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A dust storm sweeps across Mexico.

Dramatic satellite footage shows dust storm tearing across landscape

A U.S. satellite recently captured striking footage of a dust storm sweeping over a part of Mexico.
Astronauts during a spacewalk at the ISS on March 23.

How to watch NASA’s first all-female spacewalk since 2023

NASA is gearing up for only the fifth all-female spacewalk in its history.
In celebration of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope’s 35 years in Earth orbit, an assortment of compelling images have been released today that were recently taken by Hubble.

Hubble celebrates it 35th birthday with four gorgeous new images

Hubble is turning 35, and a batch of gorgeous new images taken by the telescope have been released.
An aurora as seen from the ISS.

Stunning Earth Day time-lapse captures aurora glow

Check out this stunning time-lapse of an aurora captured from the space station and shared on Earth Day.
This towering structure of billowing gas and dark, obscuring dust might only be a small portion of the Eagle Nebula, but it is no less majestic in appearance for it. 9.5 light-years tall and 7000 light-years distant from Earth, this dusty sculpture is refreshed with the use of new processing techniques. The new Hubble image is part of ESA/Hubble’s 35th anniversary celebrations.

Hubble returns to image the famously beautiful Eagle Nebula

The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a new image of one of its most famous targets, the Eagle Nebula.
SpaceX launches the Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission in April 2025.

SpaceX powers Bandwagon-3 to orbit. Watch the highlights

SpaceX has just launched the Bandwagon-3 rideshare mission carrying small satellites for international clients.
The Donaldjohanson asteroid imaged by NASA's Lucy spacecraft.

NASA’s Lucy shares striking close-up of Donaldjohanson asteroid

Check out the first-ever close-up image of the Donaldjohanson asteroid, captured by NASA's Lucy spacecraft.
A Soyuz spacecraft containing NASA's Don Pettit and two cosmonauts on its way back to Earth in April 2025.

NASA astronaut lands back on Earth on his 70th birthday

NASA's oldest serving astronaut has landed safely back on Earth following a seven-month orbital mission.
Official Imagery for Amazon Project Kuiper.

Amazon reveals new date for debut Project Kuiper launch

Amazon’s inaugural launch of its Project Kuiper internet satellites on April 9 turned out to be nothing of the sort when poor weather conditions prompted the mission team to postpone liftoff. Up until Thursday, we’d heard nothing from Amazon and United Launch Alliance (ULA) — the operator of the Atlas V rocket carrying the satellites […]
The Lyrid meteor shower

An expert’s advice on how to see the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend

An expert from the Royal Astronomical Society explains how to get the best view of the Lyrid meteor shower.
Illustration of a hycean world.

Could this exoplanet be ‘teeming with life’? Hints of life outside solar system

An intriguing finding indicates the possibility of life outside our solar system.
Artist's impression of an asteroid. This image is not intended to reflect the characteristics of any specific known asteroid.

NASA debuts free documentary on the race to stop killer asteroids

NASA has just premiered Planetary Defenders, offering a fascinating look at the high-stakes work geared toward protecting Earth from any large asteroids discovered coming our way.
The Betsiboka River estuary in Madagascar.

The best space imagery from Don Pettit’s incredible 7-month mission

Photographer extraordinaire Don Pettit is about to return to Earth following a seven-month stay aboard the space station. Take a moment to enjoy his best work.
This illustration shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs –– objects bigger than gas-giant planets but too small to be proper stars.

This bizarre exoplanet orbits two stars in a way never seen before

Astronomers have made a bizarre discovery: a planet which orbits around two stars at a strange angle.
Located around 30 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, the Sombrero Galaxy is instantly recognisable. Viewed nearly edge on, the galaxy’s softly luminous bulge and sharply outlined disc resemble the rounded crown and broad brim of the Mexican hat from which the galaxy gets its name.

Hubble captures a galactic hat for its birthday

The Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a new view of a cosmic hat.
NASA astronaut Don Pettit.

NASA astronaut hopes for smooth ride home after his wild ride 22 years ago

NASA astronaut Don Pettit returns to Earth on a Soyuz spacecraft later this week. Read about his extraordinary ride home on the Russian spacecraft in 2003.
NASA astronaut Don Pettit discussing his photography from aboard the ISS.

