This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dense and dazzling array of blazing stars that form globular cluster ESO 591-12. NASA, ESA, and D. Massari (INAF — Osservatorio di
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features a dense and dazzling array of blazing stars that form globular cluster ESO 591-12. NASA, ESA, and D. Massari (INAF — Osservatorio di
Today’s Picture of the Week tells a story of redemption for one lonely star. The young star MP Mus (PDS 66) was thought to be all alone in the Universe,
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force estimates it would need more than $4 billion to fund a proliferated low Earth orbit constellation known as MILNET that would provide global communications
A pair of Falcon 9 rocket payload fairings roll out of Amazon’s satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The fairings contain 24 Project Kuiper satellites. Image: Amazon Amazon
File: A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stands in the launch position during sunset at Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E) at Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Image: SpaceX SpaceX
A recent unexpected frost graced high-altitude peaks in Chile, dusting the Southern Astrophysical Research (SOAR) Telescope with a delicate layer of snow. What is it? The 13.4 foot (4.1 meter)
The peak temperature achieved by all tracer particles in simulations of a 1 km diameter comet impacting at 10 km s−1 (left) and 40 km s−1 (right) in a provenance
A host of scientific investigations await the crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission during their long-duration expedition aboard the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Zena Cardman and Mike Fincke, and
The Axiom Mission 4 crew launched on June 25, 2025, aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. From left to
The conceptual space of origin-of-life questions. Each axis corresponds to one of the three constraints identified above: historical adequacy, natural spontaneity, and similarity to life-as-we-know-it. Combinations of low and high