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A close-up view of the centre of the NGC 6505 galaxy, with the bright Einstein ring around its nucleus, captured by ESA’s Euclid space telescope.
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li
Space telescope reveals rare ‘Einstein ring’ phenomenon with startling clarity
A full moon rises behind the Camlica mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on Saturday, February 24, 2024.
Emrah Gurel/AP/File
See February’s full snow moon and the last of the planetary parade
TOPSHOT - The Artemis I unmanned lunar rocket sits on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center on September 2, 2022. NASA will make a second attempt to launch its powerful new Moon rocket on September 3, after scrubbing a test flight earlier in the week. The highly anticipated uncrewed mission will bring the US a step closer to returning astronauts to the Moon five decades after humans last walked on the lunar surface. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
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NASA says Boeing-built SLS moon rocket is ‘essential’ as company warns of layoffs
The Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft atop, is seen at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in September 2024, ahead of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-9 launch to the International Space Station.
SpaceX/NASA
NASA acting head asks staff to take ‘inspiration’ from DOGE efforts as lawmakers cite Musk’s conflict of interest
Artist's impression of an asteroid. This image is not intended to reflect the characteristics of any specific known asteroid.
ESA/FILE
Newly discovered asteroid now has a slightly higher risk of hitting Earth
A livestream view of Elon Musk's personal Tesla roadster featuring a mannequin named "Starman" following its launch to space on February 6, 2018.
YouTube/SpaceX
Astronomers briefly thought Elon Musk’s car was an asteroid. Here’s why that points to a broader problem
This mosaic image of asteroid Bennu is composed of 12 PolyCam images collected on Dec. 2 by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft from a range of 15 miles (24 km).
NASA/Goddard/University of Arizona
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
View of two grand canyons on the Moon radiating from the Schrödinger impact basin near the lunar south pole on the lunar far side. View is from orbit looking obliquely across the surface, like an astronaut in an approaching spacecraft.
Ernie T. Wright./SVS/NASA
Two Grand Canyon-size valleys on the far side of the moon formed within 10 minutes, scientists say
An artist's impression of the flying robot set to be deployed in China's Chang'e 7 moon mission in 2026.
CCTV
China plans to send a flying robot to search for water on the moon’s far side
Debris from a SpaceX Starship vehicle that exploded midflight on January 16 is shown in piles after it was gathered by Turks and Caicos resident Lori Kane.
Lori Kaine
The most powerful rocket ever built exploded over a populated island. Residents are still dealing with the fallout
Blue Ghost's first images in space, released on January 29, 2025.
Firefly Aerospace
Blue Ghost lunar lander is documenting its journey to the moon. The views are breathtaking
Artist's impression of an asteroid. This image is not intended to reflect the characteristics of any specific known asteroid.
ESA/FILE
A newly discovered asteroid has a slim chance of hitting Earth in 2032
In this screengrab from video, NASA astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore conduct a spacewalk on January 30.
NASA
Astronauts at the center of Starliner drama step out for spacewalk after more than 7 months in orbit
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, Boeing's Crew Flight Test Commander and Pilot respectively, inspect safety hardware aboard the International Space Station on August 9, 2024.
NASA
Elon Musk says SpaceX will rescue two ‘stranded’ astronauts. Here’s why that is confusing
Researchers identified salt minerals in the Bennu samples that were deposited as a result of brine evaporation from the asteroid’s parent body. In particular, they found a number of sodium salts, such as the needles of hydrated sodium carbonate highlighted in purple in this false-colored image – salts that could easily have been compromised if the samples had been exposed to water in Earth’s atmosphere.
Rob Wardell/Tim McCoy/Smithsonian
Historic asteroid sample reveals the ‘building blocks of life are in fact extraterrestrial in origin,’ scientists say
Typically, asteroids — like the one depicted in this artist’s concept — originate from the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, but a small population of near-Earth objects may also come from the Moon’s surface after being ejecte... Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
JPL-Caltech/NASA
Earth’s recent ‘mini-moon’ may be an actual piece of the moon, astronomers say