From his balcony in Rome, Gianluca Masi captured this night-sky image of Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn (plus the moon) lined up. (Image credit: Gianluca Masi/Virtual Telescope Project) The moon l… [+3293 chars]
Sometimes it takes an animation on Twitter to truly comprehend or at least begin to comprehend the amazing diversity of worlds making up our Solar System. Enter planetary astronomer James O'Donoghu… [+1711 chars]
A monstrous black hole lies at the center of a distant galaxy photographed by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy, called M91, is located approximately 55 million light-years from Earth in th… [+1730 chars]
Skywatchers across parts of the Southern Hemisphere were treated to the first partial eclipse of the year today. The partial solar eclipse of April 30, one of two happening in 2022, swept over part… [+4359 chars]
Tiny crystals unearthed in South Africa contain evidence of a sudden transition on the planet's surface 3.8 billion years ago. These crystals, each no bigger than a grain of sand, show that around t… [+4586 chars]
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter has beamed back to Earth eerie yet incredible images of the NASA Perseverance rover wreckage that helped bring it to the Red Planet last year. As reported by CBS News, In… [+1655 chars]
SpaceX just set a new record for its fastest Dragon astronaut trip yet. Elon Musk's spaceflight company launched four Crew-4 astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA in less than 16 h… [+2782 chars]
Sometimes it takes an animation on Twitter to truly comprehend or at least begin to comprehend the amazing diversity of worlds making up our Solar System. Enter planetary astronomer James O'Donoghu… [+1711 chars]
Even astronauts have bedtime routines. In a new video, European Space Agency astronaut Matthias Maurer shares what it's like getting ready for bed while living in space aboard the International Spac… [+2584 chars]
