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Dinkinesh and its contact binary satellites seen just 6 minutes after Lucy came in closest contact with the asteroids. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Surprise! NASA’s Lucy mission uncovered an asteroid moon that is actually two in one

T.K. Mattingly (right) trains before the Apollo 16 mission. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Remembering Ken Mattingly, forever an Apollo hero

The Euclid image of the Horsehead Nebula, an iconic target for backyard astrophotographers and space telescopes alike. Credit: ESA.

Cosmology, Galaxies, Science, Stars

Euclid telescope releases first awe-inspiring images in dark universe hunt

Theia slams into a young Earth in this artist's conception. Credit: Hernan Canellas/ASU

Science, Solar System

Theia slammed into Earth, left marks and then formed the Moon, study suggests

Space Exploration

NASA brings back retro ‘worm’ logo from the 1970s

The Andromeda Galaxy, a key object in the discovery of the nature of the universe. Credit: Tony Hallas

Don’t worry, be happy. We live in a golden age of astronomy

During its flyby on Nov. 1 2023, Lucy discovered that its target, Dinkinesh, is not one, but two asteroids. Here, the smaller companion appears from behind the larger Dinkinesh. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOAO

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

NASA’s Lucy mission discovers surprise asteroid on ‘Dinky’ flyby

A computer-generated image of the metal-rich Psyche asteroid. Credit: NASA.

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration

NASA’s robot prospectors blaze a trail that humans may follow

An animation from the FLAMINGO simulation.

Watch the universe evolve in the most comprehensive simulation ever

NASA astronaut Loral O’Har exits the ISS to begin a space walk on Nov. 1, 2023. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Watch: American astronauts spacewalk outside the ISS

John Glenn at age 77. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Remembering John Glenn’s historic return to space

X-ray composite image of pulsar PSR B1509-58 and its wind nebula MSH 15-52

The science behind NASA’s ‘ghost hand’ image