Roman around the Christmas tree | Space photo of the day for Dec. 25, 2025
All the NASA engineers and scientists need is a star on top of the telescope in the cleanroom....
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All the NASA engineers and scientists need is a star on top of the telescope in the cleanroom....
A magical encounter in northern Finland blends ancient folklore, swirling auroras and an unexpectedly curious fox....
Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3....
"I think every astronomer is going to find something of value here, as NASA's missions enable the world to answer fundamental questions about how the universe got its start, and how it changed to even...
"Nothing in my professional training as an X-ray astronomer had prepared me for something like this."...
The Westerlund 2 star cluster is home to some of the Milky Way's brightest stars....
Constellations, planets, a waxing moon and more grace the night sky this New Year's Eve....
📋 Key Facts ✓ The first scientific balloon flight occurred on December 16, 2025 ✓ NASA conducted the launch in Antarctica ...
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Don't miss January's Wolf Moon rise over the eastern horizon tonight, as the first full moon of 2026....
Beneath the Mediterranean, physicists at the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope Initiative built a cathedral of glass spheres that listens for cosmic whispers—and this year, it heard the most energeti...
Elon Musk's Neuralink startup develops brain-chip implants. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Elon Musk is planning to ramp up production of his Neuralink brain chips in 2026. Neuralink develops...
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Jupiter reaches opposition overnight on Jan. 10, when it appears its brightest in 2026 opposite the sun in Earth's sky....
Located south of Bend’s outdoor playland, I visited this Pacific Northwest gem for an enchanted winter evening of astronomical wonders...
I (17y/o) have been developing a rocket launch simulation that allows the user to explore what it's like launching a rocket from earth and putting it into orbit. This idea originally started as an edu...
📋 Key Facts ✓ 2025 is likely to be the UK's hottest year on record. ✓ The Met Office has made this prediction. ✓ ...
Akhil Nagori, Evann Sun, and Lucas Shengwen Yen at the Thermo Fisher Scientific Junior Innovators Challenge. Society for Science Three California teenagers created text-to-speech smart glasses powered...
📋 Key Facts ✓ Southern resident killer whales are endangered. ✓ These orcas are fighting for survival. ✓ Scient...
📋 Key Facts ✓ The quiz tests cosmic eye by matching dazzling nebula images to names. ✓ Focuses on stunning space structures in the scie...