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Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

Gravity, Sweet Gravity! NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio Returns To Earth After Record 371 Days In Space3 hours ago

Antimatter conceptual image

Cosmic Phenomena

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Close-up shot of canister carrying samples from asteroid Bennu.

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The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking.

International Space Station

NASA Begins Plans for $1 Billion Spacecraft to Safely Pull International Space Station Back To EarthSeptember 26, 2023

This image taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on Aug. 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled in a Martian rock in preparation for the rover's first attempt to collect a sample.

Extraterrestrial Life

‘Holy Grail Of Astrobiology’: Groundbreaking AI-Based Tech Can Confirm Extraterrestrial Life With 90% AccuracySeptember 26, 2023

The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert.

‘World Series Moment’: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Brings Asteroid Bennu Sample to EarthSeptember 25, 2023

Woodside Energy team receiving orientation and training from Woodside trainer Harley Pritchard with NASA support from Alex Sowell and Misha Savchenko.

NASA’s Humanoid Robot Has Its First job — As An Oil Rig Worker Down UnderSeptember 22, 2023

Cosmic Phenomena

Antimatter conceptual image

Antimatter: We Cracked How Gravity Affects It – Here’s How It Impacts Our Understanding Of The Universe

The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert.

‘World Series Moment’: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Brings Asteroid Bennu Sample to Earth

Milky Way galaxy

JWST Reveals Milky Way’s Ancient Counterparts, Challenging Long-Held Theories About Universe

This still from a simulation shows how a supermassive black hole's accretion disk can rip into two subdisks, which are misaligned in this image.

No manners! Black holes devour their meals much faster than scientists thought

Artist’s impression of the pulsar PSR J1023+0038

Why does this pulsar have mood swings? Astronomers crack code of cosmic Jekyll and Hyde

NASA

Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

Gravity, Sweet Gravity! NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio Returns To Earth After Record 371 Days In Space

Close-up shot of canister carrying samples from asteroid Bennu.

Mysterious ‘Black Dust’ Forces NASA To Halt Examination Of Asteroid Bennu Sample

The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking.

NASA Begins Plans for $1 Billion Spacecraft to Safely Pull International Space Station Back To Earth

The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert.

‘World Series Moment’: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Brings Asteroid Bennu Sample to Earth

Woodside Energy team receiving orientation and training from Woodside trainer Harley Pritchard with NASA support from Alex Sowell and Misha Savchenko.

NASA’s Humanoid Robot Has Its First job — As An Oil Rig Worker Down Under

Photography

SolO view in the EUV on 30 March 2022 showing a partial section of the Sun with gas at 1 million degrees.

‘Shooting stars’ on the Sun? New discovery sheds light on solar phenomenon

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a tightly bound pair of actively forming stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared light.

NASA’s Webb Telescope captures cosmic fountain of young stars in stunning detail

The montage of JWST MIRI/MRS observations of Saturn in November 2022 requires four tiles to study Saturn’s northern hemisphere and rings.

See The Seasons Change On Saturn, Thanks To ‘Breathtaking’ JWST Observations

Webb captures detailed beauty of Ring Nebula (MIRI image)

Dying Star As You’ve Never Seen: JWST Reveals Unprecedented View Of The Ring Nebula

An ultraviolet image of the Suns corona taken using the EUI occulter.

Innovative Camera Hack Unlocks Incredible New Views Of The Sun’s Atmosphere

Mars

This image taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on Aug. 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled in a Martian rock in preparation for the rover's first attempt to collect a sample.

‘Holy Grail Of Astrobiology’: Groundbreaking AI-Based Tech Can Confirm Extraterrestrial Life With 90% Accuracy

Planet Mars in the distant past. With the oceans.

Did Mars once have a massive ocean? New study says yes!

A sequence of four images taken by ESA’s Mars Express from Mars orbit capturing Earth and the Moon.

European Space Agency Photo From Mars Captures Earth As Small As An Ant

Human colony on Mars Futuristic space colony for long-term habitation concept.

People With ‘Agreeable’ Personalities Most Likely To Thrive On Mars, Study Says

Titan, Saturn's moon, rotating in the outer space

MIT Geologists Develop Technique to Analyze Ancient Martian and Current Titan River Flow Rates

Space Tech

This image taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on Aug. 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled in a Martian rock in preparation for the rover's first attempt to collect a sample.

‘Holy Grail Of Astrobiology’: Groundbreaking AI-Based Tech Can Confirm Extraterrestrial Life With 90% Accuracy

Woodside Energy team receiving orientation and training from Woodside trainer Harley Pritchard with NASA support from Alex Sowell and Misha Savchenko.

