This is the last complete image of the asteroid Dimorphos, as seen by our Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) 2...
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What mysteries might be solved by peering into this crystal ball? In this case, the ball is actually a moon...
What could shoot out a neutron star like a cannon ball? A supernova. About 10,000 years ago, the supernova that...
Observe the Moon every night and you'll see its visible sunlit portion gradually change. In phases progressing from New Moon...
A planet-wide collaboration resulted in this remarkable array of sunrise photographs taken around the September 2022 equinox. The images were...
On Sept. 21, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope delivered the clearest view of Neptune’s rings in more than 30...
Fifteen days before impact, the DART spacecraft deployed a small companion satellite to document its historic planetary defense technology demonstration....
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 flight engineer, wears a launch and entry suit as part of water survival training in the...
Is the sky angry with Mount Shasta? According to some ancient legends, the spirits of above and below worlds fight...
In this image from Sept. 26, 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) team, Dr. Thomas Zurbuchen, and guests at...
Could humanity deflect an asteroid headed for Earth? Yes. Deadly impacts from large asteroids have happened before in Earth's past,...
Technicians prepare to move NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft from a shipping container onto a work stand inside...
How much of planet Earth is made of water? Very little, actually. Although oceans of water cover about 70 percent...
The dust sculptures of the Eagle Nebula are evaporating. As powerful starlight whittles away these cool cosmic mountains, the statuesque...
The defining astronomical moment for this September's equinox was on Friday, September 23, 2022 at 01:03 UTC, when the Sun...
Astronaut John W. Young, commander of the Apollo 16 lunar landing mission, leaps from the lunar surface as he salutes...
Ringed, ice giant Neptune lies near the center of this sharp near-infrared image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The...
Our Shuttle Carrier Aircraft ferries the Space Shuttle Endeavour over the Johnson Space Center in Houston in this Sept. 20,...
