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Colorful M19 star cluster in NASA Hubble Space Telescope image

How the Hubble telescope is keeping a 265-year-old stargazing project alive

This illustration conceptualizes the swirling clouds identified by the James Webb Space Telescope in the atmosphere of exoplanet VHS 1256 b. The planet is about 40 light-years away and orbits two stars that are locked in their own tight rotation.

Gritty, swirling clouds of silica surround exoplanet VHS 1256 b

By Laura Baisas

A telescope from the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope observe the universe.

Why scientists are studying the clouds of debris left in DART’s wake

By Laura Baisas

The secret to Voyagers’ spectacular space odyssey

The secret to Voyagers’ spectacular space odyssey

By Tatyana Woodall

Water on the moon highlighted in varying shades of blue from NASA SOFIA data

We finally have a detailed map of water on the moon

By Briley Lewis

Venus volcano in NASA Magellan spacecraft radar image

Venus could still be spewing lava, and scientists are hellbent on proving it

NASA Axios spacesuit helmet with a pulled-back visor with better visibility on the moon

NASA finally got comfier spacesuits, but astronauts still have to poop in them

WR 145 star in pre-supernova state with white bright core and red and purple dust and matter clouding around it. Taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope.

James Webb Space Telescope captures the beauty of a rare, violent phenomena

By Purbita Saha

Sun rays shining through clouds at sunset on Mars.

NASA’s Curiosity rover captures a moody Martian sunset for the first time

By Laura Baisas

DART spacecraft impact on Dimorphos asteroid in a computer model with yellow, gray, and black

5 ways we know DART crushed that asteroid (but not literally)

A close-up view of astronaut Charles Conrad Jr., commander of the Apollo 12 lunar landing mission, photographed during the extravehicular activity (EVA) on the surface of the moon

Lunar dust is notoriously hard to clean, but a new spray might do the trick

Solar flare shooting out from left side of the sun seen in ultraviolet blue through NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory

Hold onto your satellites: The sun is about to get a lot stormier

An optical image from the Keck-I Telescope superimposed on a Chandra X-ray image of Uranus.

Uranus’s quirks and hidden features have astronomers jazzed about a direct mission

By Briley Lewis

NASA evolved structure spacecraft part

NASA is using AI to help design lighter parts

An open-celled cloud formation west of Chile.

IBM’s AI has a new job: sorting through NASA’s giant stream of Earth and weather images

By Briley Lewis

The ISS as imaged by astronauts in the Soyuz capsule.

The ISS is the best place for an astronaut to get stuck in space

By Briley Lewis

NASA aims to fly its experimental electric plane this year

NASA aims to fly its experimental electric plane this year

This ‘airliner of the future’ has a radical new wing design

This ‘airliner of the future’ has a radical new wing design

Milky Way galaxy stars in infrared by NASA Spitzer Space Telescope

Our universe mastered the art of making galaxies while it was still young

By Briley Lewis

Russian spacecraft Soyuz MS-22 docked on the International Space Station while orbiting Earth

Russia will send a replacement ride for stranded ISS astronauts

Boeing Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon NASA space capsules flying over Earth

Dark matter, Jupiter’s moons, and more: What to expect from space exploration in 2023

James Webb Space Telescope life-size NASA model in front of Austin skyline

JWST has changed the speed of discovery, for better or for worse

By Briley Lewis

Thousands of galaxies over an enormous range in distance and time are seen in exquisite detail, many for the first time

JWST’s new image unveils a field of glittery galaxies

By Laura Baisas

NASA Orion spacecraft with unfolded solar panels on wings as it circles the moon. The Earth is far off in the background.

Artemis I’s solar panels harvested a lot more energy than expected

By Briley Lewis

NASA Orion space vehicle on Navy ship with parachutes deployed

Welcome back to Earth, Orion!

By Laura Baisas, Sara Kiley Watson

An image of the Southern Ring Nebula (NGC 3132), captured by Webb’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) and Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI).

James Webb Space Telescope reconstructed a ‘star party,’ and you’re invited

By Laura Baisas

With one snapshot, Apollo 17 transformed our vision of Earth forever

With one snapshot, Apollo 17 transformed our vision of Earth forever

By Tatyana Woodall

Solar flare imaged by NASA and ESA solar orbiter in 2022

How worried should we be about solar flares and space weather?

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki

Deep Space Network giant NASA antenna at night

60 years of moonshots, made possible by the Deep Space Network

By Tatyana Woodall

Cluster of new Milky Way stars in hot and cold gas captured in X-ray and infrared by space telescopes

Young star clusters know when it’s time to stop growing

By Purbita Saha

The 100 greatest innovations of 2022

The 100 greatest innovations of 2022

By Popular Science Team

The Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, in an artist's illustration.

