Twenty Years of Watching One Galaxy, and It Made Less Sense
Blazars are galaxies with a jet aimed almost directly at us, and they flicker across every part of the spectrum at once. Almost everything we think we know about them…
Nine Hundred Telescopes and One Chance a Year
Reading the atmosphere of another world means catching starlight as it filters through that planet’s air during a transit. The signal is about one part in a million and a…
Space Command identifies capabilities it needs for the next space war
Gen. Stephen Whiting said there is a demand for offensive capabilities and called on the industry to develop ways to disable the critical nodes of large satellite constellations The post…
This year’s ‘Masters of the Universe’ movie wasn’t Hollywood’s first attempt at capturing the power of He-Man; they tried back in 1987, and failed then too
For the generation that grew up in the 1980s, the release of the recent big-budget “Masters of the Universe” movie would undoubtedly have conjured up a sense of déjà-vu. Picture…
NASA Data Helps Commercial Space Plan Living Off Our Moon
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA has been taking pictures of the Moon for decades, collecting a wealth of data. This false-color picture is…
2026 Total Solar Eclipse in Spain
NASA/Bill Ingalls A total solar eclipse is seen from San Millán de los Caballeros, Spain, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026. A total solar eclipse – the Moon passing between the Sun…
Total solar eclipse 2026 thrills millions with a stunning cosmic spectacle (photos, video)
And just like that, it’s over. Total solar eclipses are incredible moments in time, but they are fleeting. As the moon passes directly in front of the sun and its…
Total solar eclipse 2026 has begun. Here are the first views of totality
The first breathtaking photos of totality for the total solar eclipse 2026 are pouring in, revealing incredible views of the sun’s atmosphere radiating out from behind the moon’s colossal silhouette.…
Radiation-shielding vest aced Artemis I lunar test, could protect astronauts on moon and Mars missions
A radiation-shielding vest might one day protect astronauts from dangerous, random outbursts from the sun, a new study finds. More than 50 years after the final Apollo mission, NASA’s Artemis…
NASA Upgrades Vertical Motion Simulator for Modern Mission Needs
2 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) The Vertical Motion Simulator at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley is capable of vertical and horizontal…