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NASA Study of Pristine Meteorite Adds to Story of Ancient Asteroids

A meteorite recovered immediately upon its fall to Earth on July 16, 2024, is helping NASA scientists uncover new clues about ancient water, the chemical evolution of primitive ast...

How NASA’s Artemis III Lander Test Will Pave Way for Moon Landings

Before Artemis astronauts land on the Moon’s surface in 2028, NASA will conduct the Artemis III demonstration mission in 2027, allowing teams on Earth and in orbit to practice rend...

Anil Menon Launches to Space Station

NASA astronaut candidate Anna Menon and her children watch as a Soyuz rocket launches to the International Space Station with NASA astronaut Anil Menon and Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyo...

Curiosity Finds Evidence of an Ancient Sandstorm

Description Billions of years ago, an hours-long Martian sandstorm blew so intensely that sand ripples began to climb upon one another as they moved across the surface. These layer...

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Provides Sweeping View of Broom Point

Description This view looking back up at the outside lip of the 490-foot-tall (150-meter-tall) rim of Jezero Crater was taken by the Mastcam-Z instrument aboard NASA’s Perseverance...

Perseverance’s Trip to ‘Broom Point’

Description This orbital map shows the path NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took to get to a location the science team has dubbed the “Broom Point member,” a sequence of layered bed...

NASA’s Perseverance Rover Reads Record of Ancient Mars Impacts

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has uncovered evidence that a 245-foot-thick (75-meter-thick) stack of ancient rock on the rim of Jezero Crater was built by repeated asteroid impact...

Replay of the online media briefing on the total solar eclipse

Video: 00:57:42 ESA experts explain the science of eclipses, including visibility and key opportunities for scientific observation.

Volunteer Measures Record Louisiana Rainfall

Join a national community of precipitation reporters providing critical data to improve scientific understanding and forecasts.

NASA’s Webb Discovers Hidden Planet in Famous Star System

Astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a giant planet outside our solar system, called an exoplanet, hiding within one of the most intensely studied pl...

Titan and Pluto share same mysterious molecule: What is it?

Scientists have discovered a unknown molecule on both Titan and Pluto. It's a puzzle, since the 2 worlds are so different from each other. The post Titan and Pluto share same myste...

Visible planets and night sky guide for July

EarthSky's visible planets and night sky guide. This evening, look for the thin crescent moon in the west near brilliant planet Venus and the star Regulus. The post Visible planets...

How the monsoon could impact wildfires in the American West

A monsoon could impact wildfires in the American West. Monsoonal rains can bring relief, but they can also bring gusty winds and lightning. The post How the monsoon could impact wi...

How does smoke from wildfires affect birds?

Smoke from distant wildfires can affect birds in several ways, such as through changes in health, vocalization behavior and migratory patterns. The post How does smoke from wildfir...

Best deep-sky photos of June 2026 from EarthSky community

Enjoy this gallery of deep-sky photos from June 2026 by our EarthSky community. If you have a great photo to share, we'd love to see it! The post Best deep-sky photos of June 2026...

Find Polaris and Thuban via the Big Dipper in July

Polaris and Thuban are famous for serving - now or thousands of years ago - as Earth's northern pole star. Use the Big Dipper to find them tonight. The post Find Polaris and Thuban...

Sun news: Solar action is on the far side

Sun news July 15, 2026: Far-side fireworks! The solar horizon is dancing with prominences, while departed sunspots keep flaring beyond the edge. The post Sun news: Solar action is...

Metallic waves on ancient Mars

The European Space Agency’s Mars Express has spotted a swathe of metallic-looking waves filling Mars’s large Kaiser Crater – an ancient and otherworldly dune field sculpted by wind...

NASA Invites Media to Serbia Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony

The Republic of Serbia will sign the Artemis Accords at 5 p.m. EDT Thursday, July 16, during a ceremony at NASA Headquarters in Washington. NASA Deputy Administrator Matt Anderson...

Hubble Sees Crimson Cloud and Stars

A glowing landscape of gas and dust is heated and illuminated by a thriving population of young stars in the LH 95 region of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Giant space mirror approved to test sunlight on demand

The Federal Communications Commission has approved a test of a giant space mirror, despite fears that this could harm ecosystems, people and science. The post Giant space mirror ap...

Hera mission will arrive at asteroid impact site in November

The Hera mission will reach Didymos and Dimorphos in 2026 to reveal what happened after DART crashed into Dimorphos in the first planetary defense test. The post Hera mission will...

Artemis II astronauts visit ESA

Yesterday, the four Artemis II astronauts visited ESA’s technical site in the Netherlands, where they met the team behind the European Service Module that powered their Orion space...

Summer Triangle star Deneb is distant and luminous

When you gaze at the bright star Deneb, you’re gazing across thousands of light-years of space at one of the bright stars of the huge Summer Triangle asterism. The post Summer Tria...

NASA Astronaut Anil Menon

NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Anil Menon poses in a spacesuit for a portrait at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.

ESA releases 2026 Space Economy Report

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) newly released Space Economy Report gives a comprehensive overview of the latest developments shaping Europe's space sector.

ESA and Poland to establish a new civil security and resilience centre in Warsaw

The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Republic of Poland have announced that a new ESA centre focusing on civil security and resilience will be located in Warsaw, supporting the...

