Author: Mark Zastrow

Galaxies, Stars

Snapshot: Intergalactic census reveals where stars are born

Planets, Solar System, Space Exploration

NASA to return to Venus with two missions by 2030

Galaxies

Snapshot: This could be the earliest spiral galaxy ever seen

Robotic Spaceflight

James Webb Space Telescope launch delay “likely,” says government report

Human Spaceflight

Chinese rocket booster will make uncontrolled fall to Earth

Astronomy for beginners, Stars

Snapshot: ‘Yellowballs,’ spotted by citizen scientists, offer a window into star formation

Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Future satellites could breathe air to stay spaceborne

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Michael Collins, Apollo 11 command module pilot, dies at 90

Stars

Snapshot: Hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris sneezes like Betelgeuse

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Glynn Lunney, legendary NASA flight director, dies at 84

Exoplanets, Planets, The Sun

Space hurricane of plasma spotted above Earth’s North Pole

Exoplanets, Planets, Space Exploration

“Super Soaker” rocket creates gleaming cloud at the edge of space