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After initial positioning by ground control, the satellite duo’s autonomous system of cameras, LEDs, and laser rangefinders ...
New 3D-printable models of Chandra X-ray Observatory images will allow you to hold a star in your hands and touch a supernova ...
Astronomer Eliza Kempton said that she had waited her "entire career" to peer into an atmosphere from this mysterious class of planets.
Astronomers have probed the physical environment of repeating X-ray outbursts near monster black holes thanks to data from NASA's NICER (Neutron star Interior Composition Explorer) and other missions.
Fly about 2,600 light-years to Hubble Space Telescope imagery of the Cygnus loop nebula. See images from 2001 and 2020.
Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers uncovered a mysterious feature within the remnant, nicknamed the "Green ...
The NG-18 Cygnus spacecraft departed the International Space Station and burned up in Earth's atmosphere the following day.
The inaugural launch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper will deliver the first satellites of the constellation into low-Earth orbit ... s second trip on an Axiom mission to the ISS, and part of NASA’s ...
In the years since, Hubble has gathered more than 1.6 million observations and 430 terabytes of data. The telescope has ...
According to NASA, viewing the Eta Aquarids in the Southern Hemisphere is preferable due to Aquarius' position in the sky. Aquarius is the constellation nearest the Eta Aquarids shower ...
The Lyrids are best viewed during the night's dark hours, NASA said. Though named after Lyra because the meteors seem to emerge — or radiate — from near the Vega star in the constellation ...