Epsilon Tauri lies 146 light-years away. A K-type red giant star, epsilon Tau is cooler than the Sun, but with … More
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Day of Remembrance
From left to right, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy, and Deputy Chief of Mission for the … More
Jyväskylä in the Sky
You might not immediately recognize this street map of a neighborhood in Jyväskylä, Finland, planet Earth. But that’s probably because … More
Celebrating NASA’s Spirit and Opportunity Rovers’ Mars Landings
On the 20th anniversary of the landing of Spirit and Opportunity, celebrate NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Project with this two-sided … More
What do the Earth and Moon look like from beyond the Moon? Although frequently photographed together, the familiar duo was … More
Axiom Mission 3 Launches to the International Space Station
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the company’s Dragon spacecraft for Axiom Space’s Axiom Mission 3 (Ax-3) to the International … More
How well do you know the night sky? OK, but how well can you identify famous sky objects in a … More
NASA Interns at Johnson’s Rock Yard
A NASA intern uses an augmented reality headset to test out heads-up display technology being developed for future Artemis missions. … More
Can the Moon and a mountain really cast similar shadows? Yes, but the division between light and dark does not … More
Yes, but can your blizzard do this? In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan’s Storm of the Century in 1938, some … More
Falcon Heavy Boostback Burn
The December 28 night launch of a Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida marked the fifth launch … More
NASA’S OSIRIS-REx Curation Team Reveals Remaining Asteroid Sample
A top-down view of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go-Sample-Acquisition-Mechanism (TAGSAM) head with the lid removed, revealing the remainder of the asteroid sample … More
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