NASA’s Terra satellite, launched in 1999, is approaching retirement after over 26 years, continuing to provide long-term Earth observations of land, atmosphere, and oceans.
Gas cloud collisions during galaxy mergers compress interstellar material, triggering new star formation, as observed in interacting systems studied by NASA and reported by Universe Today.
As of Sunday, Jan. 4, the moon phase is Waning Gibbous. According to The Sky Live, 98.6% of the moon will be lit up tonight.
Three supermoons will lighten up the night skies in 2026, the stunning result when a full moon inches closer to Earth than ...
Bright full moons, dazzling meteor shower displays and remarkable total eclipses will give stargazers plenty of reasons to ...
NASA’s push for a new nuclear rocket engine is not just another upgrade to the hardware we strap to the bottom of spacecraft.
NASA's fleet of Earth-observing satellites captured 12 remarkable views throughout 2025, documenting major natural phenomena, climate events, and human impacts like wildfires, hurricanes, and ...
Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3. The sun will appear larger in the sky than on any ...
Astronomers from the University of Geneva, working with colleagues in Canada and the United States, have captured the ...