NASA X-ray spacecraft discovers supernova wreckage at the heart of the Milky Way
NASA's Chandra X-ray spacecraft has detected the supernova wreckage of a dead star that erupted 1,700 years ago and ejected debris at 2 million miles per hour.
June 2026
NASA Astronaut Anil Menon Available for Prelaunch Virtual Interviews
NASA astronaut and International Space Station Expedition 74/75 flight engineer Anil Menon poses for a portrait at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. NASA/James Blair NASA astronaut Anil Menon will be available for limited media interviews beginning at 9 a.m. EDT Monday, June 22, to discuss his upcoming mission to [...]
Live from the moon! How lasers connected us all to NASA’s Artemis 2 astronauts on their epic lunar trip
A laser system, previously tested on board the International Space Station, helped to stream video directly from the Artemis 2 mission on its way around the moon.
Catch Mercury shining at its best on June 15 before it slips back into the sun’s glare
Mercury will appear farthest from the sun in its current evening apparition on June 15.