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New Starlink satellites could be 32 times brighter in radio waves than before

Black Hole in a Star Cluster (Artist's Impression)

Cosmology, Exotic Objects

Could black holes create dark energy?

Dark Wolf Nebula and Gum 55

Deep-Sky Objects, Science

ESO captures Dark Wolf Nebula stalking across the Milky Way

Full Moon in July 2016.

Observing, The Moon

2024 Full Moon calendar: When to see the Full Moon and phases

Telescopes and Equipment

New astronomy products to be thankful for

Artist's impression of water on Mars

How carbon dioxide glaciers gave Mars liquid water

A photo-illustration of the optical illusion known as Mach bands, as seen on Saturn.

How to see a Saturn ring mirage

Space Exploration

SpaceX: Starship Flight 6 coming later this month

The Skull Nebula

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing

Five ‘shy,’ lesser-known deep-sky gems to observe

A telescope and the darkening sky

Astronomy for beginners, Observing

Learn the difference between common astronomical terms

Lockheed Martin’s Starlab

Human Spaceflight

We’re entering the era of private space stations

Starmus La Palma poster

Science, Space Exploration

Starmus La Palma: The Island of Stars lineup revealed

Cassini image of Titan

Could a methane crust be keeping Titan warm?

V404 Cygni triple system

Exotic Objects, Stars

This famous black hole system is actually a triple

A double rainbow seen from Saguaro National Park in Tucson, Arizona, features a bright primary and a faint secondary as a companion. In the foreground are giant saguaro cacti.

Explore the science of rainbows

Human Spaceflight, Solar System

Here are the nine sites where Artemis 3 might land on the Moon

Cosmology, Galaxies

How Edwin Hubble won the Great Debate

Chandra X-ray telescope, facing chopping block, gets reprieve from NASA

Human Spaceflight, Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Opinion: An international affairs expert breaks down Harris and Trump’s records on space policy

American flag in the Cupola of the ISS

Human Spaceflight

Here’s how ISS astronauts will vote in the 2024 election

The Sun is the center of the solar system and provides the energy that makes life on our planet Earth possible. This image, taken by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory across several wavelengths in the extreme ultraviolet part of the spectrum, shows a massive solar flare (lower right) accompanied by a large eruption of material.

Solar System, Stars

Bringing the Sun to light

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This artist’s conception illustrates one of the most primitive supermassive black holes known (central black dot) at the core of a young, star-rich galaxy. Astronomers using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope have uncovered two of these early objects, dating back to about 13 billion years ago. The monstrous black holes are among the most distant known, and appear to be in the very earliest stages of formation, earlier than any observed so far. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech.

Science

Explore the science of space, from the astrophysics of stars to the ultimate fate of the universe.

Credit: Tim Doucette.

Observing

Learn about upcoming observing events such as eclipses, meteor showers, comets, conjunctions, and more.

This 2016 Curiosity rover selfie shows the vehicle at the “Okoruso” drilling site on Mount Sharp’s Naukluft Plateau. The Martian scene is a mosaic of images taken with the arm-mounted Mars Hands Lens Imager (MAHLI). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS.

Space Exploration

Human and robotic missions are helping humanity explore our solar system and beyond.

Sky This Week

Leonid meteor in the sky with an old car in the foreground

The Sky This Week from November 8 to 15: Catch the Leonids early

Sky This Month

Jupiter in Taurus

November 2024: What’s in the sky this month? Mars and Jupiter are improving, while Uranus reaches opposition

Picture of the Day

Under the Tuscan suns

Marco Meniero taken from Poggio Pinzuti, Italy

The stars pirouette around Polaris above the hills of Tuscany near Pisa in this two-panel panorama taken with a Nikon Z9 mirrorless camera and a 70mm zoom lens. The imager captured 170 exposures of 15 seconds at f/4.5 and ISO 250.

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