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Astronaut captures a meteor exploding in the atmosphere over Earth

An incredible new video taken by an astronaut aboard the International Space Station shows a meteor exploding as it hits the planet's atmosphere.
Georgina Torbet
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked at the space station.

Boeing Starliner to depart space station tomorrow without its crew

Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft is set to depart from the International Space Station on Friday, September 6.
Georgina Torbet
An artist’s concept of Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lunar lander on the Moon’s South Pole.

Intuitive Machines to carry NASA experiments to the moon in 2027

Intuitive Machines, which managed the first lunar landing by a commercial entity, will be returning to the moon with more NASA payloads in 2027.
Georgina Torbet
The galaxy cluster MACS-J0417.5-1154 is so massive it is warping the fabric of space-time and distorting the appearance of galaxies behind it, an effect known as gravitational lensing. This natural phenomenon magnifies distant galaxies and can also make them appear in an image multiple times, as NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope saw here.

James Webb spots another pair of galaxies forming a question mark

Webb has stumbled across a question mark-shaped galaxy, and the reasons for its uniqueness reveal how the telescope looks at some of the most distant galaxies.
Georgina Torbet
An image taken from the ISS showing featuring Earth, an aurora, the Milky Way, and the station itself.

ISS astronaut’s stunning time-lapse video includes the Milky Way

A NASA astronaut aboard the space station has shared a breathtaking time-lapse featuring Earth, an aurora, the Milky Way, and the station itself.
Trevor Mogg
Boeing Space's Starliner docked at the International Space Station in June 2024.

Now the Starliner is making a weird noise

Things have been difficult for the Starliner. Now they’ve become just plain weird.
Trevor Mogg
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked at the space station.

NASA reveals date for attempted return flight of troubled Starliner

NASA has announced a target date for the return flight of Boeing Space's troubled Starliner spacecraft from the International Space Station.
Trevor Mogg
The Falcon 9 rocket that will power the Polaris Dawn mission to orbit.

Polaris Dawn commander says sorry to those who came to see launch

Now that the FAA has grounded the Falcon 9 rocket over safety concerns, it's not clear when the highly anticipated Polaris Dawn mission will be able to launch.
Trevor Mogg
This image shows a small portion of the field observed by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) for the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) survey. It is filled with galaxies. The light from some of them has traveled for over 13 billion years to reach the telescope.

James Webb is explaining the puzzle of some of the earliest galaxies

Webb has been causing bafflement in the field of cosmology. But the problem isn't that the universe is broken — it's that early black holes were playing tricks.
Georgina Torbet
A Falcon 9 booster coming in to land.

SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission faces further delay after FAA grounds Falcon 9

SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket has been grounded by the Federal Aviation Administration after one of the boosters toppled over and exploded on Wednesday.
Trevor Mogg
New NASA Sonifications Listen to the Universe's Past

Celebrate Chandra’s 25th anniversary by listening to the sounds of space

NASA has released a new set of sonifications from some historic images taken by the venerable Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Georgina Torbet
The Falcon 9 rocket that will power the Polaris Dawn mission to orbit.

SpaceX calls off today’s launch of Polaris Dawn

SpaceX has again called off the launch of the highly anticipated Polaris Dawn mission, but this time it has not set a new launch date.
Trevor Mogg
Illustration of the highest-resolution detections ever made from the surface of Earth

Event Horizon Telescope can now take images of black holes that are 50% sharper

The Event Horizon Telescope, which took the first-ever image of a black hole, has made the highest-ever resolution observations taken from the Earth's surface.
Georgina Torbet
The Falcon 9 rocket that will power the Polaris Dawn mission to orbit.

SpaceX forced to delay Polaris Dawn mission by one day

SpaceX has stepped back from its attempt to launch Polaris Dawn on Tuesday after engineers discovered a ground-based issue.
Trevor Mogg
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket.

Blue Origin confirms target date for maiden flight of New Glenn rocket

Blue Origin has confirmed that it's targeting no earlier than October 13 for the inaugural launch of its New Glenn rocket for a NASA mission to Mars.
Trevor Mogg
This image of our own Moon was taken during Juice’s lunar-Earth flyby on 19 August 2024. The main aim of JANUS’s observations during the lunar-Earth flyby was to evaluate how well the instrument is performing, not to make scientific measurements.

Juice spacecraft snaps images of the Earth and moon as it passes by

The European Space Agency's Juice spacecraft recently made a flyby of both Earth and the moon on its way to Jupiter, and it took some gorgeous images.
Georgina Torbet
Spaceflight participant Anna Menon tests a portable ultrasound device as part of the TRISH-sponsored research complement for Polaris Dawn.

Here are the experiments that will be conducted on SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission

Several institutions are sending experiments into orbit as part of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission, including investigations into human health in space.
Georgina Torbet
The Polaris Dawn crew during a full dress rehearsal.

Historic Polaris Dawn mission begins final preparations for Tuesday’s launch

SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission will see a Crew Dragon capsule fly further from Earth than ever before. It will also involve the first commercial spacewalk.
Trevor Mogg
The moon as seen from the space station.

