“Space Treasure” – Webb Captures Its First-Ever Direct Image of a Distant World
For the first time ever, astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The…
For the first time ever, astronomers used NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope to take a direct image of a planet outside our solar system. The…
New Tracks Combine Science and Art, Improving Experiences for Blind and Low-Vision Communities A team of experts, including scientists and musicians, has created a new…
Meteorologists with the U.S. Space Force Space Launch Delta 45 forecast a 60% chance of favorable weather conditions for an Artemis I launch attempt during…
What Is a Quasar? A quasar is an extremely active and luminous type of active galactic nucleus (AGN). While all quasars are AGNs, not all…
Day and night, and across seasons, the instrument reliably generates breathable oxygen from the Red Planet’s thin atmosphere. Nearly 100 million miles from Earth, on…
NASA will target Saturday, September 3 at 2:17 p.m. EDT (11:17 a.m. PDT), the beginning of a two-hour window, for the launch of Artemis I….
A critical system aboard the probe was sending garbled data about its status. Engineers have fixed the issue but are still seeking the root cause….
Engineers are evaluating data gathered during the Artemis I launch attempt on Monday, August 29, which was halted by the launch director at approximately 8:34…
Incredible new images of the spectacular Phantom Galaxy, M74, showcase the power of space observatories working together in multiple wavelengths. In this case, data from…
X-Shaped Radio Galaxies Might Form More Simply Than Expected When astronomers gaze into the night sky using radio telescopes, they often see elliptical-shaped galaxies, with…
The launch director halted today’s NASA Artemis I launch attempt at approximately 8:34 a.m. EDT (5:34 a.m. PDT). The Space Launch System rocket and Orion…
This stunning image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the arms of the spiral galaxy M74 studded with rosy pink regions of fresh star…
Before our Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft can launch our nation into a new era of spaceflight, the duo must first undergo…
Orion is NASA’s new exploration spacecraft, designed to carry astronauts farther than they’ve ever gone before, to destinations in deep space, including an asteroid and…
DART Team Confirms Orbit of Targeted Asteroid Using some of the world’s most powerful telescopes, the DART investigation team completed a six-night observation campaign last…
Have you ever wondered what it takes to assemble the most powerful rocket NASA has ever built? Watch documentary footage of NASA’s Space Launch System…
NASA’s mission management team for Artemis I met yesterday morning to review the status of operations and have polled “go” to proceed with the launch…
In this video, managers and engineers from NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Alabama share their thoughts about the Space Launch System (SLS) rocket for…