Hubble spies a skewed spiral galaxy | Space photo of the day for May 5, 2025
Arp 184 or NGC 1961, a skewed or "peculiar" spiral galaxy, is still stunning in this image from the Hubble Space Telescope.
‘Falcon’ flies on Star Wars Day: SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from Florida (photos)
Living up to its Star Wars' namesake, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took flight again, delivering 29 Starlink satellites to low Earth orbit on Sunday, May 4th, 2025 —Star Wars Day.
Gaze at a cluster of glowing galaxies | Space photo of the day for May 2, 2025
Galaxy cluster Abell 1489, as imaged by the International Gemini Observatory, contains more than 200 of the gravitationally-bound systems of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas and dust.
NASA astronauts prep ISS for new solar arrays on 5th-ever all-female spacewalk
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers conducted history's fifth all-female spacewalk on May 1, moving an antenna and partially preparing the ISS for a new set of solar arrays.
NASA astronauts prep ISS for new solar arrays on 5th-ever all-female spacewalk
NASA astronauts Anne McClain and Nichole Ayers conducted history's fifth all-female spacewalk on May 1, moving an antenna and partially preparing the ISS for a new set of solar arrays.
ISS astronaut shares recipe for a ‘ranger’ burger | Space photo of the day for May 1, 2025
Stacking wheat snack bread, beef steak, cheese spread, potatoes au gratin and gochujang red pepper paste, NASA astronaut Jonny Kim creates his take on a "ranger" burger on the space station.
New Horizons’ new map of the galaxy | Space photo of the day for April 30, 2025
This spectrograph map, generated from data collected by NASA's New Horizons probe, depicts the relatively uniform brightness of the ultraviolet "Lyman-alpha" background surrounding our Sun and its area of influence.
John Lithgow to launch into life of Apollo 11 astronaut in new podcast ‘BUZZ’
Having explored the 'third rock from the sun,' John Lithgow is heading for its moon. The actor is set to star in the new podcast "BUZZ" about the life of one of the first humans to land on the moon.
John Lithgow to launch into life of Apollo 11 astronaut in new podcast ‘BUZZ’
Having explored the 'third rock from the sun,' John Lithgow is heading for its moon. The actor is set to star in the new podcast "BUZZ" about the life of one of the first humans to land on the moon.
NASA engineer Ed Smylie, who led carbon dioxide fix on Apollo 13, dies at 95
It was about one in the morning, four hours after an explosion tore through the Apollo 13 spacecraft, when Ed Smylie realized they had to do something about the carbon dioxide.