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Artist’s illustration of a small world passing front of a background star. When astronomers in Japan recently observed the small outer solar system object 2002 XV93, the light from the

Artist’s illustration depicting dozens of exoplanets. A new survey of data from NASA’s TESS space telescope has revealed over 10,000 new exoplanet candidates. Wow! Image via NASA. NASA has uncovered

This amazing footage from 1968 shows Neil Armstrong’s close call while training for his moon landing. Science news, night sky events and beautiful photos, all in one place. Click here

View larger. | This artist’s illustration depicts a highly active red dwarf star firing off such intense solar flares that it’s stripping the atmosphere from a nearby planet. It seems

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. was the 1st American in space. Here he is in his silver pressure suit with the helmet visor closed, preparing for his historic flight into

View larger. | Artist’s concept of the Jupiter-like exoplanet designated Epsilon Indi Ab. It’s about 12 light-years from Earth. Image via E. C. Matthews/ MPIA/ T. Müller/ HdA. NASA’s Webb

This is the spot where a Falcon 9 upper stage rocket body will collide with the moon on August 5, 2026. The spent rocket will hit the moon at 5,400

These Euclid space telescope images show galaxies bending spacetime, causing light from more distant galaxies to distort around them. A new citizen science project, Space Warps, is enlisting members of

View larger. | This view from the Curiosity rover shows a part of Mars’ Gale crater where the rover found interesting deposits of metal minerals. The minerals are more evidence

Jan Oort. Copyright Leiden Observatory. Used with permission. Jan Oort: Father of the Oort Cloud Jan Hendrick Oort was born on today’s date – April 28, 1900 – in Franeker,