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A bright half moon just one day past its first-quarter phase meets up with Jupiter in the night sky on Thursday (Jan. 18) just below Aries, the Ram.

Omega has returned to the 'dark side' of the moon with an updated version of a chronograph saluting the first astronauts to fly there, NASA's Apollo 8 crew.

NASA continued a critical test series for future flights of NASA's SLS (Space Launch System) rocket in support of the Artemis campaign on Jan. 17 with a full-duration hot fire of the RS-25 engine on the Fred Haise Test S...

The newly announced delays to NASA's Artemis 2 and Artemis 3 moon missions are making some members of Congress nervous.

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite sensor on the NOAA-NASA Suomi NPP satellite captured this image of the aurora borealis, or northern lights, over western Canada at 3:23 a.m. MST (5:23 a.m. EST) on November 5...

The very early Universe was a dark place. It was packed with light-blocking hydrogen and not much else. Only when the first stars switched on and began illuminating their surroundings with UV radiation did light begin it...

Video: 00:10:19 ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt launched together with the rest of the Axiom-3 crew at22:49 CETon 18 January 2024, from launch pad 39A, NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida, USA. Marcus will start his ...

Japan, whose unmanned "sniper" probe will attempt a lunar landing on Saturday, is one of many countries and private companies launching new missions to the moon.

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter recently bounced a laser off India's Vikram moon lander, marking a space-communications first.

For many "Ripperologists," the most fascinating murders are also the most muddled. Investigate the mysteries of the Jack the Ripper case, including the identity and motivations of the storied culprit.

The MeerKat Radio Telescope discovered an unknown object in the Milky Way heavier than the largest neutron star but lighter than the smallest black holes.

ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt from Sweden blasted into space tonight from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, at 21:49 GMT (22:49 CET, 16:49 local time). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Axiom Mission ...

ESA project astronaut Marcus Wandt from Sweden blasted into space tonight from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, USA, at 21:49 GMT (22:49 CET, 16:49 local time). A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched the Axiom Mission ...

Where Earth's atmosphere meets space, a sea of gas particles swirl in a dance choreographed by electric and magnetic fields.

A crippled American spaceship is set to burn up in the atmosphere over a remote region of the South Pacific on Thursday, bringing a fiery end to its failed mission to land on the moon.

Young galaxies in the early universe adopted elongated shapes as they formed along filaments of the cosmic web, before evolving into more disc-like galaxies.

An international team of astronomers have found a new and unknown object in the Milky Way that is heavier than the heaviest neutron stars known and yet simultaneously lighter than the lightest black holes known.

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features Arp 122, a peculiar galaxy that in fact comprises two galaxies - NGC 6040, the tilted, warped spiral galaxy and LEDA 59642, the round, face-on spiral - that are in ...

The moon is almost completely covered in dust. Unlike on Earth, this dust is not smoothed by wind and weather, but is sharp-edged and also electrostatically charged. This dust has been studied since the Apollo era at the...

Reliable space communication and navigation systems are critical to every NASA mission. From the Voyager mission exploring beyond our solar system to astronauts aboard the International Space Station, space communication...

NASA's Glenn Research Center continued a decades-long tradition of participating in the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots program during the 2023 holiday season. On Dec. 11, members of the Marine Corps Reserve (3rd Ba...

Two members of NASA Glenn Research Center's senior leadership retired on Dec. 30, 2023.  Timothy P. McCartney, director of Aeronautics, retired with 38 1/2 years of NASA service. He was responsible for the project manag...