Canadarm2 repairs planned as CRS-34 departs ISS

Back to Article List The 10-year census will scan the entire southern sky every few nights, generating millions of alerts each night and an unprecedented stream of astronomical data. This 1.7-gigapixel view of the constellation Lupus was captured by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The image showcases the telescope’s unmatched range, resolving individual stars and…

The main-belt asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson, as captured by NASA’s Lucy spacecraft during a close flyby on April 20, 2025.The spacecraft snapped images every 2 seconds, a total of 37 in this time-lapse animation, until 40 seconds before the spacecraft passed by at a distance of 960 km (600 miles).NASA-Goddard / SwRI / Johns Hopkins APL…

Looking for extraterrestrial life in the form of biosignatures will involve peering into the constituents of a planetary atmosphere and identifying out of equilibrium gases that tell us something biological is going on. But here’s the problem, as demonstrated recently in work on the exoplanet K2-18b. We’ve identified dimethyl sulfide at this world, which might…

This is the largest high-resolution photo ever made of our Milky Way galaxy’s centre in visible light. It was taken on 23 March 2025 by the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope. Packed with more than 60 million stars, this image opens the door for scientists to confirm the existence of any exoplanet found in…

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The Air Force is developing a new enlisted job specialty to defend bases against missile and drone attack. Alarming damage to Air bases across the Middle…

Each spring, the Black Sea shifts from deep indigo to a milky, swirling turquoise. The color comes from coccolithophores, microscopic single-celled algae coated in tiny calcium carbonate plates that scatter sunlight in ways that dye entire ocean surfaces blue-green. On June 22, 2026, NASA’s PACE satellite captured the sea mid-bloom, its waters lit up from…