More than two years have passed since most of North America saw a total lunar eclipse. So be sure to put a big circle on your calendar for Thursday, March…
Category: Space
Here’s a look at moon landing hits and misses
A flock of birds fly in front of the full moon over the city center in Tallinn, Estonia, Oct. 17, 2024. Credit: AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File Landing a spacecraft on…
For NASA astronauts on a 10-day space mission that lasted 9 months, a landing date at last
Two NASA astronauts who launched on a short mission to the International Space Station last year that turned into a 9-month marathon finally know when they’ll be coming home. The…
Webb wows with incredible detail in actively forming star system
Actively forming star system Lynds 483 (NIRCam image). Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI High-resolution near-infrared light captured by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope shows extraordinary new detail and structure…
What’s the difference between a solar eclipse and a lunar eclipse?
Do you know your eclipses? From “blood moon” and “ring of fire” eclipses to total eclipses and deep or shallow partials, eclipses come in various types. However, one key question…
Runaway stars reveal hidden black hole in Milky Way’s nearest neighbor
Artist’s impression of a hypervelocity star ejected from the Large Magellanic Cloud (shown on right). When a binary star system ventures too close to a supermassive black hole, the intense…
Total lunar eclipse is just one week away: When and where to see the Blood Moon
This will be the first total lunar eclipse since November 2022 and the first of three set to occur between 2025 and 2026. With just one week to go, now…
US firm targets Moon landing with drill, rovers, hopping drone
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lander in circular orbit around the moon. A drill to search for ice. A 4G network test. Three rovers and a first-of-its-kind hopping drone. After becoming the…
Optics instrument reveals pictures of ‘baby planets’
Donuts of dust: An artist’s impression of the PDS 70 system with protoplanets, each surrounded by dust rings illuminated by starlight. The planets themselves (not to scale) have thin rings…
‘Once-in-a-lifetime’ planetary parade photo captures 10 celestial bodies in a single shot
A rare grouping of 10 celestial bodies is captured in a stunning new photo taken during last weekend’s great planetary parade. Astrophotographer Josh Dury took the photo you see above…
