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Dinkinesh and its contact binary satellites seen just 6 minutes after Lucy came in closest contact with the asteroids. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

Surprise! NASA’s Lucy mission uncovered an asteroid moon that is actually two in one

A galactic collision of two galaxies which began more than 300 million years ago, NGC 520 is actually made up of two disk galaxies which will eventually merge together to form one larger, more massive system. NGC 520 was discovered by William Herschel in 1784 and is one of the largest and brightest galaxies in the Siena Galaxy Atlas.

Siena Galaxy Atlas helps categorize nearby galaxies

Hubble captures the glittering gold of Terzan 12

Space Exploration

India makes history with its first Moon landing

Galaxies, Stars

JWST takes a peek at the most distant known star

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

30 interesting images from Apollo 11

Great balls of fire burst forth in JWST image

Owen Gingerich, historian of astronomy, passes away

NGC 5068

Galaxies, Stars

Dusty, green webbing shows how stars form in NGC 5068

Centaurus A image by IXPE.

Centaurus A captured in colorful detail by trio of telescopes

First image from new balloon-based telescope revealed

Human Spaceflight

Watch: SpaceX Starship explodes minutes after launch