The next spacecraft to fly humans around the moon has been delivered to the only space agency on Earth to ever successfully fly astronauts to our nearest celestial neighbor. Orion,…
Category: Astronomy
James Webb Space Telescope captures thousands of galaxies in a cosmic ‘feast’ (image)
Galaxies speckle the heavens like stars in a stunning new photo of the deep and distant universe. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) team shared a new image of a…
John Lithgow to launch into life of Apollo 11 astronaut in new podcast ‘BUZZ’
Having explored the ‘third rock from the sun,’ John Lithgow is now heading for its moon. The award-winning actor is set to star in the new podcast “BUZZ” about the…
See a wafer-thin crescent moon leapfrog Jupiter this week
The delicate form of the crescent moon is set to draw close to the planet Jupiter in the post-sunset sky on April 29, before later making its closest approach to…
Newly launched NASA satellites open eyes to start studying ‘auroral electrojets’ in Earth’s atmosphere
The first bits of data have come back from the trio of small satellites that make up NASA’s EZIE (Electrojet Zeeman Imaging Explorer) mission, which aims to solve some mysteries…
Trump administration cancels lease for NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies lab in New York City
It would appear that the latest wave of U.S. federal program cuts fueled by the Trump administration has affected NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) lab in New York…
International Dark Sky Week 2025: See these 10 night sky sights to celebrate
April 21 – 28 is International Dark Sky Week, a global celebration of the night sky during which like-minded organizations and people take action to raise awareness of an inevitable…
Amateur astrophotographer captures a stunning galaxy 24 million light-years from Earth (photo)
Astrophotographer Ron Brecher has captured a stunning deep sky image of the spiral galaxy M106, located 23.5 million light years away in the constellation Canes Venatici. Brecher imaged the distant…
World’s largest solar telescope gains powerful new ‘eye’ to study the sun’s secrets
The world’s largest solar telescope has gained a powerful new “eye” that promises deeper views into the workings of our sun than ever before, scientists announced on Thursday (April 24).…
Gorgeous deep space photo captures the Andromeda Galaxy surrounded by glowing gas
Miguel Claro is a professional photographer, author and science communicator based in Lisbon, Portugal, who creates spectacular images of the night sky. As a European Southern Observatory Photo Ambassador and…
