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The International Space Station

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Here’s how NASA will deorbit the International Space Station

Artist's illustration of humans working on Mars.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Opinion: How we can explore space without repeating colonialism’s mistakes

Observing, Science

Where did the constellations come from?

No matter how many Full Moons appear in any given timespan, its color will not actually change to blue. Credit: John Chumack.

Observing, The Moon

What is a Blue Moon? When’s the next one?

An artist's depiction of NEOWISE overlays the first asteroid image the mission took.

Robotic Spaceflight

NASA bids farewell to NEOWISE mission

JWST IR view of Jupiter

Cosmology, Solar System

Scientists use Jupiter to search for dark matter

This 1874 lithograph was created by Étienne Léopold Trouvelot with the 15-inch refractor at the Harvard College Observatory, for the purpose of measuring the nebula’s extent. A glass plate with dark black lines was placed on the focus of the telescope for marking placement. No wonder it shows no central star.

Looking inside the Ring Nebula

Astrophotography, Observing, Science

JWST sees light invisible to the eye. These scientists decide how to color it

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Solar System

Mars could have oceans’ worth of liquid water buried in its crust

A sample location from the Sampling Quadrangle Assemblages Research Experiment (SQuARE), Square 03 in the starboard Maintenance Work Area of the International Space Station. An open crew berth is visible at right. The yellow dotted line indicates the boundaries of the sample area.

Human Spaceflight

Archaeologists conduct first ‘space excavation’ on International Space Station

Telescopes and Equipment

DwarfLab’s new tiny smart scope packs a punch

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

No return date yet for Starliner astronauts on ISS