NASA Was Hoping for 5 Helicopter Flights on Mars. Ingenuity Just Completed its 50th!
The Ingenuity chopper on Mars is the little helicopter that just keeps on going. It's doing that, even as it…
The Perseverance Rover has Lost its Pet Rock
It’s the end of an era, at least for the Perseverance rover on Mars, who has lost a long-time friend.…
Solar Orbiter Continues to Get Closer to the Sun, Revealing More and More With Each Pass
On April 10th, ESA's Solar Orbiter made its closest flyby of the Sun, coming to within just 29% of the…
Aurora Hunter Todd Salat Captures a Bizarre Spiral Made by a SpaceX Fuel Dump
Astrophotographer Todd Salat was out in the early hours of April 15, 2023, hoping to capture an aurora display over…
SpaceX’s Starship Has a Glorious Liftoff — but Then Spins and Explodes
SpaceX's Starship launch system lifted off on its first full-scale test flight today, rising majestically from its Texas launch pad…
The First Light in the Universe Helps Build a Dark Matter Map
The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT) collaboration used years of cosmic microwave background data to create a new map of Dark…
Juice Looks Back at Earth During Its Space Odyssey to Jupiter’s Moons
As the European Space Agency's Juice spacecraft headed out on an eight-year trip to Jupiter's icy moons, it turned back…
The Crab Nebula Looks Completely Different in X-Rays, Revealing its Magnetic Fields
An international team of astronomers has created the most accurate map to date of the Crab Nebula's magnetic field, revealing…
M87 Galaxy Reconstructed in Thrilling 3D
In astronomy, we speak casually of extremely large numbers and extremely vast distances as if they're trivial. A supermassive black…
Watch a Dramatic Tornado Rise from the Surface of the Sun, Captured by Andrew McCarthy
Amateur astrophotography is becoming increasingly popular among the astronomy community, as advancements in telescope and camera technologies allow individuals from…