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Google Nest Doorbell (battery) camera lens.

Doorbell camera captures much more than just a house visitor

Doorbell camera captures much more than just a house visitor

While most Alaskans slept early on Wednesday, a number of doorbell cameras captured a natural phenomenon that would otherwise have gone largely unnoticed.
A spacewalk at the ISS in December 2022.

NASA shares video clips from Thursday’s successful spacewalk

NASA shares video clips from Thursday’s successful spacewalk

NASA has shared several video clips of a successful spacewalk that took place at the International Space Station on Thursday.
The first Mars rock sample left at a collection site by NASA's Perseverance rover.

NASA’s Mars rover makes ‘one small drop for humankind’

NASA’s Mars rover makes ‘one small drop for humankind’

A special operation performed this week by the Perseverance rover takes NASA another step closer to bringing the first Mars rock samples to Earth.
This illustration shows NASA's InSight spacecraft with its instruments deployed on the Martian surface.

NASA declares Mars InSight lander mission officially over

NASA declares Mars InSight lander mission officially over

Just over four years after reaching the martian surface, NASA has officially announced the end of its InSight lander mission.
A view from NASA's InSight lander showing its wind and thermal shield covering some of its science instruments.

Final messages from NASA’s Mars lander will bring a tear to your eye

Final messages from NASA’s Mars lander will bring a tear to your eye

After four years of service, and with its power almost entirely gone, NASA's InSight lander has sent its final image from Mars.
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket on the launchpad.

Rocket Lab pushes its first U.S. rocket launch to 2023

Rocket Lab pushes its first U.S. rocket launch to 2023

Rocket Lab’s debut mission from U.S. soil has been pushed to next year after strong winds forced the team to call off another launch attempt.
Expedition 65 flight engineer and Roscosmos cosmonaut Pyotr Dubrov, pictured during a spacewalk to perform work on the Pirs docking compartment.

How to watch two U.S. astronauts on a spacewalk on Thursday

How to watch two U.S. astronauts on a spacewalk on Thursday

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio are gearing up for their third spacewalk at the International Space Station. Here's how to watch it.
A portion of the open cluster NGC 6530 appears as a roiling wall of smoke studded with stars in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 6530 is a collection of several thousand stars lying around 4,350 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius.

See a close-up of the stunning Lagoon Nebula in new Hubble image

See a close-up of the stunning Lagoon Nebula in new Hubble image

Hubble has imaged a cluster of thousands of stars shrouded in dust, which makes up a small part of the huge and beautiful Lagoon Nebula.
A swath of sky measuring 2% of the area covered by the full moon was imaged with Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) in eight filters, and with Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and Wide-Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in three filters that together span the 0.25 to 5 micron wavelength range. This image represents a portion of the full PEARLS field, which will be about four times larger.

James Webb survey image shows a field of shining galaxies

James Webb survey image shows a field of shining galaxies

Researchers from a Webb survey called PEARLS recently released their first results showing an area of the sky called the North Ecliptic Pole.
NASA’s Juno mission captured this infrared view of Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io on July 5, 2022, when the spacecraft was about 50,000 miles (80,000 kilometers) away. This infrared image was derived from data collected by the Jovian Infrared Auroral Mapper (JIRAM) instrument aboard Juno. In this image, the brighter the color the higher the temperature recorded by JIRAM.

NASA’s Juno spacecraft to investigate Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io

NASA’s Juno spacecraft to investigate Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io

Juno will begin an investigation of the intriguing volcanic moon Io, performing a series of nine flybys.
Rocket Lab's Electron rocket on the launchpad.

How to watch Rocket Lab’s first U.S. launch today

How to watch Rocket Lab’s first U.S. launch today

In a major step forward for Rocket Lab, the 16-year-old spaceflight company is about to perform its first-ever launch from U.S. soil.
This sparkling new image depicts a small section of the Carina Nebula, one of the NASA Hubble Space Telescope’s most-imaged objects. The Carina Nebula, NGC 3372, is an enormous cloud of gas and dust home to several massive and bright stars, including at least a dozen that are 50 to 100 times the mass of our Sun.

