Outer Space
Watch Scientists Freeze and Shake the James Webb Space Telescope
The largest space telescope ever built has a few last tests to pass
Exoplanet Discovery Arrives in Time for New Telescope Technology
Astronomers call LHS 1140b one of the "best targets" for hunting liquid water with NASA's James Webb Space Telescope
Watch a Large Asteroid Streak Through the Night Sky
Only a small telescope will be needed
California’s Lush Super Bloom Is Even More Stunning From Space
Satellite images captured an explosion of flowers stretching across California’s desert hills
Meet DeeDee, the Solar System's Newest Dwarf Planet (Maybe)
Though the tiny icy orb meets all the criteria, it has yet to receive the official designation
NASA Detects Microbe-Friendly Food Spouting From Saturn's Moon Enceladus
The Cassini spacecraft has detected the ingredients for life in sprays from the icy world
Mars Has Metal in Its Atmosphere
Metallic ions have a permanent presence in the red planet’s atmosphere—kind of like on Earth
NASA Puts Earth Up for Adoption
Pockmarks, wrinkles, and all
Scientists Capture Beautiful, Explosive Collision of Young Stars
The high-resolution images could hold clues about the early stages of star formation
“Great Cold Spot” Discovered on Jupiter
The ancient storm was hiding in plain sight
The First Manned Space Flight Was the Rocket Designer’s Victory as Much as Yuri Gagarin’s
Sergei Korolev designed the entire Soviet rocket program. But nobody knew his name until after he died
Take a Peek at the Auroras on Uranus
This composite image gives the best view yet of the seventh planet's atmospheric lights and ring
Hubble Snags Splendid Snapshot of Jupiter
The perfect photographic conditions make for a grand view of the gas giant
Watch SpaceX's Recycled Rocket Stick Its Landing
The reused Falcon 9 booster rocket may usher in an era of cheaper and more frequent trips into space
NASA Launches the Galaxy’s Most Glorious Space Database
Now you can easily peruse more than 140,000 of the agency's photos, videos and visualizations
Mount Etna’s Fiery Eruptions Are Visible From Space
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet captured an image of the volcano's glowing lava
A New Generation of Interplanetary Rovers Is Crawling Toward the Stars
These four-legged, wheel-less robots will explore asteroids and the frigid outer worlds of our Solar System
How Do New Planets Get Their Names?
Sorry, Planet McPlanetface: Asteroids, moons and other celestial bodies go through a strict set of international naming guidelines
The World’s First Solar-Powered Satellite is Still Up There After More Than 60 Years
This tiny grapefruit-sized satellite will still be up there well into the 2100s if we don’t take it down
The Case for Going to Venus
Sending a probe to Earth’s lifeless twin could help us understand how life rises—and falls—on faraway planets
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