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There are more than 40 holes on Mars. The drill aboard the Curiosity rover created the hole in a rock investigators call Mammoth Lakes. The bright spot to the left of the hole is where the rover smoothed a small area to collect spectroscopic data. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Solar System, Space Exploration

What’s in this most recent hole NASA drilled on Mars? We might know soon

Gateway Space Station

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Explore Gateway: The first space station to orbit the Moon

Four “bright” members of the Boötes Void hover around 15th magnitude. Each field measures 5' on one side. Credit: Digital sky survey

Deep-Sky Objects, Observing

The Boötes Void is a ‘holy grail’ of astronomy

Wernher Von Braun explains the Saturn system to President John F. Kennedy at Cape Canaveral in 1963. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Robotic Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Devil’s bargain: Remembering MW 18014, 80 years later

NGC 6946, the Fireworks Galaxy

The Sky This Week from June 28 to July 5: Catch some cosmic fireworks

NGC 4449

Galaxies, Science, Stars

Gemini North celebrates its 25th birthday with a glorious photo of NGC 4449

The International Space Station (ISS) in 2001, shown in orbit over Earth.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

ISS astronauts briefly take cover after Russian satellite Resurs-P1 breaks up

Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos (pictured) and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk are competing for dominance of the commercial spaceflight industry. Credit: Blue Origin.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk space feud reignites with Blue Origin request

Webb examines how planets form around Beta Pictoris

Soar through the Pillars of Creation with NASA’s stunning new video

JWST image of the Serpens Nebula

In a first, JWST captures ultra-detailed image of aligned jets in the Serpens Nebula

This artist’s concept shows what exoplanet K2-18b could look like based on science data. Credit: NASA, CSA, ESA, J. Olmsted (STScI), Science: N. Madhusudhan (Cambridge University).

Alien Life, Science

Did we find signs of life on K2-18 b? Not yet, but we might.