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Frost (colored blue) coats the top of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in our solar system. This image was shot by ESA’s Mars Express orbiter at 7:20 A.M. local martian time. The mountain’s right side is illuminated by the rising Sun in the east. Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin.

Ephemeral morning frost discovered atop Mars’ tallest volcanoes

Collecting the OSIRIS-REx sample return capsule. Credit: NASA/Keegan Barber, CC BY.

Robotic Spaceflight, Science, Space Exploration

NASA’s asteroid Bennu sample return mission was a prime time to study an artificial meteor

Telescopes and Equipment

Explore the sky with Celestron’s autoguider

Merging black holes

When black holes merge, is the diameter of the new black hole bigger?

Human Spaceflight

William Anders, NASA Astronaut and US Air Force Major General, dies at 90

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

The People’s Spaceship: NASA, the Shuttle Program, and Public Engagement after Apollo

Exotic Objects, Science, Stars

A weird, repeating radio signal from space stumps astronomers

An artist’s portrayal of a warm Jupiter gas-giant planet (right) in orbit around its parent star, along with smaller companion planets. Credit: Detlev Van Ravenswaay/Science Photo Library

Exoplanets, Observing

Amateur astronomers help ID a ‘warm Jupiter’ exoplanet

Painted in 1690 by Thomas Murray, this portrait features young Edmond Halley holding a paper with a diagram of an elliptical orbit.

Science, Solar System

Edmond Halley: The man behind the comet

Starship lifts off June 6 on its fourth test flight from SpaceX’s launch facility at Boca Chica, Texas. Credit: SpaceX.

Space Exploration

SpaceX’s Starship hangs on to make first successful reentry from space

Exoplanets, Science

The most common planets in the universe might be rich in carbon

This view of Earth rising over the Moon's horizon was taken from the Apollo 11 spacecraft. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Science

Why do pictures of Earth taken from the Moon show a black sky with no stars?