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Jupiter's volcanic moon Io as captured by the Juno spacecraft on Oct. 15, 2023.
NASA spacecraft flew by distant world. It saw unprecedented volcanism.
Studying asteroid Bennu samples
NASA's asteroid sample reveals key chemistry that could lead to life
An artist's conception of a super-Earth planet in the Milky Way galaxy.
Scientists discover a super-Earth. Something about it is strange.

Space

NASA technicians working on the James Webb Space Telescope's giant 18-segmented gold mirror.
NASA's Webb telescope threatened with budget cuts. They would hit hard.
A meteorite fell at their doorstep. The doorbell camera caught it all.
A moon-bound spacecraft snaps footage of Earth eclipsing the sun
NASA built new tires for Mars. They're nothing like your tires.
Stunning weather found on another world. It's never been seen before.
New Glenn sitting on a launch pad in Cape Canaveral, Florida Space calendar 2025: Here are the moments you won't want to miss
NASA recently running an engine test on its X-59 aircraft. NASA's about to fly its powerful X-plane. It could make history.
Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander suspended in a cleanroom Private moon spacecraft just took a breathtaking snapshot of Earth
An artist's conception of water-blanketed Mars billions of years ago. NASA rover spots proof that Mars hosted more than just lakes
Astronaut Suni Williams performing a spacewalk outside the International Space Station NASA wants to know how much life it's venting into space

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Screenshot from The Roman Space Observer Game
NASA has released an retro arcade game about the Nancy Grace Roman Telescope
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News

A Webb telescope view of Leo P, a dwarf galaxy A tiny galaxy ceased making stars for billions of years. Then it rebooted.
SpaceX's Starship sitting on launchpad SpaceX catches Starship booster but loses ship in seventh flight test
A view of burning and damage from the Eaton Fire as captured by the AVIRIS-3 instrument. NASA image shows how close ruinous fire came to major NASA center
Firefly's Blue Ghost moon lander in space before separating from a SpaceX rocket Watch SpaceX exquisitely set free a pair of moon landers in space
The Cassiopeia A shockwave in interstellar space Webb sees shockwave continuing hundreds of years after supernova blast
An illustration of the James Webb Space Telescope as it orbits the sun in our solar system, 1 million miles from Earth. Webb telescope just solved the 'universe-breaking problem'
A space view of the International Space Station NASA astronaut snaps photo of 'totally amazing' comet from space station
An artist's conception of a black hole's corona, which are the pale swirls above and below the black hole. A strange black hole is acting even stranger
A rocket is seen on a launchpad, illuminated in the dark. Blue Origin's rocket launch just got postponed. Here's why.
Pluto and moon Charon The story behind Pluto's huge moon bodes well for distant ocean worlds

More Space

Scientists capture absolutely stunning image of the Andromeda galaxy
By Mark Kaufman
A close-up view of a prodigious number of stars in the Andromeda galaxy.
Jeff Bezos' giant rocket just launched to space. Watch the footage.
By Mark Kaufman
Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket launching into space on Jan. 16, 2025.
Blue Origin New Glenn launch: Watch the orbital rocket's maiden voyage
By Amanda Yeo
The Blue Origin New Glenn rocket sits at Launch Complex 36 prior to its scheduled early morning January 13 launch at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on January 12, 2025 in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Venus wasn't always hell, scientists say. It may have had beaches.
By Mark Kaufman
Venus as viewed in infrared light by the Japanese Akatsuki spacecraft.
Stunning new images of Mercury show the scorched planet's north pole
By Sam Haysom
A black-and-white image shows a spacecraft over a cratered planet surface.
NASA asked for cheaper ways to get Mars samples. It had one all along.
By Elisha Sauers
A NASA Perseverance rover selfie with one of its cigar-sized sample tubes.
Carter's UFO hounded him for years. Few knew his expertise in astronomy.
By Elisha Sauers
President Jimmy Carter standing against a blurred background.
Scientists predicted this star would explode. It's bucked expectations.
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of a star exploding in deep space.
Watch Bezos’ new super rocket blast its engines. It's about to launch.
By Elisha Sauers
New Glenn firing its engines at the launchpad
NASA solar probe survives dramatic plunge into the sun
By Stan Schroeder
NASA Parker Solar Probe
NASA spacecraft just plunged into the sun and broke stunning records
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of NASA's Parker Solar Probe passing through the sun's outer atmosphere, or corona.
Mars is littered with junk. Historians want to save it.
By Elisha Sauers
A bird's-eye-view of debris from the Perseverance rover's landing capsule on Mars.
These are the best space images from 2024
By Mark Kaufman
A view of the large rocket debris imaged by the Astroscale ADRAS-J spacecraft.
Scientists find 2 stars 'thriving' on the brink of a giant black hole
By Elisha Sauers
Region spanning the sky from the constellation Sagittarius to Scorpius
NASA performs extreme test on its moon spacecraft and releases footage
By Mark Kaufman
NASA tested the Orion spacecraft's abort abilities at the space agency's Neil Armstrong Test Facility.
NASA just jumped online to correct outrageous space station misinformation
By Mark Kaufman
The International Space Station orbiting some 250 miles above Earth.
What a NASA spacecraft saw at a robot's grave from orbit
By Elisha Sauers
Red dust piles up on defunct Mars InSight lander
Webb just revealed how a controversial planet exists
By Elisha Sauers
An artist's rendering of a planet in the early universe
NASA spacecraft spots hot lava on distant world Io
By Mark Kaufman
An illustration of NASA's Juno craft soaring above Jupiter's atmosphere. Jupiter's satellite Io is one of Jupiter's largest moons.
What most people think they know about the Big Bang is wrong
By Elisha Sauers
An artist's interpretation of cosmic inflation in the primitive universe.
A NASA rover just conquered a treacherous climb on Mars
By Elisha Sauers
NASA Perseverance rover's view from the top of the Jezero Crater rim on Mars.
Scientists find how often sun-like stars emit 'superflares.' It shocked them.
By Mark Kaufman
A solar flare on the sun as observed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in October 2014.
Spacecraft makes daring approach of metal object in Earth's orbit
By Mark Kaufman
A view of the large rocket debris captured by the Astroscale ADRAS-J spacecraft
NASA video shows its next Martian helicopter soaring over Mars
By Mark Kaufman
A conceptual design of the successor to NASA's Ingenuity helicopter.
Astronomers wonder if galaxies are falling into this giant black hole
By Elisha Sauers
Hubble viewing the details around a quasar
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