All-Female Crew in Water-Tank Dry Immersion Spaceflight Study
This month 20 women tucked themselves in a waterbed for five days as part of a dry immersion study to recreate some of the effects…
European Space Agency
More Than Meets the Eye: Hubble Misses Vast Amounts of Energy
Meet NGC 5728, a spiral galaxy around 130 million light-years from Earth. This image was captured using Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3), which is…
First Light From Sun-Watching Sunstorm CubeSat
Around the same size as two big Harry Potter paperbacks, ESA’s Sun-watching Sunstorm CubeSat has produced its first solar X-ray spectrum, coming just over a week after its launch…
“Reddening” Clusters and Constellations: Hubble Captures Densely Packed Sparkling Starfield Near the Center of the Milky Way
This sparkling starfield, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 and Advanced Camera for Surveys, contains the globular cluster ESO 520-21…
First Deep Drilling Success for ExoMars – Much Deeper Than Any Other Martian Rover Has Ever Attempted
ESA’s Rosalind Franklin twin rover on Earth has drilled down and extracted samples 1.7 meters into the ground – much deeper than any other martian…
Exploring Earth From Space: Maharloo Lake, Iran [Video]
Maharloo sits at an altitude of around 1400 m above sea level and is located around 27 km southeast of Shiraz, in southwest Iran. Yearly…
Auroraspectacular: Timelapse Video Made by Astronaut on International Space Station
Timelapse video made during ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet’s second mission to the International Space Station, “Alpha”. The camera is setup to take pictures at regular…
What’s Going On With Earth’s Ozone Hole?
World governments agreed in the late 1980s to protect Earth’s ozone layer by phasing out ozone-depleting substances emitted by human activities, under the Montreal Protocol….
California Continues To Burn – More Than 7000 Wildfires, Burning Over 900,000 Hectares
While wildfires are a natural part of California’s landscape, a severe drought, coupled with extreme temperatures, have sustained several major fires for much of August….
ExoMars Orbiter Captures Stunning Image of Volcanic Trenches on Mars
This image of the young volcanic region of Elysium Planitia on Mars [10.3°N, 159.5°E] was taken on April 14, 2021, by the CaSSIS camera on…
Hubble Captures the Final Acts of a Monster Star
This comparison view shows puffing dust bubbles and an erupting gas shell — the final acts of a monster star. You can explore the detail…
NASA’s $10 Billion New Observatory: James Webb Space Telescope Gets a Launch Date
NASA plans to launch the James Webb Space Telescope into orbit on December 18, 2021, to serve as the premier deep space observatory for the…
Hubble Find Surprises Astronomers: White Dwarfs Can Still Undergo Stable Thermonuclear Activity
Could dying stars hold the secret to looking younger? New evidence from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope suggests that white dwarfs could continue to burn…
Stunning Hubble Space Telescope Image of a Glittering Globular Cluster
This star-studded image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope depicts NGC 6717, which lies more than 20,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. NGC…
$10B Webb Space Telescope Completes Testing and Prepares for Trip to Europe’s Spaceport
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has successfully completed its final tests and is being prepared for shipment to its launch site at Europe’s Spaceport in French…
Hubble Captures Rare Celestial Phenomenon: A Herbig–Haro Object
This striking image features a relatively rare celestial phenomenon known as a Herbig–Haro object. This particular Herbig–Haro object is named HH111, and was imaged by…
First Evidence of Water Vapor at Jupiter’s Moon Ganymede – May Hold More Water Than All of Earth’s Oceans
Astronomers have used archival datasets from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to reveal the first evidence for water vapor in the atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon…
Hubble Spots a Dazzling Cluster in the Cloud
This Picture of the Week shows an open cluster known as NGC 2164, which was first discovered in 1826 by a Scottish astronomer named James…