Mid Air Meteor and Milky Way
On September 24, a late evening commercial flight from Singapore to Australia offered stratospheric views of the southern […]
NASA
NASA Invites Media to Events Highlighting Spacesuits for Moon to ...
Media are invited to NASA Headquarters in Washington Tuesday, Oct. 15 to get an up-close look at the […]
NASA Invites Media to Final Orion Jettison Motor Test in ...
Media are invited to witness the final test for a motor on the launch abort system of NASA’s […]
NGC 7714: Starburst after Galaxy Collision
Is this galaxy jumping through a giant ring of stars? Probably not. Although the precise dynamics behind the […]
Sprite Lightning in HD
This phenomenon occurs in the sky over our heads, not the sea. It is a type of lightning […]
NASA Administrator to Visit SpaceX Headquarters
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine will tour SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on Thursday, Oct. 10, to see the […]
Io Eclipse Shadow on Jupiter from Juno
What’s that dark spot on Jupiter? It’s the shadow of Jupiter‘s most volcanic moon Io. Since Jupiter shines […]
The Horsehead Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula is one of the most famous nebulae on the sky. It is visible as the […]
Jupiter and the Moons
After sunset on October 3, some of the Solar System’s largest moons stood low along the western horizon […]
Ocean-Monitoring Satellite Mission Ends After 11 Successful Years
The Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM), the third in a U.S.-European series of satellite missions designed to measure […]