As we gaze into the vast tapestry of the universe above us, the “2026 Guide to the Night Sky” invites you on an enchanting journey through the celestial wonders that
As we gaze into the vast tapestry of the universe above us, the “2026 Guide to the Night Sky” invites you on an enchanting journey through the celestial wonders that
Europe’s Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), sending an advanced weather and climate satellite to orbit. The powerful Ariane 6 lifted off from
On Aug. 7 and 8, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope team assessed the observatory’s solar panels and a visor-like sunshade called the deployable aperture cover—two components that will be
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The final F444W image produced via classical RDI optimized for extended source emission retrieval (FULL and Subarray combined), shown at a larger field of view to include the outer ring
This image of frost on Mars has become iconic. Unfortunately, it is tiny, because it was obtained using Viking’s low resolution mode and there was no high resolution image taken
Asteroid Ryugu is proving to be one of the most scientifically valuable time capsules in the solar system. A recent study of microscopic grains collected from Ryugu by Japan’s Hayabusa2
Series of zoomed in images from observations of 3I/ATLAS on UT 2025 July 9. Each panel is a single 30.0 s exposure taken in 𝑟′-band and 3I/ATLAS is identified within
A researcher holds a vibrant green sample of thermophilic cyanobacteria collected from a hot spring in Yellowstone’s Lower Geyser Basin. National Park Service photo by Samantha Hilburn, August 2025. Research
WASHINGTON — New analysis suggests that problems with NASA’s MAVEN Mars orbiter may be more serious than a simple communications glitch. NASA said Dec. 9 that it lost contact with






