When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. NASA astronaut Andre Douglas wears AR (Augmented Reality) display technology during a high-tech run at the San Francisco Volcanic Field in Northern Arizona on May 21, 2024. | Credit: NASA/Josh Valcarce Artemis 2 is making progress toward its lunar… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. (Left) A color view of Mercury produced using images from the color basemap imaging campaign during MESSENGER’s primary mission. (Right) What Mercury might look like if its outer layers were peeled back to reveal a 10-mile-thick layer of diamonds.… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific advances and more. A glowing supernova remnant, a cat’s paw-shaped nebula and the iconic “Pillars of Creation” are featured in 25 never-before-seen images taken to celebrate the 25th anniversary of NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory. Named in honor of… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. A montage of new images with data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory, which turned 25 on July 23. | Credit: NASA/CXC/SAO It is truly the summer of cosmic anniversaries. Following the anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing and Space.com’s… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Rocket Row, part of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center’s Rocket Park in Huntsville, Alabama, is back on its feet after six years. | Source: U.S. Space & Rocket Center Some cities have skylines. Huntsville, Alabama, has a “space… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Artist’s rendering of the SpaceX Dragon variant that will serve as the International Space Station’s deorbit vehicle. | Credit: SpaceX SpaceX’s new vehicle designed to take down the International Space Station is going to be a beast. The SpaceX… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. (Main) Illustration of a rapidly spinning neutron star, or pulsar (inset) millisecond pulsar PSR J0437-4715. | Credit: NASA/Sharon Morsink/Devarshi Choudhury et al. Astronomers using the NASA X-ray telescope aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have weighed a rapidly spinning,… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. (Left) Jupiter’s moon Europa during a close flyby of NASA’s Juno spacecraft during its mission on September 29, 2022. (Right) Enceladus as captured by the Cassini spacecraft. | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Image processing: Kevin M. Gill CC BY 3.0/ If… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Building 12 at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston has been named the “Dorothy Vaughan Center to Honor the Women of Apollo” on the 55th anniversary of the first moon landing. | Source: NASA NASA is honoring a ‘hidden… Read More »
When you buy through links in our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn commission. Source: NASA 55 years ago today, it took Apollo 11 just 10 minutes to raise its flag on the ancient lunar surface. Neil Armstrong‘Annual Buzz AldrinThe two and a half hour moonwalk adventure that took place in July 1969.… Read More »