The Vera Rubin Observatory saw first light in June 2025. Its images from that time are called the Virgo First Look images because they focus on the Virgo Cluster of
The Vera Rubin Observatory saw first light in June 2025. Its images from that time are called the Virgo First Look images because they focus on the Virgo Cluster of
SPHEREx measures the abundances and properties of ice species by taking absorption spectra toward background stars and protostars. This comprehensive survey toward ∼10 million targets spans the evolutionary stages of
European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot is set to embark on a mission to the International Space Station, known as εpsilon, with a launch window opening no earlier than February
The romantic comedy “I See You” aims to become the first western film to launch a filmmaker into low-Earth orbit to shoot key scenes. “I See You” won’t be entirely
An Introduction To Mars Terraforming – 2025 Workshop Summary Terraforming Mars is an age old science fiction concept now worth revisiting through the lens of modern science and technology. This
Combining data from different telescopes is one of the best ways to get a fuller picture of far-off objects. Because telescopes such as Hubble (visible light), the James Webb Space
This graph displays data collected by NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover from targets in a rock formation nicknamed “Bright Angel.” Scientists later determined one of those targets, a rock nicknamed “Cheyava
HELSINKI — A Chinese institute recently completed ground tests on what it describes as a reconfigurable flexible on-orbit manufacturing platform, targeting future large-scale, low-cost space manufacturing. The tests on a
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Steven Bellavia captured Mercury’s sodium tail on the morning of December 3, 2025, from Surry, Virginia. Steven wrote: “A 24-million-km-long plume of gas is
Seen from space, western China’s Tarim Basin shows the importance of waterways. The image, taken by the OLI-2 (Operational Land Imager-2) instrument on the Landsat-9 satellite, captures the geological and






