This is Apep, a multiple star system in the direction of the small, southern constellation Norma. Apep is named for an ancient Egyptian deity (Apep, aka Apophis), the embodiment of
This is Apep, a multiple star system in the direction of the small, southern constellation Norma. Apep is named for an ancient Egyptian deity (Apep, aka Apophis), the embodiment of
The July full moon 2025, also known as the Buck Moon, will rise on July 10, offering a spectacular lunar show for skywatchers worldwide. The moon will reach full illumination
The discovery by the Mars rovers of carbonate in sedimentary rock on the Red Planet has enabled planetary scientists to rewind the clock and tell the tale of how Mars’
Astronomers manning an asteroid warning system caught a glimpse of a large, bright object zipping through the solar system late on July 1, 2025.
WASHINGTON — Despite flat budgets for the Federal Aviation Administration office that oversees commercial spaceflight, industry has mixed opinions of a provision in the budget reconciliation bill that would raise
A pair of Japanese weather satellites took a break from monitoring Earth weather to sneak a peek at Planet Venus. Despite the fact that it’s relatively tiny, and millions of
When NASA’s DART mission crashed into the asteroid Dimorphos, the first stage of the impact saw the spacecraft’s solar panels strike and pulverize two large boulders on the target, debris
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Here you see the X-59 scaled model inside the JAXA supersonic wind tunnel during critical tests related to sound
Earlier this year, asteroid 2024 YR4 was discovered and found to have a trajectory through the Earth/Moon system in 2032. The world’s telescopes focused on the potential threat and downgraded
NASA’s newest astrophysics space telescope launched in March on a mission to create an all-sky map of the universe. Now settled into low-Earth orbit, SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of




