This collection of 36 images from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope features galaxies that are all hosts to both Cepheid variables and supernovae. These two celestial phenomena are both crucial tools use… [+7937 chars]
The Mars Curiosity rover snapped an image of a rock formation on the surface of the Red Planet, and the image has picked up quite a lot of traction online. The image was posted to the NASA subreddit… [+828 chars]
An artistic illustration of exoplanets. /CFP An artistic illustration of exoplanets. /CFP Chinese scientists have proposed a space project to survey the sky through a space-borne telescope to hunt … [+4551 chars]
Researchers report the first comprehensive account of the Hunga volcano eruption’s atmospheric waves. The Hunga volcano ushered in 2022 with a bang, devastating the island nation of Tonga and sendin… [+5570 chars]
This Hubble image captures a set of galaxies that are unusual because they seem not to have dark matter.Credit: NASA/ESA/P. van Dokkum, Yale Univ. Astronomers think that galaxies cannot form without… [+4568 chars]
NASA is sending astronauts back to the Moon by the end of this decade, and hope to send humans to Mars sometime in the 2030s. Growing food in space using in-situ resources is vital if astronauts are … [+5980 chars]
Determined to set up a permanent base on the Moon as quickly as possible before setting out to conquer Mars, the Americans are trying to find solutions that would allow the astronauts to meet their n… [+2694 chars]
On May 15, 2022, Earth came between the Sun and the Moon while blocking the sunlight and casting a shadow on the lunar surface. Samantha Cristoforetti, an ESA astronaut, witnessed this whole lunar ec… [+1384 chars]
What's in a head? According to new research, a little bit of our ancestors' tails. In the early days of complex, multicellular life on Earth, animals started out without any spines or brains. They o… [+2661 chars]
As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope moves through the final phases of commissioning its science instruments, we have also begun working on technical operations of the observatory. While the telescop… [+5312 chars]
As NASA's James Webb Space Telescope moves through the final phases of commissioning its science instruments, we have also begun working on technical operations of the observatory. While the telescop… [+5312 chars]
A mid-level flare was erupted by the Sun on Thursday morning, NASA said. The event was captured by the agency's Solar Dynamics Observatory which constantly watches the Sun. The solar flare was class… [+1150 chars]