Unlocking the Mystery of X-ray Dots

A newly discovered object may be a key to unlocking the true nature of a mysterious class of sources that astronomers have found in the earl...

Building on America’s 65-Year Legacy of Human Spaceflight

America’s first human spaceflight begins as the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) space vehicle, with astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr. aboard, launches...

Hubble Spots a Starry Spiral

This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the glittering spiral galaxy NGC 3137, located 53 million light-years away in the constellat...

NASA Artemis II Crew Rings Nasdaq Closing Bell

Nasdaq Chair and Chief Executive Officer Adena T. Friedman, left, and NASA’s Artemis II crew ring the closing bell of the Nasdaq market sess...

Artemis III Rocket Core Stage Moves to NASA Kennedy

NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) core stage for the Artemis III mission moves into the Vehicle Assembly Building at the agency's Kenned...

A Gently Glowing Galaxy

The barred spiral galaxy IC 486 glows with a soft, ethereal light in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. via NASA https://ift.tt/BNZaGX...

Science in Space

Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams of NASA and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency work together in the Kibo laboratory m...

NASA's X-59 Gets Freedom 250 Logo

The X-59’s tail and jet engine feature a new marking — a Freedom 250 logo celebrating the nation’s 250th birthday in 2026. via NASA https:/...

The Day of the Trifid Nebula

NASA celebrates Hubble’s 36th anniversary with a new image of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region it first captured in 1997. The teles...

NASA's Chandra Finds Young Stars Dim Quickly

Scientists have found that young stellar cousins of our Sun are calming down and dimming more quickly in their X-ray output than previously...