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Some dark craters on the Moon, indicated here in blue, never get light. Scientists think some of these permanently shadowed regions could contain ice. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Science, Solar System

Scientists suspect there’s ice hiding on the Moon

An artistic impression of a gamma-ray burst from a galaxy almost two billion light-years away. Credit: ESA/ATG Europe; CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO

Exotic Objects, Science

Massive gamma-ray burst reached Earth’s ionosphere

Brian May solos during Queen's 2023 Rhapsody Tour in Chicago, with Adam Lambert and Roger Taylor in the background.

Brian May: Where astronomy meets rock ‘n’ roll

The total solar eclipse of November 1966 as seen by the Gemini 12 astronauts while in space.

Human Spaceflight, The Sun

57 years ago, two astronauts saw the first solar eclipse from space

This panchromatic view of galaxy cluster MACS0416 was created by combining infrared observations from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope with visible-light data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Jose M. Diego (IFCA), Jordan C. J. D'Silva (UWA), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), Haojing Yan (University of Missouri)

Galaxies, Science

Webb and Hubble telescopes unite to image flashy clash of galaxies cluster

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

T.K. Mattingly (right) trains before the Apollo 16 mission. Credit: NASA.

Human Spaceflight, Space Exploration

Remembering Ken Mattingly, forever an Apollo hero

The Euclid image of the Horsehead Nebula, an iconic target for backyard astrophotographers and space telescopes alike. Credit: ESA.

Cosmology, Galaxies, Science, Stars

Euclid telescope releases first awe-inspiring images in dark universe hunt

Theia slams into a young Earth in this artist's conception. Credit: Hernan Canellas/ASU

Science, Solar System

Theia slammed into Earth, left marks and then formed the Moon, study suggests

Space Exploration

NASA brings back retro ‘worm’ logo from the 1970s

The Andromeda Galaxy, a key object in the discovery of the nature of the universe. Credit: Tony Hallas

Don’t worry, be happy. We live in a golden age of astronomy

During its flyby on Nov. 1 2023, Lucy discovered that its target, Dinkinesh, is not one, but two asteroids. Here, the smaller companion appears from behind the larger Dinkinesh. Credit: NASA/Goddard/SwRI/Johns Hopkins APL/NOAO

Robotic Spaceflight, Solar System

NASA’s Lucy mission discovers surprise asteroid on ‘Dinky’ flyby