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Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Nuclear bombs really could deflect asteroids, lab tests suggest

The Moon occults M45

The Moon, Upcoming Events

Watch the Moon cover the Pleiades Sunday morning

Apollo astronaut on the Moon

Traces of Earth’s earliest atmosphere could be buried on the Moon

Albireo (Beta [β] Cygni) is a classic example of a double star with contrasting colors.

Observing, Stars

What gives stars their colors?

Artist's illustration of giant black hole jets in the early universe

Cosmology, Exotic Objects

Black hole caught blasting jets out into the cosmic void

’Starry Night’ captures the turbulent physics of why stars twinkle

Alien Life, Exotic Objects

The “Wow! Signal,” not surprisingly, was a dud

Partial lunar eclipse

The Moon, Upcoming Events

How to watch a partial lunar eclipse during Tuesday’s Super Moon

The five members of the animal kingdom we observed during the April 2024 solar eclipse from Bee Cave, Texas, are shown clockwise from top left: northern cardinal, American robin, mosquito, cloudless sulphur butterfly, and a Mexican free-tailed bat. Images showing totality and the mosquito were taken on eclipse day.

2024 Solar Eclipse

Studying nature’s eclipse reactions

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Could we experience the first-ever human-made meteor shower?

Human Spaceflight

SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew completes historic private spacewalk

Expedition 72 launch

Human Spaceflight

Don Pettit, NASA’s oldest active astronaut, begins mission aboard ISS