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The Hubble Space Telescope is currently in safe mode once again after an instrument issue.

Hubble engineers have a plan to get instruments running again following error

Engineers are working toward fixing the Hubble Space Telescope, which was put into safe mode following an error last month.
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See Ingenuity hovering over the surface of Mars as captured by Perseverance

A new video from NASA shows the plucky little Mars helicopter Ingenuity in action, as captured by the Perseverance rover.
Northrop Grumman's proposed moon buggy design.

This next-gen moon buggy could soon be rolling over the lunar surface

Northrop Grumman is designing an "agile and affordable" moon buggy that could be used by NASA in the upcoming Artemis lunar missions.
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SpaceX boss Elon Musk eyes new date for Starship’s first orbital flight

SpaceX boss Elon Musk has revealed a new date for the first orbital flight of the company's next-generation Starship rocket.
NASA's Eyes on the Earth satellite tracker.

Check out NASA’s upgraded ‘Eyes on the Earth’ satellite tool

NASA's brilliant "Eyes on the Earth" tool offers a great way to learn more about the vital work carried out by some of the space agency's satellites.
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet playing basketball.

Watch astronaut’s basketball workout days after returning from space

After floating about the space station for six months, astronaut Thomas Pesquet is once again getting used to living with the pull of Earth’s gravity.
The International Space Station’s solar arrays provide power for the orbiting laboratory. NASA will install a total of six new roll out solar arrays in front of the existing arrays at 1A, 2B, 3A, 3B, 4A, and 4B to augment the power. During the Aug. 24 spacewalk, NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei and astronaut Akihiko Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency will install the modification kit on the 4A power channel, where the next new roll out solar array will be installed in 2022.

Space station astronauts take shelter as cloud of debris threatens their safety

Astronauts aboard the ISS were forced to take shelter in their spacecraft early on Monday as the orbiting outpost came close to a cloud of hazardous space junk.
Snoopy's spacesuit.

Snoopy is heading to space on NASA’s Artemis I moon mission

Snoopy will head to space soon for a trip around the moon, but there are good reasons for sticking the popular character on the spacecraft.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launching from Cape Canaveral.

Stunning photo shows SpaceX rocket rising above Florida fog

SpaceX's most recent rocket launch took place at the weekend in thick fog at Cape Canaveral in Florida, and the resulting imagery is absolutely stunning.
Astronaut Thomas Pesquet a few days after returning from space.

Returned ISS astronaut quips about what he didn’t miss on Earth

Astronaut Thomas Pesquet is getting used to being back on Earth after a six-month stay aboard the International Space Station.
Illustration of TIC 172900988b, a planet orbiting two stars.

Astronomers use new method to discover planet orbiting two stars

Astronomers have discovered an unusual planet which orbits two stars with a new detection technique using the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite telescope.
The Snowman Nebula is an emission nebula that resides in the constellation Puppis in the southern sky, about 6,000 light-years away from Earth. Emission nebulae are diffuse clouds of gas that have become so charged by the energy of nearby massive stars that they glow with their own light. The radiation from these massive stars strips electrons from the nebula’s hydrogen atoms in a process called ionization. As the energized electrons revert from their higher-energy state to a lower-energy state, they emit energy in the form of light, causing the nebula’s gas to glow.

Hubble gets in the festive mood with an image of the Snowman Nebula

With the holidays approaching, the Hubble Space Telescope is getting into the festive mood with this week's image of the Snowman Nebula.
The Hubble Space Telescope is currently in safe mode once again after an instrument issue.

Hubble turns on one instrument, others remain in safe mode

Engineers at NASA are continuing work to fix the troubled Hubble Space Telescope, which is experiencing problems for the second time this year.
This artist’s impression shows a compact black hole 11 times as massive as the Sun and the five-solar-mass star orbiting it. The two objects are located in NGC 1850, a cluster of thousands of stars roughly 160 000 light-years away in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a Milky Way neighbour. The distortion of the star’s shape is due to the strong gravitational force exerted by the black hole.

Small, sneaky black hole discovered outside our galaxy using new method

A new detection method has been used to discover a small black hole outside the Milky Way, paving the way for discovery of hidden black holes within our galaxy.
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NASA video shows you what it’s like to plunge through Venus’ atmosphere

NASA has shown what the upcoming DAVINCI mission to Venus will be facing with the release of a video visualization of the probe plunging through the atmosphere.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft, carrying the Crew-3 astronauts, approaches the ISS.

Watch highlights of SpaceX Crew-3’s arrival at the space station

SpaceX’s Crew-3 astronauts have arrived safely at the space station following a 10-hour rocket and spacecraft ride from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Watch NASA test a small capsule for the Mars Sample Return mission

Watch NASA engineers test a small capsule that could one day bring the first samples of Mars material all the way to Earth.
SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts heading to space.

