The utterly beautiful destruction of a planet: Space photo of the day
The Helix nebula may point to the ultimate fate of our sun — and Earth.
SpaceX Fram2 astronauts see ‘pure white’ Antarctica from polar orbit: Space photo of the day
Fram2 crew was surprised to not see any evidence of human activity at the South Pole from 285 miles above.
Plush polar bear with penguin art floats as Fram2 zero-g indicator in polar orbit
The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear. The doll also has an emperor penguin embroidered on its chest.
Floating blue-eyed robot keeps watch on the ISS: Space photo of the day
Looking like a soccer ball with glowing blue eyes, the Japanese Experiment Module Internal Ball Camera-2 is put to test aboard the International Space Station.
SpaceX launches 28 Starlink satellites to orbit on 1st half of spaceflight doubleheader (video, photos)
SpaceX launched another batch of Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Monday (March 31), on the first of the company's two planned liftoffs for the day.
NASA practices recovering its next moon astronauts: Space photo of the day
NASA's Orion crew module test article is framed by the well deck of the U.S. Navy's USS Somerset as teams practice Artemis 2 recovery ops.
Mission Control ‘members only’: NASA flight directors don new jacket
NASA's flight directors have taken a page from the astronauts they support, if not also the Masters, Hells Angels and Saturday Night Live's Five-Timers Club. There is now a flight director's jacket.
James Webb Space Telescope discovers 2 galaxies forming breathtaking ‘cosmic lens’: Space photo of the day
The space telescope's image of a odd-looking spiral galaxy is, in reality, two distant galaxies overlapping each other.
NASA stacks moon-bound Artemis 2 rocket: Space photo of the day
The Space Launch System (SLS) core stage and rocket boosters have now been stood up and mated in preparation for NASA's Artemis 2 moon mission.
‘What choices do you make when you are turning the moon into cheese?’ Author John Scalzi on new novel ‘When the Moon Hits Your Eye’
John Scalzi cased out the Armstrong Museum before writing "When the Moon Hits Your Eye." The author may have been confused of planning a heist given the way he eyed an Apollo 11 moon rock on display.