Astronaut Brings Ashes and Photos of 9/11 Victim to Space to Fulfill His Lifelong Dream of Orbiting For NASA
NASA has helped a family filled a 9/11 victim's dream to go up into space. His name was Chad Keller. Here's his story.
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Cold Planets Exist Throughout Our Galaxy, Even in the Galactic Bulge, Scientists Discover
Osaka University and NASA find new information about the distribution of cold planets in the Milky Way.
Astronomers Spot Light From Behind a Black Hole for the First Time - Proving Einstein Right Again
Stanford astronomers have discovered how to see X-rays reflected from the opposite side of a black hole, and once again, Einstein was right.
Massive Balloon the Size of a Soccer Stadium to Launch Telescope to Edge of Space to Study How Stars Form
A collaboration between NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, Durham, Toronto, and Princeton universities, SuperBIT will launch in April.
The First Amateur Astronomer to Ever Discover a New Moon - And it's Orbiting Jupiter
An amateur astronomer has become the first to find a moon in our solar system - the 80th such body to orbit Jupiter and part of the Carme group
NASA Measures Interior of Mars for the First time, Revealing Huge Liquid Core
Thanks to the InSight lander's patient measuring, scientists have mapped the Martian crust, lithosphere, and core for the first time.
This Year's Perseid Meteor Shower Will Be Super-Bright With Up To 50 Shooting Stars An Hour
Here's where and when to watch the Perseid meteor shower this July and August in the Northern Hemisphere. Enjoy the show.
NASA Helicopter Sends Stunning Photos of Martian Landscape from 33 Feet Up - LOOK
The latest and longest flight by the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter beamed back color images of the Martian landscape from 33 feet in the air.
Listen to the First Eerie Sounds From Mars: China's Rover Films Itself Driving on Red Planet, Making History
Audio and video of China's recently landed Mars rover has been released—the first ever footage of a rover driving on the Red Planet.
Don't Miss Celestial Show as Five Planets Align With the Moon for All to See
There is a 5 planet alignment all June. And on June 24- the waning crescent moon will be in alignment between Venus and Mars.
X-Ray Explosion of a White Dwarf Star Captured for the First Time
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg researchers have captured for the first time an explosion of a white dwarf star.
Ice May Be Hiding in Ancient Moon Volcanoes
If any humans had been alive 2 to 4 billion years ago, they may have looked up and seen a sliver of frost on the moon's surface. It may still be there.
Plants Have Been Grown in Lunar Soil For The First Time Ever
Food has been grown in soil collected from the moon for the first time, paving the way for human migration across the solar system.
Scientists Figure Out the Origin of Splendid Dunes on Jupiter's Icy Moon
A Rutgers research study has provided a new explanation of how dunes can form even on a surface as icy and roiling as Io's at Jupiter.
Black Hole at the Heart of Our Own Galaxy is Pictured For First Time
The burning disk around the dark center betrays the presence of the black hole Sag. A, 26,000 miles away at the center of the Milky Way
Watch a Stunning Solar Eclipse on Mars in Video Captured By NASA's Perseverance Rover
The NASA Mastcam-Z camera recorded video of Phobos, one of the Red Planet's two moons, to study how its orbit is changing over time.
A Total Lunar Eclipse is Coming With a Flower Blood Moon - How to See the Night Sky Spectacle
Night sky fans are in for a treat-a total lunar eclipse is coming to parts of the planet from May 15-16, and then there is a Mars-Neptune conjunction.
Spectacular Aquariid Meteor Shower This Week - See Dozens of Shooting Stars Per Hour
Radiating from the constellation Aquarius, the meteor shower will peak around May 4th, 5th, and 6th, and can be seen looking south or up.
Hubble Telescope Spots Most Distant Star Ever Seen on Record, From 12 Billion Light Years Away
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope announced their latest discovery—the farthest individual star ever seen to date.
Scientists Discover a Quantum Imprint Within Black Hole's Gravity That Finally Resolves Hawking's Paradox
Two papers significantly alter our understanding of black holes and resolve a problem that has confounded scientists for nearly half a century.
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