Watch the key moments of SpaceX’s Crew-3 launch to space station

NASA and SpaceX have launched the Crew-3 astronauts to the International Space Station, lifting off from the Kennedy Space Center on Wednesday night.
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How to watch NASA launch SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts tonight

SpaceX is about to send four more astronauts to the International Space Station, and we have all the information you need to watch the launch in real time.
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NASA offers new date for crewed lunar landing as hopes for 2024 fade

NASA chief Bill Nelson says the U.S. won’t meet its 2024 target date for landing the first woman and first person of color on the moon.
Virgin Galactic's spaceplane soaring to the edge of space.

Virgin Galactic reveals how many $450K seats it’s sold for space tourism ride

Virgin Galactic has revealed how many people have so far paid its raised ticket price of $450,000 for a trip to the edge of space.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying the Crew-2 astronauts.

SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts splash down in safe return home

SpaceX’s Crew-2 astronauts have undocked from the International Space Station and are on their way home after six months in space.
Stars, the space station, and Earth.

Check out this ‘magical’ view from the ISS showing countless stars

A new video shot from the International Space Station points away from Earth to show the "magical" sight of distant stars.
Thomas Pesquet aboard the space station.

This awesome 4K space station tour reveals its enormous size

A new 4K video tour of the International Space Station takes us through the many modules that make up the enormous orbiting facility.
Cleopatra’s Eye, or NGC 1535, is a planetary nebula in the constellation Eridanus. This nebula has an unusual structure that is similar to the better-known NGC 2392, with an outer region and a brighter inner center.

Gaze into the Cleopatra’s Eye nebula, captured by Hubble

A Hubble image recently released by NASA shows a striking blue planetary nebula located in the constellation of Eridanus.
Illustration of NASA’s DART spacecraft and the Italian Space Agency’s (ASI) LICIACube prior to impact at the Didymos binary system.

NASA gears up to launch a spacecraft that will crash into an asteroid

Most space missions don't intend to crash their spacecraft. But that's just what NASA has in mind for its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission.
The James Webb Space Telescope is unboxed in the cleanroom at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

See the mighty James Webb Space Telescope being unboxed in a cleanroom

A video from the European Space Agency (ESA) shows the James Webb Space Telescope being unboxed from its shipping container and unpacked ahead of its launch.
Illustration of Intuitive Machines’ Nova-C lander with a depiction of NASA’s Polar Resources Ice-Mining Experiment-1 (PRIME-1) attached to the spacecraft on the surface of the Moon.

NASA is sending a lander to drill for ice on the moon’s south pole

NASA has chosen the landing site for a new lunar explorer. A robotic lander will be sent to the moon's south pole in an area near to the Shackleton crater.
NASA SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts Akihiko Hoshide of JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), left, Thomas Pesquet of ESA (European Space Agency), and Megan McArthur and Shane Kimbrough of NASA participate in the Space Olympics onboard the International Space Station.

How to watch Crew-2 return to Earth from the ISS on Monday

Four astronauts will be returning from the International Space Station aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on Monday, and we've got details on how to watch.
N44 is a complex nebula filled with glowing hydrogen gas, dark lanes of dust, massive stars, and many populations of stars of different ages. One of its most distinctive features, however, is the dark, starry gap called a “superbubble,” visible in this Hubble Space Telescope image in the upper central region.

Hubble spots a ‘superbubble’ in a beautiful emission nebula

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured an image of the beautiful and mysterious nebula N44, which has a hole hundreds of light-years wide in its center.
NASA's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter acquired this image using its navigation camera. This camera is mounted in the helicopter's fuselage and pointed directly downward to track the ground during flight. This image was acquired on Oct. 24, 2021 (Sol 241 of the Perseverance rover mission) at the local mean solar time of 12:34:15.

Mars helicopter Ingenuity is reuniting with Perseverance rover

Mars helicopter Ingenuity is gearing up for its 15th flight this weekend, beginning a journey that will take it back to its landing location.
Hubble's view of dazzling globular cluster NGC 6397

Astronomers want to build an epic $11B space telescope to replace Hubble

It's the most exciting time of year for astronomers, with the release of the Astro2020 report which lays out plans for the next decade of astronomy.
The Hubble Space Telescope is currently in safe mode once again after an instrument issue.

Hubble Space Telescope is in trouble again, for the second time this year

The beloved Space Telescope has experienced an issue which caused it to switch to safe mode, meaning its science instruments are not currently collecting data.
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This cool space station video will put a smile on your face

For a bit of fun, five astronauts on the International Space Station recently set the camera rolling for a bit of synchronized flying.