The moon looks majestic in ISS astronaut’s stunning photo

NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick has shared a stunning image that he took recently aboard the International Space Station.
Trevor Mogg
Crews moved the cone-shaped launch vehicle stage adapter out of NASA Marshall’s Building 4708 to the agency’s Pegasus barge on August 21. The barge will ferry the adapter first to NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility, where it will pick up additional SLS hardware for future Artemis missions, and then travel to NASA Kennedy. In Florida, teams with NASA’s Exploration Ground Systems will prepare the adapter for stacking and launch.

Another piece of NASA’s mega moon rocket ships out

NASA is continuing work on another key piece of space infrastructure: its Space Launch System.
Georgina Torbet
NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test astronauts (from top) Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams pose on June 13, 2024 for a portrait inside the vestibule between the forward port on the International Space Station’s Harmony module and Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft.

Starliner astronauts to return to Earth in SpaceX Dragon next year

Two NASA astronauts stuck in orbit for over two months after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft developed a fault will return to Earth in a SpaceX Dragon craft.
Georgina Torbet
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft that launched NASA’s Crew Flight Test astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams to the International Space Station is pictured docked to the Harmony module’s forward port on Wednesday, July 3, 2024.

NASA to announce decision about stuck Starliner astronauts tomorrow

It's now been more than two months since the Boeing Starliner launched on what was supposed to be a one-week mission. NASA will provide an update tomorrow.
Georgina Torbet
How the Polaris Dawn spacewalk is expected to look.

Watch SpaceX video depicting next week’s historic Polaris Dawn spacewalk

SpaceX has shared a video showing how next week's first-ever commercial spacewalk involving two non-professional astronauts is expected to look.
Trevor Mogg
This artist's concept shows a hypothetical white dwarf, left, that has exploded as a supernova. The object at right is CWISE J1249, a star or brown dwarf ejected from this system as a result of the explosion. This scenario is one explanation for where CWISE J1249 came from.

Citizen scientists spot mysterious object shooting out of the galaxy at 1 million mph

Citizen scientists have spotted an object that is traveling at such a speed that it will shoot out of the Milky Way and head out into intergalactic space.
Georgina Torbet
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Juice spacecraft slingshots around Earth and moon in world’s first maneuver

The Juice spacecraft swung back home on its way to Jupiter and used both Earth and the moon's gravity to slingshot it forward, in the first lunar-Earth flyby.
Georgina Torbet
An illustration of how the Polaris Dawn spacewalk will look.

SpaceX sets new target date for historic Polaris Dawn mission

SpaceX is delaying the launch of the historic Polaris Dawn mission to give teams more time to complete preflight checkouts.
Trevor Mogg
A Polaris Dawn crew member.

Watch SpaceX’s trailer for highly anticipated Polaris Dawn mission

SpaceX has just released a trailer for the Polaris Dawn mission that will involve the first-ever commercial spacewalk.
Trevor Mogg
Boeing's Starliner spacecraft docked at the space station.

NASA answers all of your questions on the troubled Starliner mission

With so much speculation surrounding the state of the spacecraft, an FAQ page offers a definitive guide on where the mission is at right now.
Trevor Mogg
The Polaris Dawn Crew Dragon spacecraft as it will look in orbit.

Elon Musk says SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission will be ‘epic.’ Here’s why

SpaceX chief Elon Musk said on Sunday that the upcoming Polaris Dawn mission involving four nonprofessional astronauts will be epic.
Trevor Mogg
A Russian Progress spacecraft approaches the space station.

Watch a space station astronaut enjoy a rare treat in style

A Russian cargo spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station on Saturday, bringing with it tons of supplies and a special delivery.
Trevor Mogg
NASA’s Cold Atom Lab, shown where it’s installed aboard the International Space Station, recently demonstrated the use of a tool called an atom interferometer that can precisely measure gravity and other forces — and has many potential applications in space.

Quantum breakthrough achieved in the coolest place on the space station

The Cold Atom Lab on the International Space Station has made use of atom interferometry in space to detect environmental changes.
Georgina Torbet
One of the navigation cameras aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover captured this view looking back at the “Bright Angel” area on July 30, the 1,224th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

Perseverance rover gears up for a big climb to the rim of the Jezero Crater

The Perseverance rover on Mars is set to begin its newest challenge: a slog up the rim of the Jezero Crater that will take months to complete.
Georgina Torbet
An artist’s concept of an Artemis astronaut deploying an instrument on the lunar surface.

NASA agreement with oil company BP could see its technology used on moon

While most often used to drill for oil on Earth, BP has entered an agreement with NASA that could see its technology used to drill for resources on the moon.
Georgina Torbet
An illustration of NASA's Volatiles Investigating Polar Exploration Rover (VIPER) on the lunar surface.

NASA’s axed moon rover could be resurrected by Intuitive Machines

Lunar scientists were shocked when NASA announced that it was canceling work on its moon rover VIPER. Now, the mission may have the chance to go ahead.
Georgina Torbet
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