Astronaut’s 70th birthday will involve a space-based roller coaster ride

NASA's Don Pettit is gearing up for quite a ride this weekend.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching in April 2025.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket just set a new record

SpaceX has set a new record with one of its workhorse Falcon 9 boosters
The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope has taken the most detailed image of planetary nebula NGC 1514 to date thanks to its unique mid-infrared observations. Webb shows its rings as “fuzzy,” intricate clumps of dust. It’s also easier to see holes punched through the bright pink central region.

James Webb observes a dying star creating a cosmic hourglass

A new image from the James Webb Space Telescope shows the dramatic effects of a dying star.
Official Imagery for Amazon Project Kuiper.

What happened to Amazon’s inaugural Project Kuiper launch?

It's all gone a bit quiet since ULA scrubbed the launch of 27 internet satellites last week.
Starlink satellites as seen from the space station.

Trippy time-lapse shows Starlink satellites streak light across space

Space station astronaut Don Pettit has shared a clip showing streaks of light created by SpaceX's Starlink satellites.
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features the planetary nebula Kohoutek 4-55.

The final view from one of Hubble’s instruments is this gorgeous nebula

Hubble has captured the gorgeous aftermath of the death of a star.
This artist’s impression illustrates the mechanism that could be at the origin of the powerful bursts of X-ray light seen from a newly awakened black hole named Ansky.

Astronomers enthralled as a hungry black hole wakes up and starts feeding

A giant supermassive black hole is beginning to feed - and this telescope is watching it.
Rocks inside Mars' Jezero Crater.

NASA’s Mars rover is finding ‘intriguing rocks everywhere’ on crater rim

The rim of Mars' Jezero Crater is turning out to be a lot more interesting than the crater itself, it seems.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s observations of what is thought to be the first ever recorded planetary engulfment event revealed a hot accretion disk surrounding the star, with an expanding cloud of cooler dust enveloping the scene. Webb also revealed that the star did not swell to swallow the planet, but the planet’s orbit actually slowly decayed over time.

James Webb observes what happens when a planet is swallowed by a star

A planet was devoured by its star. James Webb investigated.
This is a still from an animation showing asteroid 2024 YR4 as it passes by Earth and heads toward its potential impact with the Moon. This 3D shape of the asteroid was determined from data obtained on 7 February 2025 with the Gemini South telescope in Chile.

See what the asteroid that we thought might hit Earth looks like

Astronomers have created a 3D representation of asteroid 2024 YR4.
An aurora as seen from the ISS.

Space station meets aurora in this stunning time-lapse video

A striking time-lapse video features the ISS flying above cities at night before passing over a stunning aurora.
Amazon's Project Kuiper Satellite payload.

How to watch Amazon launch its first Project Kuiper satellites

Amazon will soon launch its first batch of Project Kuiper satellites. Here's how to watch.
An aurora captured by NASA astronaut Don Pettit on the space station.

Latest aurora seen from space is a real stunner

We've seen a lot of aurora from the space station, but this latest view is pretty special.
This new image showcases NGC 346, a dazzling young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud.

Hubble is turning 35: Here are its best images from the last year

The beloved Hubble Space Telescope is reaching its 35th anniversary, and over the years it has taken some stunning images.
In this picture, we capture the binary in the moment where the first white dwarf has just exploded, hurtling material towards its nearby companion which is on the cusp of explosion too. This event will occur in about 23 billion years, yet in only 4 seconds do both stars explode.

A pair of stars in our cosmic backyard are on a collision course

Astronomers have discovered a pair of stars on a collision course.
The Starship launching from Starbase in October 2024.

SpaceX is about to try something new with its mighty Starship rocket

SpaceX is gearing up for the ninth flight test of its mighty Starship rocket, and it's going to try something new.
NASA’s SPHEREx, which will map hundreds of millions of galaxies across the entire sky, captured one of its first exposures March 27. The observatory’s six detectors each captured one of these uncalibrated images, to which visible-light colors have been added to represent infrared wavelengths. SPHEREx’s complete field of view spans the top three images; the same area of the sky is also captured in the bottom three images.

See the first images from NASA’s newest space observatory, SPHEREx

A new NASA mission has captured its first images of space.
An image of the Milky Way captured by the MeerKAT radio telescope array puts the James Webb Space Telescope’s image of the Sagittarius C region in context. The MeerKAT image spans 1,000 light-years, while the Webb image covers 44 light-years.

James Webb dives into the heart of the Milky Way to study star formation

James Webb is showing how stars form in one of the busiest regions of the galaxy.