Ridiculously hot gas giant exoplanet is about to be swallowed by its dying sun

By Briley Lewis

‘Red Robin’ dwarf tomato growing in Veggie hardware at the Kennedy Space Center. Image courtesy of NASA

Microgravity tomatoes, yogurt bacteria, and plastic eating microbes are headed to the ISS

Despite pushback, NASA won’t rename the James Webb Space Telescope

Despite pushback, NASA won’t rename the James Webb Space Telescope

By Laura Baisas

NASA Orion spacecraft with moon in backdrop

Orion will air kiss the moon today during important Artemis exercise

By Purbita Saha

Want to learn about something in space? Crash into it.

Want to learn about something in space? Crash into it.

By Briley Lewis

Apollo 15 astronaut on lunar rover in black and white NASA image

10 incredible lunar missions that paved the way for Artemis

By Ben Guarino, Purbita Saha

NASA Artemis I SLS rocket launch

With Artemis 1 launched, NASA is officially on its way back to the moon

By Laura Baisas, Purbita Saha

NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen at sunrise atop a mobile launcher at Launch Complex 39B, Monday, April 4, 2022.

Get ready to watch NASA’s most powerful rocket head for the moon

By Maria Parazo Rose

Northrop Grumman NASA Anatares rocket launch at night

The ISS’s latest arrivals: a 3D printer, seeds, and ovarian cow cells

An artist's rendition of the New Horizons spacecraft.

NASA’s New Horizons mission begins again at the edge of the solar system

By Briley Lewis

Scientists want to know how our tiny gut organisms change when we bring them along to space

Scientists want to know how our tiny gut organisms change when we bring them along to space

By Doug Johnson/Undark

illustration of two cube satellites with solar panels floating in space

NASA has major plans for asteroids. Could Psyche’s delay change them?

By Tatyana Woodall

NASA sun spots image

Just in time for Halloween, the sun looks like a jack-o’-lantern

By Laura Baisas

Mars surface impact crater from meteor strike with water ice captured by NASA instruments

Two NASA missions combined forces to analyze a new kind of marsquake

By Briley Lewis

Lunar surface with stars in the sky

NASA could build a future lunar base from 3D-printed moon-dust bricks

night sky stars and Milky Way above mountain background

NASA’s new investigation seeks to explain unusual phenomena in the sky

illustration of astronaut floating in space

How astronauts pull off dangerous spacewalks

By Maria Parazo Rose

NASA asteroid probe Lucy flying through the solar system's asteroid belt in illustration

Look up! NASA’s asteroid-hunting spacecraft will slingshot past Earth this weekend.

By Laura Baisas

Blue fragments of Dimorphos asteroid and DART seen from space telescope

NASA is pumped about its asteroid-smacking accuracy

By Laura Baisas

Nicole A. Mann becomes first Native American woman in space

Nicole A. Mann becomes first Native American woman in space

By Laura Baisas

X-ray vision adds a whole new layer to James Webb Space Telescope images

X-ray vision adds a whole new layer to James Webb Space Telescope images

By Laura Baisas

a close up of jupiter's moon europa, showing its rugged terrain in an orange hue

We just got our most detailed look yet at Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa

By Helen Bradshaw

a black and white image of oval shaped asteroid

What NASA’s successful DART mission means for the future of planetary defense

By Tatyana Woodall

a black, white, and purple stylized illustration of an astronaut on the moon with equipment intended to make a moonbas

Is it finally time for a permanent base on the moon?

By Bill Gourgey

an art rendering of a disk shaped probe in space

When Voyager 1 goes dark, what comes next?

By Tatyana Woodall

NASA’s Perseverance rover is on a hunt for microbes on Mars

NASA’s Perseverance rover is on a hunt for microbes on Mars

By Laura Baisas

The Hubble Space Telescope’s ‘galactic overlap’ image is truly stellar

The Hubble Space Telescope’s ‘galactic overlap’ image is truly stellar

By Laura Baisas

NASA’s Space Launch System rocket a mobile launcher on September 4 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

What’s next for NASA’s Artemis 1 launch

a t-shaped module space station in orbit above the earth

How Tiangong station will make China a force in the space race

By Tatyana Woodall

The James Webb Space Telescope opens spooky season with stunning images of Tarantula nebula

The James Webb Space Telescope opens spooky season with stunning images of Tarantula nebula

By Laura Baisas

Photo of galaxies in space taken by NASA's James Webb Telescope

Scammers are using a Webb Telescope photo to hide complex malware

See the first image of an exoplanet caught by the James Webb Space Telescope

See the first image of an exoplanet caught by the James Webb Space Telescope

By Laura Baisas

NASA's MOXIE instrument can make oxygen on Mars, an environment rich in carbon dioxide.

Perseverance’s MOXIE tool turns Martian air into pure oxygen

By Eva Botkin-Kowacki