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An illustration of NASA's Juno craft soaring above Jupiter's atmosphere. Jupiter's satellite Io is one of Jupiter's largest moons.
NASA spacecraft spots hot lava on distant world Io
NASA Perseverance rover's view from the top of the Jezero Crater rim on Mars.
A NASA rover just conquered a treacherous climb on Mars
A solar flare on the sun as observed by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory in October 2014.
Scientists find how often sun-like stars emit 'superflares.' It shocked them.

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A view of the large rocket debris captured by the Astroscale ADRAS-J spacecraft
Spacecraft makes daring approach of metal object in Earth's orbit
At 2 a.m., an unexpected event led to a surprise planet discovery
Webb telescope exposes secrets of a famous cosmic metropolis
The planets are stunning in December 2024 — and no telescope is needed
Venus' past is mysterious. But scientists just revealed a big clue.
A conceptual design of the successor to NASA's Ingenuity helicopter. NASA video shows its next Martian helicopter soaring over Mars
Hubble viewing the details around a quasar Astronomers wonder if galaxies are falling into this giant black hole
A conception of a black hole in space. Evidence of a black hole visiting Earth may be hiding in your house
A gas giant exoplanet orbiting another star The strange new worlds scientists discovered in 2024
Artemis II crew walking down a ramp NASA leader doubts Elon Musk will push Trump to axe moon rocket

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An artist’s rendering of the X-66 aircraft soaring above the clouds. NASA's testing a futuristic plane. You might fly on it.
Webb telescope capture of the Sombrero Galaxy Webb telescope clears the haze around a stunning galactic icon
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter viewing boxwork region on Mars NASA's Curiosity rover heads to new puzzling Martian destination
A telescope tracking image of mini moon 2024 PT5 Earth's mini moon could be a chunk of the big moon, scientists say
Webb gathering images of three ultra-massive early galaxies Webb telescope scientists forced to reckon with enormous galaxy outliers
An artist's interpretation of an exoplanet orbiting a red dwarf star. Webb telescope sees world that could reek of burnt matches and rotten eggs
SpaceX getting ready to launch Starship Get ready: SpaceX Starship will try to fly again soon
Viewing the Arecibo Observatory's giant radio telescope before its collapse Giant telescope's own powerful radiation may have contributed to collapse
A conception of a neutron star. Scientists just found a mind-boggling object in deep space
Earth and the moon as viewed by the European Space Agency's Hera mission. Spacecraft watches lonely Earth and moon fade into the distance

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NASA plane swooped over the Arctic. It detected a buried military base.
By Mark Kaufman
The U.S. Army Polar Research and Development Center building tunnels at Camp Century in Greenland in 1959.
Is Mercury in retrograde? Yes, but there's a catch.
By Mark Kaufman
The BepiColombo mission snapped this image of Mercury during a flyby in June 2023.
NASA spotted a very young planet. It could become a super-Earth.
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of a super-Earth in another solar system.
Scientists watch hardcore object blasting energy beams into space
By Mark Kaufman
The sprawling "Guitar Nebula" in deep space.
The space station has a risky leak. How bad is it?
By Mark Kaufman
The International Space Station as viewed from the SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour.
Voyager found a mystery on Uranus. Decades later, NASA solved it.
By Mark Kaufman
Voyager 2's final image of Uranus, captured on Jan. 25, 1986.
An object struck a satellite in Earth's orbit, leaving a hole
By Mark Kaufman
NanoAvionics recently spotted a small hole on its MP42 Satellite, which was caused by an impact.
This black hole just did something theoretically impossible
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of the distant black hole LID-568.
NASA's Voyager finally phoned home with a device unused since 1981
By Elisha Sauers
An artist's rendering of Voyager 1 against a starry background
Webb telescope finds hot young star Vega is actually quite lonely
By Elisha Sauers
A diagonally split image of the star Vega showing Hubble's view in the top left and Webb's view in the bottom right
Webb and Hubble telescopes provide a preview to galactic cannibalism
By Elisha Sauers
Galaxies IC 2163 and NGC 2207 on the verge of merging.
The creepiest skulls ever seen in space
By Mark Kaufman
Asteroid 2015 TB145, which looks similar to a skull, once passed within 302,000 miles of Earth.
A NASA telescope reveals a giant black hole jet like never before
By Elisha Sauers
A jet shooting out of a Centaurus A's black hole accretion disk
NASA rover climbs daunting slope, views its remarkable Mars adventure
By Mark Kaufman
The Perseverance rover peering onto the Martian landscape.
NASA reveals new moon landing sites. They're dark and uncharted.
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of Blue Origin's moon lander on the lunar surface.
A colossal asteroid once boiled the oceans. It also did the unexpected.
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of a large space rock colliding with Earth.
The most fascinating star in our sky inches closer to exploding
By Mark Kaufman
The red supergiant star Betelgeuse, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope.
Webb telescope spots extremely bright objects. They shouldn't be there.
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's depiction shows how a quasar, which is the extremely bright core of a galaxy, unleashes torrents of energy from its central black hole.
NASA captures star duo spraying plasma a quarter-trillion miles
By Elisha Sauers
R Aquarii blasting stellar material into space
NASA just found places where microbial Martians might be able to thrive
By Elisha Sauers
Cryoconites on a glacier on Earth
Huge NASA spacecraft is flying to a perilous part of the solar system
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of the Europa Clipper spacecraft flying by the Jovian moon, Europa, with dominant Jupiter in the distance.
The sun will be really 'stormy' for the next year, NASA says
By Mark Kaufman
NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory snapped this view of a powerful solar flare in October 2024.
NASA's new moon suits are revealed. They must resist -334 F temperatures.
By Mark Kaufman
A conception of astronauts working on the moon's surface.
Webb telescope just snapped view of a distant world before it disappears
By Mark Kaufman
A NASA conception of a gas exoplanet orbiting a star in another solar system.
En route to an asteroid, spacecraft snaps ghostly views of Earth
By Mark Kaufman
An artist's conception of the European Space Agency's Hera craft traveling through the solar system.
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