The universe is ready for its close-up! That’s because today marks the day that the Vera C. Rubin Observatory begins it’s 10-year mission to shoot the greatest cosmic move ever created. The decade-long project officially known as the Legacy Survey…
ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Sarajedini, G. Piotto This image released on June 26, 2026, features the globular cluster NGC 6723, sometimes called the Chandelier Cluster. Like its namesake, it sparkles with countless lights. However, each ‘lightbulb’ in this chandelier is…
The past 250 years of optical telescopes have seen revolutionary discoveries and technology that the telescope’s inventor, a seventeenth century spectacle-maker by the name of Hans Lippershey, maybe wouldn’t have believed possible. When we look back through the annals of…
The United States’ 250th birthday is right around the corner and what better way to celebrate than by looking for a star whose light began its journey to Earth around the time the Declaration of Independence was signed? Starlight travels…
X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: NASA/ESA/STScI/AURA; IR:NASA/JPL/Caltech; Image Processing: NASA Wolk Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) helps flight engineer Chris Williams of NASA as he tries on his spacesuit on June 23, 2026, testing its comfort and mobility…
NASA’s Earth-observing satellites track an enormous range of phenomena: how aerosols move through the atmosphere, how moisture descends through soil, how land-cover shifts over decades. It’s some of the most consequential data NASA produces, informing science, policy, agriculture, and climate…
Every year, millions of people travel to remote, protected “dark-sky parks” in search of experiences that depend on true darkness — photographing the Milky Way’s heart arcing overhead, observing nocturnal wildlife in its natural rhythm, or simply standing beneath an…
1 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Solicitation Number: 80GRC026R0008 May 19, 2026 – Synopsis issued June 29, 2026 – Draft BAA and Appendix A Issued | News Release Artistic concept of lunar surface technologies and infrastructure capabilities, including in-situ resource utilization oxygen production systems,…
SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit on Sunday (June 28), continuing to expand its broadband internet relay network. A Falcon 9 rocket carrying the new batch (Group 17-40) launched from Space Launch Complex 4…
It’s a contested field, but John Williams’ majestic “Superman” theme is up there with the best the composer’s ever written. Almost five decades on, that stirring orchestral march remains synonymous with Krypton’s most famous son, still more than capable of…