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An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope as it orbits the sun in our solar system, 1 million miles from Earth.
Webb telescope snapped photo of huge world — in a distant solar system
The sun, nearing solar maximum, is producing lots of solar flares and other types of space weather.
Sun unleashes solar storm at Earth, U.S. may see brilliant aurora
A space photo shows a spiral galaxy with a blue and white centre and orange spirals.
NASA shares 25 jaw-dropping space images from Chandra X-ray Observatory

Space

The dust-covered Curiosity rover exploring the Martian surface.
NASA rover finds place where 'exciting' events occurred on Mars
SpaceX's workhorse rockets are grounded. Here's why.
Here's the real deal with Boeing's Starliner right now
Webb telescope reveals a haze joining the Penguin and Egg galaxies
Webb telescope may have just revealed an alien world with air
A pit, leading to a cave, in the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the moon. Scientists discover fascinating tunnel on the moon
Getting a first look at Gateway Check out NASA's next space station. It won't orbit Earth.
The International Space Station as seen from NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2010. NASA reveals how it will plunge the space station into Earth's ocean
Missy Elliott performs onstage during the Lovers & Friends music festival at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. The first hip-hop song beamed into space? Congrats Missy Elliott.
A conception of NASA's Parker Solar Probe speeding through the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona. NASA spacecraft just flew over 500 times the speed of sound

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Screenshot from The Roman Space Observer Game
NASA has released an retro arcade game about the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope
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This solar system AR toy proves that you don't need to be an astronaut to explore space
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News

Noctilucent clouds hovering over Earth Astronaut snaps strange iridescent clouds at the edge of space
Juno spacecraft observing Io NASA spacecraft catches volcano plumes blasting into space
Asteroid 2024 MK recently passed Earth, and NASA used a powerful radar to capture images. Freaky asteroids flew by Earth, and NASA captured footage
A large piece of space debris imaged by the Astroscale ADRAS-J mission. Feast your eyes on the stunning images spacecraft captured this year
Depicting Webb telescope in space Webb might have found something the universe no longer makes
An aurora seemingly taking the form of a dragon. 20 breathtaking astronomy photos capture the best of space
asteroid Bennu A surprise in NASA's asteroid rocks hints Bennu came from an ocean world
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter captured an image of a fresh impact crater on Mars in 2013. Mars gets walloped by space rocks way more than scientists thought
a robotic explorer finding evidence of intelligent life Aliens haven't contacted us. Scientists found a compelling reason why.
An artist's conception of NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey craft orbiting the Red Planet. NASA craft snaps unprecedented photo of largest volcano in solar system

More Space

NASA's 3D tour of a famous cosmic masterpiece is exquisite
By Elisha Sauers
Viewing the Pillars of Creation in 3D
What China's new moon rocks could reveal that Apollo samples didn't
By Elisha Sauers
China retrieving its Chang'e-6 capsule
Another world in our solar system has lapping seas, scientists say
By Elisha Sauers
Artist depicting Titan
Webb telescope makes discovery that was previously impossible
By Mark Kaufman
A spectacular view of galaxies captured by the James Webb Space Telescope in deep space, billions of light-years away.
This nova is on the verge of exploding. You could see it any day now.
By Elisha Sauers
A white dwarf going nova
NASA drills freaky scenario where elusive asteroid heads towards Earth
By Mark Kaufman
The asteroid 243 Ida and its small moon as imaged by NASA's Galileo spacecraft in August 1993.
Scientists discover how old Jupiter's Great Red Spot really is
By Mark Kaufman
Jupiter's Great Red Spot as imaged by NASA's Juno spacecraft in 2019.
Astronomers just witnessed a whole galaxy 'turn on the lights' in real-time
By Elisha Sauers
A supermassive black hole awakening
NASA mission spots Chinese spacecraft on far side of the moon
By Mark Kaufman
China's Chang'e 6 mission, at center, landed on the moon on June 1, 2024.
NASA rover drives through ancient Mars river, snaps stunning view
By Mark Kaufman
The Perseverance rover recently drove through a primordial waterway on Mars, a place that once teemed with water.
The strange new worlds scientists have discovered this year
By Elisha Sauers
A gas giant exoplanet orbiting another star
NASA rover discovers mysterious Mars boulder unlike any others
By Elisha Sauers
Rovering finding Atoko Point on Mars
How a NASA scientist blew all of our minds
By Mark Kaufman
In November 1980, Voyager 1 snapped this image of Saturn and two of the gas giant's moons.
Scientists spot massive asteroid collision — in another solar system
By Mark Kaufman
Eros, a large and elongated asteroid in our solar system.
NASA rover gets blasted by solar storm on Mars, captures footage
By Mark Kaufman
The top of the Curiosity rover's mast, which holds several different cameras.
Watch SpaceX's Starship booster ace its splashdown for the first time
By Elisha Sauers
SpaceX's Starship lifting off on fourth test flight
NASA reveals why it's so hard to spot alien life — even with Webb
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of the Earth-sized exoplanet Kepler-186f, which orbits in the habitable zone of a distant solar system some 500 light-years away.
SpaceX's Starship shows resilience through brutally hot reentry
By Elisha Sauers
SpaceX Starship
NASA astronauts blast off in tense launch on Boeing spacecraft
By Elisha Sauers
Starliner jettisoning solid rocket booster
China just landed on the moon. And it released footage.
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of China's Chang’e-6 craft landing on the moon.
Japanese billionaire cancels private SpaceX moon mission, crew devastated
By Amanda Yeo
Yusaku Maezawa.
Launch of Boeing's Starliner spaceship gets scuttled. Yes, again.
By Elisha Sauers
Starliner launching on a ULA Atlas V Centaur rocket
The long, thorny history of Boeing's Starliner spaceship
By Elisha Sauers
Starliner approaching the International Space Station
How scientists revealed a new Martian rock type without the rock
By Elisha Sauers
a Martian meteorite
Footage shows return of colossal sunspot that created Northern Lights
By Mark Kaufman
A huge and active solar spot on the sun's surface, seen through a solar telescope in late May 2024.
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