Waxing Gibbous Moon

The waxing gibbous Moon is pictured above Earth from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above a partly cloudy Indian Ocean southeast of Madagascar.

8 things to know about this year’s solar eclipse

Video: 00:02:34 From the path of totality and the spectacular Baily's beads to why this eclipse will be especially beautiful at sunset, discover what makes the 12 August 2026 total...

Week in images: 06-10 July 2026

Week in images: 06-10 July 2026 Discover our week through the lens

Earth from Space: Great Bear Lake, Canada

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures Canada’s Great Bear Lake in striking colours.

Where Venezuela’s Earthquakes Shifted the Ground

Radar data from the NISAR satellite show that La Guaira and nearby areas experienced significant ground displacement from the June 2026 temblors.

Curiosity Sees Martian Sulfur Up Close

These sulfur crystals were found inside a rock after NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover happened to drive over it and crush it on May 30, 2024, the 4,200th Martian day, or sol, of the mis...

Corona Borealis, the Northern Crown, is overhead now

Corona Borealis, aka the Northern Crown, looks like the letter C. A dark sky is best for seeing this faint semicircle of stars. It's between Arcturus and Vega. The post Corona Bore...

Hubble Captures Star-Studded Cluster

This image from NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows Messier 3, a densely packed cluster of stars whose origins may be a merger between globular clusters in the early universe.

Artemis II Crew and Apollo 14 Moon Tree

The Artemis II crew participates in the dedication of the Apollo 14 Moon tree at the Lunar Receiving Park at NASA's Johnson Space Center. This tree is a second-generation Apollo Mo...

NASA Takes Flight For America's 250th

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman leads a flyover featuring his personally owned F-5 Tiger during the Great American State Fair on July 4, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington...

Webb reveals millions of stars in nearby galaxy

In new images from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to celebrate its fourth science anniversary, a familiar galaxy transforms into something far richer, and far more com...

Euclid discovers the most ancient quasar in the Universe

Good Morning, Earth!

A bright orange sunburst illuminates Earth's atmosphere during an orbital sunrise in this photograph from the International Space Station as it orbited 264 miles above the Caucasus...

LINK Spacecraft Set for Mission to Boost NASA's Swift Observatory

A Katalyst engineer runs tests on LINK while the satellite is inside the Pegasus XL rocket attached to the Stargazer aircraft at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the evening of Tu...

Webb studies how a planet survived the death of its star

An international team of astronomers has used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope to watch the Jupiter-sized exoplanet WD 1856 b transit its host star, measuring the planet...

Caltech Welcomes Astrophysicist Ray Jayawardhana as New President

Ray Jayawardhana begins his tenure today as the 10th president of the California Institute of Technology. His selection as Caltech’s president, and as the Sonja and William Davidow...

XMM-Newton helps revise distance to outer spiral arms

The European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton and NASA’s Chandra X-ray space telescopes have spotted the aftermath of three bright explosions echoing through the outer spiral arms of our...

Thousands of planets are hidden in this photo

Video: 00:10:45 Millions of stars. Thousands of hidden worlds. One unprecedented view of our galaxy. Three years since launch , ESA’s Euclid space telescope reveals the Milky Way g...

NASA Awards More Moon Base Science, Previews New Opportunities

Editor’s note: This release was updated on June 30, 2026, to clarify the engineering development version for the PROMISE rover. NASA announced Tuesday the selection of three compan...

Starry Chandelier Cluster

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the globular cluster NGC 6723, sometimes called the Chandelier Cluster.

NASA Astronaut Chris Williams Preps for Spacewalk

Flight engineer Sophie Adenot of ESA (European Space Agency) assists flight engineer Chris Williams of NASA as he tries on his spacesuit, testing its comfort and mobility as well a...

June full moon – Strawberry Moon – is the lowest (highest) of the year

The June full moon - the Strawberry Moon - occurs on the overnight of June 29, 2026, and it will lie in the constellation Sagittarius. And it's a micromoon. The post June full moon...

NASA Announces Winners for 2026 Human Lander Challenge

NASA has announced the top student-developed solutions for environmental control and life support systems in future crewed lunar landers from participants in the 2026 Human Lander...

Euclid Sees Heart of Milky Way

This image by ESA’s (European Space Agency) Euclid (with color added using ground-based images) provides an earlier snapshot of a region of our galaxy that NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman...

Solar eclipse: myth vs fact

Video: 00:03:39 What really happens during a solar eclipse? ESA astronaut Pablo Álvarez Fernández separates myth from fact, answering common questions and misconceptions about one...

NASA Welcomes Botswana as 68th Artemis Accords Signatory

The Republic of Botswana signed the Artemis Accords Thursday during a ceremony hosted by NASA at the agency’s headquarters in Washington, becoming the sixth African nation to join...

Smile reaches science orbit

Image: Smile reaches science orbit

NASA at the Ion: Orion Lessons from Artemis II Shape NASA’s Moon to Mars Path

Seven weeks after the Orion spacecraft returned four astronauts from humanity’s first crewed journey around the Moon since Apollo, Artemis II Orion Vehicle Manager Branelle Rodrigu...

ESA’s Euclid captures the Milky Way’s crowded heart

Video: 00:03:00 This is the largest high-resolution photo ever made of our Milky Way galaxy’s centre in visible light. It was taken on 23 March 2025 by the European Space Agency’s...