See Hubble’s take on the famous and beautiful Carina Nebula

See Hubble’s take on the famous and beautiful Carina Nebula

The Hubble Space Telescope recently captured a scene made famous by its sibling, the James Webb Space Telescope.
In this illustration super-Earth Kepler-138 d is in the foreground. To the left, the planet Kepler-138 c, and in the background the planet Kepler 138 b, seen in silhouette transiting its central star. Kepler 138 is a red dwarf star located 218 light-years away. The low density of Kepler-138 c and Kepler-138 d — which are nearly identical in size — means that they must be composed largely of water.

Hubble and Spitzer spot two far-off watery worlds

Hubble and Spitzer spot two far-off watery worlds

Hubble and Spitzer have identified two planets which seem to be water worlds, with oceans which are 500 times deeper than those on Earth.
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NASA launches fresh water observation satellite

NASA launches fresh water observation satellite

NASA has launched its first mission to survey fresh water systems from a global perspective.
The location where NASA’s Perseverance will begin depositing its first cache of samples is shown in this image taken by the Mars rover on Dec. 14, 2022, the 646th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

The Perseverance rover is building a sample cache on Mars

The Perseverance rover is building a sample cache on Mars

Perseverance will soon begin stashing Martian sample tubes in a depot which will eventually hold 10 tubes deposited over around one month.
The Soyuz MS-22 crew ship is pictured docked to the Rassvet module. In the background, the Prichal docking module is attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module.

Coolant leak in Soyuz docked to ISS is causing temperatures to rise

Coolant leak in Soyuz docked to ISS is causing temperatures to rise

A leak in a Soyuz craft docked to the International Space Station is causing temperatures to rise but is not putting the crew in danger, according to Roscosmos.
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How will NASA keep Mars astronauts safe from cosmic radiation? Here’s the plan

How will NASA keep Mars astronauts safe from cosmic radiation? Here’s the plan

Space is full of dangerous cosmic radiation, and in order to send astronauts to Mars, we'll need to protect them from it. Here's how.
SpaceX testing an engine on its Starship spacecraft.

Watch this incredible video of a SpaceX rocket test

Watch this incredible video of a SpaceX rocket test

SpaceX has offered its most dramatic view yet of a space vehicle's engine test, placing a camera directly above the blast.
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft docked at the space station.

Video: ISS spacecraft experiences significant leak

Video: ISS spacecraft experiences significant leak

Russia's space agency is continuing to investigate a leak of what seems to be coolant from its Soyuz spacecraft, which is currently docked at the ISS.
The Pillars of Creation, imaged by the James Webb Space Telescope

Watch NASA’s video celebrating 2022’s amazing achievements

Watch NASA’s video celebrating 2022’s amazing achievements

Check out NASA's video featuring its top moments from the last 12 months, accompanied by a rousing speech by Bill Nelson, the space agency's chief.
SpaceX's Starbase facility as seen from the ISS.

ISS astronaut spots SpaceX’s Starbase facility from space

ISS astronaut spots SpaceX’s Starbase facility from space

An astronaut has shared a photo from the ISS showing SpaceX’s Starbase rocket facility in Texas, from where it’ll launch the most powerful rocket ever to fly.
NASA's Orion spacecraft as it flies by the moon.

Watch 25-day Orion mission squeezed into just 60 seconds

Watch 25-day Orion mission squeezed into just 60 seconds

The European Space Agency has just shared a cinematic video showing the recently completed Artemis I mission in a mere 60 seconds.
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NASA shares new footage in Artemis I mission highlights reel

NASA shares new footage in Artemis I mission highlights reel

NASA has released a video featuring highlights from its successful Artemis I mission, which ended on Sunday with the homecoming of the Orion spacecraft.
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captures a small portion of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The SMC is a dwarf galaxy and one of the Milky Way’s nearest neighbors, lying only about 200,000 light-years from Earth. It makes a pair with the Large Magellanic Cloud, and both objects are best seen from the Southern Hemisphere, but are visible from some northern latitudes as well.

Our galactic companion, the Small Magellanic Cloud, sparkles in Hubble image

Our galactic companion, the Small Magellanic Cloud, sparkles in Hubble image

This week's Hubble image shows the Small Magellanic Cloud, or SMC, which is a satellite galaxy to our Milky Way.
An artist’s impression of the planet Janssen (orange circle), which orbits its star so closely that its entire surface is a lava ocean that reaches temperatures of around 2,000 degrees Celsius.

