Hubble Spies a Mesmerizing Meandering Spiral Galaxy
In this image from the Hubble Space Telescope, the irregular spiral galaxy NGC 5486 hangs against a background of dim, distant galaxies. The tenuous disc…
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Newly Expanded Space Station Crew Works Together
The newly-expanded International Space Station (ISS) crew of 11 members kicked off a busy work week on Monday, March 6, conducting a variety of research…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Views First Dazzling “Sun Rays” on Mars
The veteran Martian rover captured a dazzling sunset at the start of a new cloud-imaging campaign. Although Martian sunsets are uniquely moody, NASA’s Curiosity rover…
Breathtaking X-Class Solar Flare Bursts From the Sun
The Sun emitted a strong (X-class) solar flare, peaking at 12:52 p.m. EST on March 3, 2023. NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), which watches the…
Don’t Miss: Worm Moon AKA Death Moon
The Next full moon is the Crow, Crust, Sap, Sugar, or Worm Moon; the Lenten, Chaste, or Death Moon, the full moon of Purim; the…
What Time Is It on the Moon? Advancing a New Lunar Timezone
A new era of lunar exploration is on the rise, with dozens of Moon missions planned for the coming decade. Europe is in the forefront…
Teams Forge Forward in NASA Moon Metal Production Challenge
Seven university teams were selected to develop concepts supporting metal production on the Moon in NASA’s 2023 annual Breakthrough, Innovative and Game-Changing (BIG) Idea Challenge:…
Unexpected Surprises: Hubble Captures Stunning Movie of DART Asteroid Impact Debris
Never-Before-Seen Spacecraft Collision Yields Unexpected Surprises In 2022 NASA embarked on a bold experiment to see if they could change an asteroid’s velocity by smacking…
This Week @NASA: Navigating the Lunar Landscape, Wide View of the Universe, SpaceX Crew-6 Launch
The next crew heads to the space station… Navigating the lunar landscape… And a view to look forward to… A few of the stories to…
Astronomers Uncover Black Hole Closer to Earth Than Ever Before
Gemini North Telescope on Hawaii reveals first dormant, stellar-mass black hole. Astronomers have discovered the closest black hole to Earth, the first unambiguous detection of…
Hubble Space Telescope Captures Movie of DART Asteroid Impact Debris
This movie captures the breakup of the asteroid Dimorphos when it was deliberately hit by NASA’s 545-kilogram Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission spacecraft on…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission Joins Expedition 68 Aboard Space Station
NASA astronauts, Mission Commander Stephen Bowen and Pilot Woody Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev aboard…
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 Mission Docks to International Space Station
NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, along with UAE (United Arab Emirates) astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev arrived at the International…
A New Cosmic Model To Reveal What’s Inside Colliding Black Holes
A research paper uses new methods to analyze the waves that black holes emit when they collide. In 2015, scientists for the first time detected…
Don’t Miss Skywatching: Dwarf Planet Ceres at Its Brightest
What are some skywatching highlights in March 2023? Following their close approach in the sky on March 1, Venus and Jupiter go their separate ways….
Turning Back the Cosmic Clock: How NASA’s Roman Space Telescope Will Rewind the Universe
A new simulation shows how NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will turn back the cosmic clock, unveiling the evolving universe in ways that have…
Galactic Explosion Reveals New Details About the Universe
New research sheds light on the chemical formation of the universe. An international team of researchers stumbled upon an exploding supernova in a distant spiral…
We Asked a NASA Scientist: Is There Water on the Moon?
Is there water on the Moon? Actually, yes. But not like we experience here on Earth. On the Moon, water is found all over the…
