On October 7, 2024, NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick, looking out from the SpaceX Dragon Endeavour spacecraft, photographed the SpaceX Dragon Freedom spacecraft and a stunning display of vivid green, red, and pink auroras swirling through Earth’s atmosphere. You can check out more of Dominick’s photography on NASA’s site.
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NASA shows off new Sombrero Galaxy images from James Web Space Telescope
JWST captures bright-eyed galaxy smiling.
Uncrewed Starliner spacecraft safely returns from space.
Boeing Starliner will return home today. Here’s the timing of the return and how to watch it live.
NASA demonstrates a new quantum tool called an atom interferometer, which can accurately measure gravity.
NASA’s Cold Atom Lab, a pioneering facility on the International Space Station, has advanced the potential of quantum science in space. The science team has used one of the lab’s tools to measure subtle vibrations of the space station — marking the first use of ultra-cold atoms to detect environmental changes in space.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope finds carbon source on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa.
JWST discovers carbon-bearing molecules, methane and carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere of the K2-18b exoplanet.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has conducted a new investigation into K2-18 b, an exoplanet that’s 8.6 times larger than Earth. The telescope discovered carbon-bearing molecules like methane and carbon dioxide, adding to recent studies that suggest K2-18 b could be a Hycean exoplanet. This type of exoplanet has the potential to have a hydrogen-rich…
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered new details in Supernova 1987A.
NASA finds June 2023 the hottest month on record.
June 2023 was the hottest June ever recorded, according to NASA’s global temperature analysis. This analysis is based on data collected from weather stations, research stations, ships, and ocean buoys. Scientists at NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York analyze this data to account for uncertainties and maintain consistent methods for calculating global…