Circular Star Trails
NASA/Nichole Ayers On July 26, 2025, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers took this long-exposure photograph – taken over 31 minutes from a window inside the International Space Station’s Kibo laboratory module…
NASA Astronaut Megan McArthur Retires
NASA astronaut and Expedition 65 Flight Engineer Megan McArthur removes Kidney Cells-02 hardware inside the Space Automated Bioproduct Laboratory and swaps media inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox. The human research…
Landsat 9 Sees Buccaneer Archipelago
In the sparsely populated Kimberley region of Western Australia, jagged landforms reach like fingers into the turquoise-blue ocean waters. Along the coastline north of Derby, they used to reach even…
Hubble Homes in on Galaxy’s Star Formation
Explore Hubble Hubble Home Overview About Hubble The History of Hubble Hubble Timeline Why Have a Telescope in Space? Hubble by the Numbers At the Museum FAQs Impact & Benefits…
NASA Awards Spaceflight Operations, Systems Organization Contract
Credit: NASA NASA has awarded ASCEND Aerospace & Technology of Cape Canaveral, Florida, the Contract for Organizing Spaceflight Mission Operations and Systems (COSMOS), to provide services at the agency’s Johnson…
NASA Invites Media to Learn About New Missions to Map Sun’s Influence
NASA’s IMAP (Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe) mission will map the boundaries of the heliosphere, the bubble created by the solar wind that protects our solar system from cosmic radiation.…
NASA Scientists Help Maryland County Plan to Beat Summer Heat Risks
4 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) These maps of Prince George’s County, MD, show surface temperatures collected a few hours apart on July 30, 2023…
NASA’s Chandra Reveals Star’s Inner Conflict Before Explosion
This graphic features data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory of the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) supernova remnant that reveals that the star’s interior violently rearranged itself mere hours before it…
NASA, International Astronauts to Address Students from New York
From left to right: JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Kimiya Yui, and NASA astronauts Jonny Kim (seated), Zena Cardman, and Mike Fincke conduct training scenarios with their instructors at…
NASA Marsquake Data Reveals Lumpy Nature of Red Planet’s Interior
6 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) Scientists believe giant comets or asteroids — like the one depicted in this artist’s concept — struck Mars 4.5…