Using nearly a decade of satellite observations, NASA’s Black Marble project reveals a constantly shifting portrait of human nighttime activity visible from space.
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Earth is so beautiful from afar.
What’s the truth behind this unusually tranquil city of galaxies?
Scientists are exploring how lasers stabilized in the moon’s coldest, darkest craters could enable a GPS-like network to help future Artemis astronauts and spacecraft navigate the lunar surface with far greater precision. …
The galaxy M77 looks truly out-of-this-world in a new image by the James Webb Space Telescope.
NASA is testing the limits of future Mars aircraft as it works to develop a next-generation fleet of helicopters that will fly through the thin atmosphere of the Red Planet.
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The livestream will begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT on May 18, bringing near real time views of the asteroid from robotic telescopes in Italy, weather permitting.
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS was almost called 3I/Rubin, after researchers found that the giant survey telescope coincidentally spotted this visitor from the stars over a week before it was officially discovered.
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ESA’s Mars Express orbiter captured dramatic new views of a rugged Martian landscape shaped by catastrophic floods billions of years ago.
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An astronaut aboard the ISS captured the brilliant green and pink glow.