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This stunning view of the full Sturgeon Moon suspended between New York's iconic skyscrapers was taken by Nazli Zeynep ...
Monday evening (Aug. 11) offers a perfect chance to identify what many consider the most beautiful object in the night sky: ...
Both science fiction and real life have provided some interesting spacecraft names, sometimes borrowing from each other. This quiz will test to see if you know the difference.
Twin orbs of superhot plasma at the Milky Way's center known as the "Fermi bubbles" contain inexplicable clouds of cold hydrogen, new research reveals. They could help scientists figure out when our ...
The rate of human-produced light is increasing in the night sky by as much as 10% per year, making it difficult for astronomers to study the night sky.
A new executive order repeals a 52-year-old ban on commercial supersonic flights, while new technology can make supersonic ...
"What is it about Mars that has made it so prominent in our culture, almost more than any other celestial object?" ...
Lovell was a veteran of four spaceflights, including Apollo 13, during which he and his crewmates famously averted disaster.
For most of the past decade, forecasters have been able to use satellites to track these smoke plumes, but the view was only ...
SpaceX's Crew-10 astronauts returned to Earth on Saturday (Aug. 9) after living on the International Space Station for nearly five months. The mission's Crew Dragon capsule, named Endurance, splashed ...
Liftoff of a Falcon 9 rocket carrying 24 of Amazon Project Kuiper spacecraft is scheduled for 8:57 a.m. ET (1257 GMT) on ...
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory says Perseverance's new image is "one of the sharpest panoramas of its mission so far." ...