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NASA’s X-59 research aircraft moves from its construction site to the flight line – or the space between the hangar...

What if you could see out to the edge of the observable universe? You would see galaxies, galaxies, galaxies, and...

It seemed like the sky exploded. The original idea was to photograph an aurora over a waterfall. After waiting for...

A full moon was visible behind the Artemis I SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft at Launch Complex...

Why is Venus so different from Earth? To help find out, Japan launched the robotic Akatsuki spacecraft which entered orbit...

It was one of the better skies of this long night. In parts of Antarctica, not only is it winter,...

This tantalizing trio of galaxies sometimes called the Draco Group, is located in the northern constellation of (you guessed it)...

The highly irregular galaxy ESO 174-1, which resembles a lonely, hazy cloud against a backdrop of bright stars, dominates this...

Are asteroids dangerous? Some are, but the likelihood of a dangerous asteroid striking the Earth during any given year is...

Teams install the heat shield on the Artemis II Orion spacecraft at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on June...

Monitoring 68 pulsars with very large radio telescopes, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) has uncovered evidence...

Students from 20 middle and high schools watched as their experiments launched aboard a high-altitude balloon on June 14 as...

Unlike most entries in Charles Messier's famous catalog of deep sky objects, M24 is not a bright galaxy, star cluster,...

A young alligator rests on a concrete structure at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 25, 2023. via...

These two global views of Mars were captured at ultraviolet wavelengths, beyond the spectrum visible to human eyes. Recorded by...

Local students take in the sights—and data—at an Earth Information Center student engagement event, Friday, June 23, 2023, at NASA...

You've surely seen it, but you might not have noticed it. During a cloudless twilight, just before sunrise or after...

Does lightning occur only on Earth? No. Spacecraft in our Solar System have detected lightning on other planets, including Mars,...