NASA/Michael DeMocker Just after sunrise, the waning gibbous moon sets just behind a waving United States flag on March 19, 2025, in this image from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in
NASA/Michael DeMocker Just after sunrise, the waning gibbous moon sets just behind a waving United States flag on March 19, 2025, in this image from NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in
ESA/Hubble & NASA, C. Murray This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features a sparkling cloudscape from one of the Milky Way’s galactic neighbors, a dwarf galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud. Located
At long last, particles of water–ice have been discovered in the frozen Kuiper Belt of another star. The discovery, made by the James Webb Space Telescope, is a major step
The moon will shine near Mars in the post-sunset sky on May 31, before jumping to its left the following night. (Image credit: Starry Night.) The moon will appear to
A team of scientists is developing a “quantum-sensitive” device that could capture direct images of Earth-like exoplanets — something astronomers tend to consider so difficult it’s nearly impossible. Humanity’s ability
Jupiter will soon end its brilliant year-long showing on consecutive evenings with a rendezvous with an exceedingly thin and very young crescent moon. Indeed, for the first opportunity on Tuesday,
Once feared as a threat to Earth, the asteroid Apophis is now considered to pose a rare exploration opportunity — if space agencies can act in time. The 1,100-foot-wide (340
NASA/JPL-Caltech/ESA/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA The spiral galaxy known as Messier 81 (M81) has a rosy tint in this June 1, 2007, composite image that incorporates data from NASA’s Spitzer and Hubble Space
There’s still time to get one of the best streaming deals before it expires on May 30. An annual subscription to Peacock TV is now 68% off, but you’ll have
Join our newsletter to get the latest military space news every Tuesday by veteran defense journalist Sandra Erwin. Astra, the once high-flying rocket startup that crashed back to Earth with