Voyager 2 met Uranus, our sun’s 7th planet, on January 24, 1986. Afterwards, as Voyager sped ever-outward from our sun, it obtained this backlit image. Image via NASA/JPL. EarthSky’s 2026
Voyager 2 met Uranus, our sun’s 7th planet, on January 24, 1986. Afterwards, as Voyager sped ever-outward from our sun, it obtained this backlit image. Image via NASA/JPL. EarthSky’s 2026
View larger. | Artist’s concept of a large disk of debris, surrounded by a thick cloud of dust and gas, passing in front of a star. Astronomers said there’s a
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us at the Brazilian-Bolivian border over part of the Pantanal region, a unique ecosystem, home to an impressive variety of plants and wildlife. Zoom in or click
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ESA astronaut Sławosz Uznański-Wiśniewski shared captivating timelapse videos filmed during his recent 20-day mission on the International Space Station, part of the Axiom Mission 4, codenamed Ignis. The mesmerizing footage,
Recent imagery from the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission unveils the striking landscape of the Pantanal, a vital ecological area straddling the Brazilian-Bolivian border. Spanning approximately 200,000 square kilometers, the Pantanal is
NASA’s Space Launch System rocket at Launch Complex 39B (left) and United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket inside its Vertical Integration Facility (right): Image: NASA/Keegan Barber (left), United Launch Alliance (right)
WASHINGTON — Space Systems Command, the primary acquisition and space development arm of the U.S. Space Force, is moving to hire contracting and procurement specialists as it tries to recover
WASHINGTON — Blue Origin will reuse a New Glenn booster for the first time on the rocket’s next launch, carrying a satellite for AST SpaceMobile. Blue Origin announced Jan. 22
HELSINKI — China’s damaged Shenzhou-20 spacecraft returned safely to Earth after on-orbit internal repairs, concluding the country’s first human spaceflight emergency triggered by a suspected debris impact. Shenzhou-20 landed at






