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What Is a Quasar?
A quasar is a supermassive black hole gorging on gas in the heart of a distant galaxy.
Addressing a Gap in Our Knowledge of Black Holes
Gravitational waves offer a test of whether supernovae can produce black holes between 55 and 120 times the Sun's mass.
This is the Reactor That Could Make it Possible to Return From Mars
Remember when engineers proposed one-way trips to Mars, because round trips are just too expensive to bring people back to Earth again?
Next China moon mission will need precision landing to target ice at south pole
Our Star Trek streaming guide is ready to beam up - energize.
Comet A1 Leonard Brightens in December
EDITOR’S NOTE: NASA TV’s live coverage of the Soyuz MS-18 relocation begins at 8 a.m. EDT (1200 GMT).
William Shatner Completes his Trip to Space With Blue Origin
An increasing number of researchers are blueprinting low-cost and novel ways to further explore the Red Planet.
What’s it Like Inside a Super-Earth?
Director Klim Shipenko, actor Yulia Peresild and cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov are scheduled to launch toward the orbiting lab aboard a Russian Soyuz spacecraft on Oct. 5.
NASA reassigns two astronauts from Boeing missions to SpaceX crew flight
NASA launched its powerful new Landsat 9 Earth-observing satellite into orbit on Sept. 27, 2021, on a mission to monitor our planet's land resources.
Meet William Shatner's real-life space crew for Blue Origin's launch
A decade of Jovian storm-chasing paid off for the Hubble Space Telescope.
The devil’s in the detail
The Peak Design Travel Tripod is a narrow, novel, and night-friendly support for full-frame DSLRs and even smartphones
Japanese space tourist will join human health research effort in orbit
The Fujifilm X-T4 combines the simplicity of a film camera and the top-notch technology of digital, making it a perfect all-round camera for landscape and night sky photography.
Canon EOS Ra camera review
The Canon EOS Ra camera gives astrophotographers and landscape photographers everything they need to capture the colors of the nebula (Hydrogen Alpha) in their work.
Mercury ahead!
The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury will make the first of six flybys of its destination planet on 1 October before entering orbit in 2025.
Auroras expected tonight in New York, Washington and Wisconsin as solar storm barrels toward Earth
A moderate solar storm is headed for Earth on Sept. 27, 2021, with auroras predicted to light up the sky much further south than usual.
'Babylon 5' reboot in development with original series creator J. Michael Straczynski at the helm
A reboot of the 90s sci-fi epic "Babylon 5" is in development at The CW network, Variety has reported.
What Happens to Interstellar Objects Captured by the Solar System?
Now that we know that interstellar objects (ISOs) visit our Solar System, scientists are keen to understand them better. How could they be captured? If they’re captured, what happens to them? How many of them might be in our Solar System?
Louisiana's missing moon rock found in Florida thanks to broken gun
A lost piece of the moon belonging to Louisiana may have remained missing, if not been discarded or destroyed, had the plaque on which it was mounted not attracted the eye of a Florida gun collector.
New eye on planet Earth rockets into orbit from California
A United Launch Alliance Atlas 5 rocket blasts off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, with the Landsat 9 satellite. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls
NASA and United Launch Alliance deployed a new Landsat satellite in orbit Monday after liftoff on an Atlas 5 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, marking the 2,000th launch from the West Coast spaceport since 1958 and extending a series of Earth observations used by farmers, urban planners, and climate scientists.
How hypersonic missiles work and the unique threats they pose — an aerospace engineer explains
Landsat 9 will join its partner Landsat 8 in tracking urban sprawl, forest cover and the retreat of glaciers, among other features and phenomena.
Hulu drops new teaser for 'The Orville' Season 3, announces 2022 premiere date
The crew of the Planetary Union exploration vessel, the USS Orville, will quantum drive onto our screens on March 10, 2022.