Space Chatter Stories

The second- and fourth-most distant galaxies ever seen (UNCOVER z-13 and UNCOVER z-12) have been confirmed using the James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam)

JWST Discovers Second-Most Distant Galaxy — 33 Billion Light Years Away!November 27, 2023

This image shows the asteroid Dinkinesh and its satellite as seen by the Lucy Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager (L’LORRI)

NASA’s Lucy Mission Discovers ‘Puzzling’ Binary Moonlet Orbiting Asteroid DinkineshNovember 13, 2023

This illustration shows the interaction between the sun and Earth

NASA Investing In Future Of Space Weather Forecasting To Protect Planet, TechnologyNovember 6, 2023

Artist's depiction of an extra-solar system that is crowded with giant planets

Planets & Stars

‘Like Wrecking Balls’: Nearby Giant Gas Planets Ejecting Earth-Like Ones From OrbitNovember 3, 2023

This image taken from the International Space Station shows swaths of airglow hovering in Earth’s atmosphere

Space Weather Watch: NASA’s AWE Mission To Probe Earth’s Airglow PhenomenaOctober 30, 2023

NASA downplays theory UFO sightings are aliens: ‘No reason to conclude extraterrestrial source’September 14, 2023

Closeup view of the Moon

Planets & Stars

There’s More Water On The Moon Than Scientists Thought, Study ShowsMarch 21, 2023

Mars

How To Terraform Mars — With Lasers!January 3, 2023

NASA "lightsaber" tube to collect rock samples on Mars

What’s that ‘lightsaber’ on Mars? Have no fear, it’s just a new project from NASADecember 26, 2022