How the ‘hell planet’ covered in lava oceans got so close to its star

How the ‘hell planet’ covered in lava oceans got so close to its star

Exoplanet 55 Cancri e, known as the hell planet, reaches temperatures of 3,600 degrees Fahrenheit. Now researchers have a new theory for how it got so hot.
This artist's impression shows a kilonova produced by two colliding neutron stars. While studying the aftermath of a long gamma-ray burst (GRB), two independent teams of astronomers using a host of telescopes in space and on Earth, including the Gemini North telescope on Hawai‘i and the Gemini South telescope in Chile, have uncovered the unexpected hallmarks of a kilonova, the colossal explosion triggered by colliding neutron stars.

Colliding neutron stars create ‘paradigm-shifting’ colossal flash

Colliding neutron stars create ‘paradigm-shifting’ colossal flash

A new discovery is challenging what we know about the creation of some of the brightest flashes in the universe, called Gamma-Ray Bursts,
At 12:40 p.m. EST, Dec. 11, 2022, NASA’s Orion spacecraft for the Artemis I mission splashed down in the Pacific Ocean after a 25.5 day mission to the Moon. Orion will be recovered by NASA’s Landing and Recovery team, U.S. Navy and Department of Defense partners aboard the USS Portland ship.

NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashes down after journey around moon

NASA’s Orion spacecraft splashes down after journey around moon

NASA's Orion spacecraft has splashed down in the Pacific Ocean, marking the end of the Artemis I mission around the moon.
An artist's depiction of the Orion spacecraft flying close to the moon.

How to watch NASA’s Orion spacecraft splash down today

How to watch NASA’s Orion spacecraft splash down today

NASA's Orion spacecraft is set to splash down at the end of its historic Artemis I mission on Sunday, December 11. Here's how to watch the homecoming.
This artist's illustration shows the location and size of a hypothetical cloud of dust surrounding our solar system. Astronomers searched through 200,000 images and made tens of thousands of measurements from Hubble Space Telescope to discover a residual background glow in the sky.

Hubble reveals glow of ‘ghostly’ light around our solar system

Hubble reveals glow of ‘ghostly’ light around our solar system

Researchers using data from the Hubble Space Telescope have made a strange discovery: there's a ghostly light surrounding our solar system.
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How to watch SpaceX launch a private lunar lander tonight

How to watch SpaceX launch a private lunar lander tonight

Overnight tonight, SpaceX will launch a Falcon 9 rocket starting a private Japanese lander on a journey to the moon.
This image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope highlights the region of study by the JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES). This area is in and around the Hubble Space Telescope’s Ultra Deep Field. Scientists used Webb’s NIRCam instrument to observe the field in nine different infrared wavelength ranges. From these images, the team searched for faint galaxies that are visible in the infrared but whose spectra abruptly cut off at a critical wavelength. They conducted additional observations (not shown here) with Webb’s NIRSpec instrument to measure each galaxy’s redshift and reveal the properties of the gas and stars in these galaxies. In this image blue represents light at 1.15 microns (115W), green is 2.0 microns (200W), and red is 4.44 microns (444W)

James Webb uses spectroscopy to identify earliest galaxies to date

James Webb uses spectroscopy to identify earliest galaxies to date

New research provides confirmation that the James Webb Space Telescope has identified some of the oldest galaxies yet, estimated to be 13.4 billion years old.
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover snagged two samples of regolith – broken rock and dust – on Dec. 2 and 6, 2022. This set of images, taken by the rover's left navigation camera, shows Perseverance's robotic arm over the two holes left after the samples were collected.

Perseverance rover collects its first sample of Martian dirt

Perseverance rover collects its first sample of Martian dirt

NASA's Perseverance rover, currently exploring Mars's Jezero Crater, has collected its first sample of dirt from the Martian surface.
The engines on Orion’s service module are prominently featured in this image from flight day 22 of the Artemis I mission. The largest is the orbital maneuvering system engine, surrounded by eight smaller auxiliary thrusters.

Orion prepares to return to Earth ahead of splashdown tomorrow

Orion prepares to return to Earth ahead of splashdown tomorrow

NASA's Orion spacecraft is on its way home from its orbit of the moon and is due to splash down in the Pacific Ocean tomorrow, Sunday, December 11.
A Falcon 9 booster coming in to land.

Footage of SpaceX’s amazing rocket landings never gets old

Footage of SpaceX’s amazing rocket landings never gets old

SpaceX released more amazing footage of one of its Falcon 9 boosters making a perfect landing after deploying 40 satellites to low-Earth orbit on Thursday.