February is ‘a month of bright planets,’ NASA says in new skywatching update
The moon has “many engagements” with the planets in February, NASA said in its monthly update on what to look out for in the night sky. Throughout February, so long…
Axiom-4 crew includes first Indian space agency astronaut to travel to ISS
The company Axiom Space is gearing up for its fourth private mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Set to launch this spring, the Ax-4 mission will carry four crew…
Watch this ISS astronaut take a ride on a robotic arm 250 miles over London
NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore completed their spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS) at 1:09 p.m. ET on Thursday, after spending 5 hours and 26 minutes in…
NASA astronauts show how to fly the lunar-bound Orion spacecraft
Ever wondered how to fly a spacecraft? Well, you’re in luck then, as NASA has just shared a video with lots of juicy details on how to fly the Orion…
NASA video offers behind-the-scenes look at upcoming SPHEREx mission
Excitement is building for next month’s launch of NASA’s SPHEREx mission, which will survey the sky in optical and near-infrared light from low-Earth orbit. NASA has just released a video…
Gorgeous James Webb Space Telescope images land on new U.S. stamps
In a mark of its huge impact on the world of science and astronomy, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope finds itself once again as the inspiration for a new set…
How astronauts stay fit and healthy in space
Space is not an easy environment to live in. Going to space and living in microgravity for extended periods has a range of effects on the body, from space sickness…
See the incredible view of our planet captured by the Blue Ghost spacecraft
It’s been one week since the Firefly Aerospace Blue Ghost mission launched on its journey to the moon, carrying NASA payloads and aiming to make the second ever commercial soft…
Hubble snaps another gorgeous image of the Tarantula Nebula
This gorgeous new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a bustling nearby star forming region called the Tarantula Nebula. Given its name due to its complex, web-like internal structure,…
Astronaut’s stunning Earth photo looks like ‘arteries in your retina’
NASA astronaut Don Pettit has captured another remarkable shot, this one showing the Betsiboka River estuary in Madagascar. “Betsiboka river in Madagascar, remind me of the arteries in your retina,”…