Supersonic!

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft completed its first supersonic flight Friday, June 5, 2026, marking the first time the aircra...

First Steps: America’s Grueling Second Spacewalk

A year after America’s first spacewalk, Gemini IX-A Eugene Cernan stepped outside his spacecraft for an ambitious extravehicular activity sc...

Colorful, Chaotic Jupiter

During its 61st close flyby of Jupiter on May 12, 2024, NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this color-enhanced view of the giant planet...

Journey to the Center of the Virgo Cluster

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the spiral galaxy Messier 88 (M88). via NASA https://ift.tt/Mnr6pYS This NASA/ESA Hubble...

Look Up!

Astronauts Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) and Jack Hathaway of NASA, both Expedition 74 flight engineers, look out a window in...

Pretty in Pink

This image of Westerlund 2 features Chandra X-ray Observatory data (pink) and James Webb infrared data (red, orange, green, cyan, and blue)....

Hubble Spies Faint Irregular Galaxy

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures the faint glow of the dwarf irregular galaxy ESO 490-017. via NASA https://ift.tt/Jet91pE Th...

Going Low and Slow in Testing

NASA’s X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft flies above NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, during testing fo...

Students Build Moon Robots for NASA’s 2026 Lunabotics Challenge

Katherine Rauscher, of Michigan Technological University, prepares her team’s prototype lunar robot for its turn during the finals for NASA’...

Chennai City Lights

Chennai, on India's southern coast along the Bay of Bengal and with a metropolitan population of about 8.7 million, shines with white LE...

Webb Studies Star Clusters

This near-infrared image shows a section of one of the spiral arms of Messier 51 (M51). via NASA https://ift.tt/ia16PXO This near-infrared i...

Psyche Spacecraft Completes Mars Flyby

NASA’s Psyche spacecraft completed its close approach of Mars on May 15, capturing images as it came within 2,864 miles (4,609 kilometers) o...

Moon-Venus Conjunction

The Moon and Venus, center, are seen in conjunction above the Washington Monument, Monday, May 18, 2026, as viewed from the Mary W. Jackson ...