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A Transit of Mercury

The sky will put on a show when Mercury journeys across the Sun. The event, known as a transit, occurs when Mercury passes directly

ARTECHOUSE Brings Cinematic Art Exhibition Beyond the Light to Washington, DC

Submerging Audiences in NASA’s Scientific Discoveries & Galactical Data from James Webb Space Telescope

Webb Unveils Dark Side of Pre-stellar Ice Chemistry

f you want to build a habitable planet, ices are a vital ingredient because they are the main source of several key elements —

Emission Nebula-Star Cluster Duo from Hubble

Against a backdrop littered with tiny pinpricks of light glint a few, brighter stars. This whole collection is NGC 1858, an open star cluster

NASA’s uncrewed Orion spacecraft reached a maximum distance of nearly 270,000 miles from Earth during the Artemis I flight test before beginning its journey back toward Earth. Orion captured imagery of the Earth and Moon together from its distant lunar orbit, including this image on Nov. 28, 2022, taken from camera on one of the spacecraft’s solar array wings. Credits: NASA

NASA Sets Coverage of Orion’s Historic Moon Mission Return, Splashdown

NASA will provide live coverage of the Artemis I uncrewed Orion spacecraft’s return flyby of the Moon on Monday, Dec. 5, as well as its return to

Stellar siblings over 130 light-years away host two systems of teenage planets. Watch to learn how NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite discovered these young worlds and what they might tell us about the evolution of planetary systems everywhere, including our own. Credits: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (KBRwyle)

Stellar Siblings Host ‘Teenage’ Exoplanets Dicovered by NASA’s TESS

Thanks to data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), an international collaboration of astronomers has identified four exoplanets, worlds beyond our solar system, orbiting

X-ray: Chandra: NASA/CXC/SAO, IXPE: NASA/MSFC/J. Vink et al.; Optical: NASA/STScI

IXPE Measures Exploded Star Remains

When a massive star collapsed in the Cassiopeia constellation, it generated a supernova explosion with some of the fastest shockwaves in the Milky Way.

Webb Captures Stellar Gymnastics in The Cartwheel Galaxy

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has peered into the chaos of the Cartwheel Galaxy, revealing new details about star formation and the galaxy’s central

Chandra Shows Giant Black Hole Spins Slower Than Its Peers

H1821+643 is a quasar powered by a supermassive black hole, located about 3.4 billion light years from Earth. Astronomers used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to determine the spin of

To Infinity and Beyond: NASA Collaborates on New Lightyear Film

NASA assets have a far-reaching audience including those beyond scientists and engineers. Visual resources including imagery and other video footage, filming at NASA centers

An artist’s illustration of two suited crew members working on the lunar surface. The one in the foreground lifts a rock to examine it while the other photographs the collection site in the background. Credits: NASA

New Spacewalking, Moonwalking Services

NASA has selected Axiom Space and Collins Aerospace to advance spacewalking capabilities in low-Earth orbit and at the Moon, by buying services that provide

Scientists with NASA’s MMS Mission Crack 60-Year Mystery of Fast Magnetic Explosions

In just minutes, a flare on the Sun can release enough energy to power the whole world for 20,000 years. An explosive process called