‘Star Trek’ imagined strange new worlds 60 years ago, but are real exoplanets even stranger?
September 8th, 1966 was a Thursday. Not a fresh-start-Monday or an exciting Saturday. A regular old Thursday; except that this one catalysed a cultural phenomenon. This was the Thursday that…
Astrophotographer captures jaw-dropping view of the Crescent Nebula
The Crescent Nebula shines in the constellation Cygnus. (Image credit: Kevin Boardman) Astrophotographer Kevin Boardman captured this spectacular view of the Crescent Nebula, revealing intricate filaments of gas surrounding a…
How to Land a Rocket Launch ‘Space Jellyfish’
What used to be a rare sight gracing the twilight sky is now becoming strangely commonplace. If you live on either U.S. coast, you have to good chance at seeing…
Scientists Are Still Trying To Understand How the Moon Formed
The Earth and the Moon have nearly identical isotopic compositions, and the Giant Impact Hypothesis strives to explain this. New research into the ancient impact shows how the temperature of…
On this day in space! Sept. 8, 2004: NASA’s Genesis spacecraft crashed in the Utah desert, shattering its samples of solar wind particles from the sun
On Sept. 8, 2004, NASA’s Genesis spacecraft crash-landed in Utah after its parachutes failed to deploy. Genesis was NASA’s first sample-return mission since the Apollo program, and the first attempt…
Superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud
NASA, ESA/Hubble, D. Gouliermis NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captures a photogenic nebula, N44, in the Large Magellanic Cloud in this Sept. 3, 2026, image. N44 is dominated by two features:…
NASA Technique for Manipulating Satellite Photos Now Reveals Ancient Images Â
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Jon Harman poses in front of an example of the Rancho Bernardo style of Native American artwork that’s barely…
Some Black Holes Grow Much Faster Than Their Galaxies
New observations find that a few supermassive black holes are unexpectedly large given the size of their galaxies. This suggests the connection between black holes and galaxies isn’t as strong…
1,000 Museum Visitors Dive Into NASA Sea Level Science on World Ocean Day
Explore This Section Science Science Activation 1,000 Museum Visitors Dive… Overview Resources Opportunities Citizen Science Highlights About Science Activation 3 min read 1,000 Museum Visitors Dive Into NASA Sea Level…
The World’s First Spacefaring Commercial Cardiologist Has Lessons for Would-Be Astronauts
Say what you want about the changes to the space industry that’s happened over the past 10-20 years, but one thing is for certain – there are a lot more…