Although the James Webb Space Telescope gets a lot of attention for its impressive technology and many discoveries, the Hubble Space Telescope has remained very busy, and researchers have been using the observatory to perform incredible science. [Read More]
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NASA's Lucy spacecraft captured close-up images of an asteroid formed about 150 million years ago.
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NASA's space shuttle Discovery deployed the Hubble Space Telescope 380 miles (610 kilometers) above the Earth on April 24, 1990, 35 years ago today. To celebrate Hubble's birthday, NASA released four breathtaking new images. [Read More]
NASA astronaut Don Pettit, known for his incredible astrophotography, sense of humor, and clever camera contraptions, is scheduled to return to Earth this month after a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
"Space is hard," says an aerospace engineer commenting on a rocket launch video that ends with it exploding into smithereens. But as Dr. Chris Combs also points out, "This is the most picturesque launch failure video I've ever seen." [Read More]
Parisian auction house Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr will offer collectors an opportunity to purchase early space photographs, including some previously unseen photos captured by NASA astronauts in space and on the Moon. [Read More]
Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost Mission 1 made its historic lunar landing this morning, March 2, at 3:34 AM EST. Firefly is only the second private company to achieve a soft lunar landing, and the Blue Ghost lander is carrying a payload of NASA scientific equipment as part of the CLPS and Artemis lunar mission programs. [Read More]
The Euclid space telescope discovered something incredible in the Milky Way's cosmic neighborhood, a spectacular Einstein ring. [Read More]