES-18 weather satellite.

No one is quite sure how long a day on Earth lasts, it turns out

No one is quite sure how long a day on Earth lasts, it turns out

Days on Earth are getting shorter. Or maybe they're getting longer? It's complicated.
This week, we feature an image of the spiral galaxy NGC 4303, also known as Messier 61, which is one of the largest galactic members of the Virgo Cluster. Being a so-called starburst galaxy, it has an unusually high amount of stars being born, and has been used by astronomers as a laboratory to better understand the fascinating phenomena of star formation.

See elements as colors in this galaxy where stars are being born

See elements as colors in this galaxy where stars are being born

A stunning image of the starburst galaxy NGC 4303 shows different elements in different colors, giving a peek into how stars form.
A poster produced by NASA to celebrate the Curiosity Mars rover’s tenth anniversary on the Red Planet.

Wish a very happy 10th landing anniversary to Mars rover Curiosity

Wish a very happy 10th landing anniversary to Mars rover Curiosity

Today NASA's Curiosity rover celebrates 10 years on the red planet, and it's still going strong.
A view of Moonikin “Campos” secured in a seat inside the Artemis I Orion crew module atop the Space Launch System rocket in High Bay 3 of the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Aug. 3, 2022.

NASA gets ready for Artemis lunar launch later this month

NASA gets ready for Artemis lunar launch later this month

NASA is getting ready for a new era of lunar exploration with the upcoming Artemis I mission launch. Now, teams are working on final testing and preparations.
At 24 feet (7.3 meters) across each, Lucy’s two solar panels underwent initial deployment tests in January 2021. In this photo, a technician at Lockheed Martin Space in Denver, Colorado, inspects one of Lucy’s arrays during its first deployment. These massive solar arrays will power the Lucy spacecraft throughout its entire 4-billion-mile, 12-year journey through space as it heads out to explore Jupiter’s elusive Trojan asteroids

How engineers fixed Lucy spacecraft’s solar array issue as it whizzed through space

How engineers fixed Lucy spacecraft’s solar array issue as it whizzed through space

NASA's Lucy spacecraft had a troubled start to its mission, with a deployment issue affecting its solar power system. Here's how they fixed it.
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Light it up like dynamite: South Korea launches first lunar mission

Light it up like dynamite: South Korea launches first lunar mission

South Korea began its first mission to the moon this week with the launch of its Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) mission from Florida.
VSS Unity during a test flight to the edge of space.

Virgin Galactic keeps its space tourism customers waiting … again

Virgin Galactic keeps its space tourism customers waiting … again

Virgin Galactic has again delayed the launch of its space tourism service, leaving those who’ve already forked out for a ticket having to wait even longer.
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover hails its ‘dusty dozen’

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover hails its ‘dusty dozen’

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has pointed the way to a special website where you can learn more about all of the rock and soil samples it's collected to date.
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket on a mission for the NRO.

Watch this U.S. spy satellite get launched to orbit by SpaceX rival

Watch this U.S. spy satellite get launched to orbit by SpaceX rival

Watch Rocket Lab's video of its workhorse Electron rocket blasting an American spy satellite into orbit from New Zealand on Thursday.
NASA's next-generation SLS rocket.

NASA says it’s looking good for lunar launch weeks from now

NASA says it’s looking good for lunar launch weeks from now

With 100,000 people expected to turn up to watch, NASA says it’s on track for the late-August maiden launch of its next-generation lunar rocket.
The Cartwheel Galaxy captured by the James Webb Space Telescope.

Check out Webb telescope’s most amazing image yet

Check out Webb telescope’s most amazing image yet

NASA has shared a breathtaking image captured by the James Webb Space Telescope showing the Cartwheel Galaxy some 500 million light-years from Earth.
Virtual Incision's MIRA robot.

Remote surgery robot to be tested on space station

Remote surgery robot to be tested on space station

NASA is gearing up to test a remote surgery robot aboard the space station with the idea of one day deploying it for crewed missions to deep space.
Artist's visualization of the Gateway spacecraft with scientific instruments aboard.

NASA video reveals complexity of Lunar Gateway plan

NASA video reveals complexity of Lunar Gateway plan

The space agency has shared a fascinating video that reveals the complexity of its plan to build and maintain the Lunar Gateway.
A Chinese Long March-5B rocket launches from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in Hainan province, carrying the space station module Wentian on July 24, 2022.

Chinese rocket debris comes down near villages

Chinese rocket debris comes down near villages

Debris from a recent Chinese rocket re-entry has reportedly been found close to several villages in Malaysia and Indonesia.
The Nile River as seen from the space station.

6 awesome Earth images captured from the ISS in July

6 awesome Earth images captured from the ISS in July

Check out our selection of some of the most striking Earth images taken from the International Space Station during July.

Check out NASA’s skywatching tips for August

Check out NASA’s skywatching tips for August

NASA is back again with its monthly roundup up of skywatching treats, which this time includes a chance to view the distant ice giant planet Uranus.