Nancy Atkinson
Webb and Hubble Work Together to Reveal This Spectacular Galaxy Pair — and Several Bonuses!
What’s better than a pair of galaxies observed by a pair of iconic space telescopes? The answer to that, according…
While SLS is Delayed, Crew-5 Zips in and Launches to the International Space Station
A new crew is on the way to the International Space Station, and the crew is a true and hopeful…
Here are the High-Resolution Images of Europa Captured by Juno During its Recent Flyby
It's been over twenty-two years since we’ve been able to see Jupiter’s enticing moon Europa close-up. But now the Juno…
A Year After a Failed Launch, Firefly Reaches Orbit and Deploys Satellites
Edited on 10/6/22 to add new information from Seradata. Commercial space company Firefly Aerospace successfully launched its Alpha rocket for…
After Getting Slammed by DART, Asteroid Dimorphos has Grown a Tail
More images and details keep coming in about the asteroid intentionally smashed by NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft…
Gaze Down Into the eye of Hurricane Ian, Seen From Orbit
NASA and NOAA satellites -- as well as astronauts on the ISS -- captured some stunning imagery of Hurricane Ian,…
A Small Piece of “Foreign Object Debris” Fell off Ingenuity’s Leg During its 33rd Flight
We hope this is just as inconsequential as having a piece of toilet paper stuck to your shoe, but images…
A Computer Algorithm is 88% Accurate in Finding Gravitational Lenses
Astronomers have been assessing a new machine learning algorithm to determine how reliable it is for finding gravitational lenses hidden…
A Single High-Resolution Image of Dimorphos Stacked From DART’s Final Images
Here’s a sharper view of Dimorphos, the small asteroid moonlet that the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft intentionally crashed…
Watch a Nicely Stabilized Video of DART Flying Past Didymos and Slamming Into Dimorphos
Here’s one of the best videos we’ve seen of the last minutes of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission…