See Mercury at greatest elongation, its farthest from the sun in the evening sky this week
The rocky world will be visible for a brief window after sunset.
NASA Sets Briefings for SpaceX Crew-11 Mission to Space Station
The four crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station train inside a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft in Hawthorne, California. From left to right: Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg…
’52 Assignments: Night Photography’: A Q&A with author and astrophotographer Josh Dury
“…are we potentially the last generation that will see the night’s sky in its entirety?”
NASA Awards Simulation and Advanced Software Services II Contract
Credit: NASA NASA has awarded a contract to MacLean Engineering & Applied Technologies, LLC of Houston to provide simulation and advanced software services to the agency. The Simulation and Advanced…
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announces new contract awards under ‘Luno’ program
Structured as Luno A and Luno B, the five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contracts carry a combined ceiling of $490 million The post National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency announces new contract awards…
How NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Share Its All-Sky Map With the World
5 min read How NASA’s SPHEREx Mission Will Share Its All-Sky Map With the World NASA’s SPHEREx mission will map the entire sky in 102 different wavelengths, or colors, of…
Hubble Telescope finds stellar nursery in Taurus Molecular Cloud | Space photo of the day for July 2, 2025
The space telescope spied three young stars in the nebula.
A newly forming ocean may split Africa apart, scientists say
A plume of molten rock deep beneath eastern Africa is pulsing upward in rhythmic surges, slowly splitting the continent and potentially marking the birth of a new ocean, a new…
What’s Up: July 2025 Skywatching Tips from NASA
Skywatching Skywatching Home What’s Up Meteor Showers Eclipses Daily Moon Guide More Tips & Guides Skywatching FAQ Night Sky Network A.M./P.M. Planet Watching, Plus the Eagle Constellation Mars shines in…
DARPA says decreasing launch costs, new analysis led it to cancel DRACO nuclear propulsion project
A DARPA official said the agency canceled a space nuclear propulsion project it was jointly developing with NASA in part because the effort was overtaken by lower launch costs. The…