Astronomers Capture Cosmic Hand Hitting a Wall – Watch Blast Wave Moving at 9 Million MPH
Watch as the blast wave from an exploded star moves at nearly 9 million miles per hour. Astronomers captured this movement by combining data spanning…
Watch as the blast wave from an exploded star moves at nearly 9 million miles per hour. Astronomers captured this movement by combining data spanning…
This Hubble Space Telescope Picture of the Week depicts the open star cluster NGC 330, which lies around 180,000 light-years away inside the Small Magellanic…
The universe contains a mind-boggling number of stars – but scientists’ best estimates may be an undercount. A NASA-funded sounding rocket is launching with an…
The atmosphere is changing, trapping more heat from the Sun. The ocean plays a significant role in the balance. Researchers have found that Earth’s energy…
Satellites reveal ocean microplastic fluctuation in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and releases from the Yangtze River in China. An estimated eight million tons of…
Noctilucent clouds form so high in the atmosphere that they continue to reflect sunlight hours after sunset, creating a shimmering nighttime spectacle. Clouds illuminated during…
Are we alone in the universe? So far, the only life we know of is right here on Earth. But here at NASA, we’re looking….
Forty university student experiments were successfully launched on Friday, June 25 aboard a NASA suborbital sounding rocket from the Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. The…
Precipitation totals and lake levels are among the worst they have been since the 1970s. Just four years after emerging from a severe multi-year drought, California…
Many cultures name full Moons, and while the names differ, we can all agree that June’s full Moon was a sweet sight to behold. The…
NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Thomas Pesquet concluded their spacewalk at 2:37 p.m. EDT, after 6 hours and 45 minutes….
NASA is continuing to diagnose a problem with the payload computer on the Hubble Space Telescope after completing another set of tests on June 23…
The historic image of the rover beside the Mars Helicopter proved to be one of the most complex rover selfies ever taken. Video, with bonus…
The dust storm traveled from Algeria to Italy, spanning roughly 1,000 kilometers (620 miles). On June 22, 2021, the Moderate Resolution imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on…
Looking back in time, Webb will see quasars as they appeared billions of years ago Outshining all the stars in their host galaxies combined, quasars…
One of the world’s largest deltas stands as a remarkable example of how water and ice can shape the land. The Yukon-Kuskokswim Delta is one…
Exceptional drought has gripped much of Arizona for months. In June 2021, a potent heat wave sent temperatures soaring above 115°F (46°C) on multiple days. Now extreme fires are raging throughout…
The Next Full Moon is the Strawberry, Mead, Honey, Rose, Flower, Hot, Hoe, or Planting Moon, Vat Purnima, Poson Poya, the LRO Moon, and a…