Archives of #NASA

Webb Snaps Amazing Details in Horsehead Nebula and Background Galaxies

Credit: The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has captured the sharpest infrared images to date of one of the most distinctive objects in our skies, the Horsehead Nebula. These observations show a part of the iconic nebula in a whole new light, capturing its complexity with unprecedented spatial resolution. The first image (left), released in […]

Watch Upcoming Total Solar Eclipse Online with NASA

The April 8, 2024, solar eclipse will be visible in the entire contiguous United States, weather permitting. People along the path of totality stretching from Texas to Maine will have the chance to see a total solar eclipse; outside this path, a partial solar eclipse will be visible. Credits: NASA On Monday, April 8, most […]

Lunar Lasers and a Death Star

Check out my May appearance on The Stuph File radio show with host Peter Anthony Holder. where we talk about the high-definition footage we’ll have from the lunar surface when NASA gets back to the Moon; how Europe wants its own satellite system to compete with SpaceX; a Death Star devouring a planet and more.

Webb Takes Deep Dive into Cosmic Cliffs

Searching for buried treasure can be a painstaking, even frustrating, process. Sifting through the proverbial sand for hours and hours, to rarely hit the jackpot, is common. However, with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, researchers are getting a taste of these often elusive bounties. A “deep dive” for buried treasure into one of Webb’s iconic […]

Artemis launch prepares for future moon missions

NASA launched Artemis I November 16, the first in a series of space missions to enable future human exploration of the moon and Mars. The uncrewed, 25.5-day mission sends the Orion spacecraft on a journey of more than 2 million kilometers, farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever traveled. Artemis I will allow […]

NASA’s Megarocket Launches to the Moon!

Following a successful launch of NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the most powerful rocket in the world, the agency’s Orion spacecraft is on its way to the Moon as part of the Artemis program. Carrying an uncrewed Orion, SLS lifted off for its flight test debut at 1:47 a.m. EST Wednesday from Launch Pad 39B […]

Friday Find November 4 2022

Join National Geographic columnist and Night Sky Guy Andrew Fazekas for his top space news of the week. This episode we talk about the discovery of the closest black hole to Earth, Mars Insight Lander close to death, new launch date for Artemis I, Blood Moon eclipse coming, Taurid Fireballs and Moon encounters Jupiter. Phew….that’s […]
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