3+ hour, 19+ min ago  (498+ words) Space. com is the premier source of space exploration, innovation and astronomy news, chronicling (and celebrating) humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier. Originally founded in 1999, Space. com is, and always has been, the passion of writers and editors who…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (197+ words) The Horsehead Nebula cuts a dark silhouette against glowing clouds in the constellation Orion. Meyer's image reveals the dark equine silhouette of opaque dust for which the nebula is named, backlit by glowing hydrogen gas energized by the ultraviolet radiation…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago  (224+ words) An astronaut captured a view from the International Space Station (ISS) that will take your breath away. In January, Yui returned from space after completing the nearly five-month Space X Crew-11 mission to the ISS. This view "only happens when…...

5+ mon, 2+ day ago  (879+ words) From new exoplanetary neighbors and a weakening dark energy to the best evidence for life on Mars and an interstellar comet that's got everyone talking, 2025 has been jam-packed with astronomical excitement and revelation. 2025 was an exciting year for astronomical discoveries....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (208+ words) Meng Zhongde spied Venus and the moon shining in the twilight sky over the Hainan Province of China on May 19, with earthshine illuminating the lunar disk as reflected sunlight poured into the night from its glowing crescent. Hershorn also snapped…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (329+ words) The galaxy M77 looks truly out-of-this-world in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope. Is this a galaxy or a movie poster for a sci-fi smash hit? A new image captured by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope shows the…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1449+ words) Surrounded by streetlights and terraced houses, I never expected to capture detailed deep-space images from my backyard until I tried the Vaonis Vespera Pro telescope. I live under heavily light-polluted suburban skies in Nottingham, U. K. , where the glow of streetlights often…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (276+ words) An astronaut aboard the ISS captured the brilliant green and pink glow. The aurora australis shone brilliantly over Earth as astronauts watched from above. In a new image captured by European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot from aboard the International…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (350+ words) The Perseverance Mars rover poses against a dramatic backdrop of ancient Martian terrain in a new selfie. NASA's Perseverance rover pauses along the western rim of Mars' ancient Jezero Crater in a striking new image, taking in sweeping rocky cliffs…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (352+ words) Earth's atmosphere did a number on this spacecraft. NASA's Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft rests after its flight around the moon, charred from the return to Earth. The Artemis 2 mission launched four astronauts on a journey around the moon aboard an Orion…...