NASA’s Humanoid Robot Has Its First job — As An Oil Rig Worker Down Under

Space debris traveling near Earth

Aerospace Engineers Working To Track Lethal Space Debris Traveling 15,000 Miles Per Hour

Titan, Saturn's moon, rotating in the outer space

MIT Geologists Develop Technique to Analyze Ancient Martian and Current Titan River Flow Rates

Moon photograph

Geophysics Student Finds Innovative Approach To Lunar Navigation Using Ancient Mathematician’s Method

Extraterrestrial Life

This image taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on Aug. 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled in a Martian rock in preparation for the rover's first attempt to collect a sample.

‘Holy Grail Of Astrobiology’: Groundbreaking AI-Based Tech Can Confirm Extraterrestrial Life With 90% Accuracy

Planet Mars in the distant past. With the oceans.

Did Mars once have a massive ocean? New study says yes!

UFOs in night sky over city

UFOs: Here’s how NASA plans to get to the bottom of unexplained sightings

A silhouette of a couple looking up at the Milky Way.

Scientists create ‘cookbook’ for life, with implications for extraterrestrial existence

NASA downplays theory UFO sightings are aliens: ‘No reason to conclude extraterrestrial source’

Planets and Stars

Artist’s impression of HD 45166, the star that might become a magnetar

Scientists discover ‘zombie star’ likely to become universe’s strongest magnet

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has captured a tightly bound pair of actively forming stars, known as Herbig-Haro 46/47, in high-resolution near-infrared light.

NASA’s Webb Telescope captures cosmic fountain of young stars in stunning detail

Science and research of the universe, spiral galaxy and physical formulas, concept of knowledge and education. Elements of this image furnished by NASA.

It’s 31 percent! Scientists pinpoint universe’s matter composition with groundbreaking technique

This artist's illustration shows a planet (dark silhouette) passing in front of the red dwarf star AU Microscopii.

Hubble Space Telescope Unexpectedly Captures Evaporating Planet Getting ‘Hiccups’

The montage of JWST MIRI/MRS observations of Saturn in November 2022 requires four tiles to study Saturn’s northern hemisphere and rings.

See The Seasons Change On Saturn, Thanks To ‘Breathtaking’ JWST Observations

International Space Station

Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

Gravity, Sweet Gravity! NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio Returns To Earth After Record 371 Days In Space

The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking.

NASA Begins Plans for $1 Billion Spacecraft to Safely Pull International Space Station Back To Earth

International Space Station (ISS)

‘Space Dust’ On ISS Contains Higher Levels Of Harmful Chemicals Than Many U.S. Homes

Liat Segal & Dr. Yasmine Meroz's artwork being unveiled on the ISS where microgravity allows the water to stick to the metal frame in large globules.

‘Impossible Object’: Artwork That Can Only Exist In Space Unveiled By Astronaut On ISS

Lightning from space

What Does Lightning Look Like From Space? NASA Reveals Photo Snapped By Astronaut Aboard ISS

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Moon photograph

‘Man On The Moon’ Far Older Than Long Believed, Study Reveals2 hours ago

Expedition 69 NASA astronaut Frank Rubio is helped out of the Soyuz MS-23 spacecraft just minutes after he and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Prokopyev and Dmitri Petelin, landed in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan.

Gravity, Sweet Gravity! NASA Astronaut Frank Rubio Returns To Earth After Record 371 Days In Space3 hours ago

Antimatter conceptual image

Cosmic Phenomena

Antimatter: We Cracked How Gravity Affects It – Here’s How It Impacts Our Understanding Of The UniverseSeptember 27, 2023

Close-up shot of canister carrying samples from asteroid Bennu.

Mysterious ‘Black Dust’ Forces NASA To Halt Examination Of Asteroid Bennu SampleSeptember 27, 2023

The International Space Station photographed by Expedition 56 crew members from a Soyuz spacecraft after undocking.

International Space Station

NASA Begins Plans for $1 Billion Spacecraft to Safely Pull International Space Station Back To EarthSeptember 26, 2023

This image taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on Aug. 6, 2021, shows the hole drilled in a Martian rock in preparation for the rover's first attempt to collect a sample.

Extraterrestrial Life

‘Holy Grail Of Astrobiology’: Groundbreaking AI-Based Tech Can Confirm Extraterrestrial Life With 90% AccuracySeptember 26, 2023

The sample return capsule from NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission is seen shortly after touching down in the desert.

‘World Series Moment’: NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Brings Asteroid Bennu Sample to EarthSeptember 25, 2023

Woodside Energy team receiving orientation and training from Woodside trainer Harley Pritchard with NASA support from Alex Sowell and Misha Savchenko.

NASA’s Humanoid Robot Has Its First job — As An Oil Rig Worker Down UnderSeptember 22, 2023

Milky Way galaxy

Cosmic Phenomena

JWST Reveals Milky Way’s Ancient Counterparts, Challenging Long-Held Theories About UniverseSeptember 22, 2023

This still from a simulation shows how a supermassive black hole's accretion disk can rip into two subdisks, which are misaligned in this image.

Cosmic Phenomena

No manners! Black holes devour their meals much faster than scientists thoughtSeptember 22, 2023