A black hole devouring a giant star gives clues to a cosmic mystery

Illustration of a tidal disruption event Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library/Getty Images Astronomers have caught a supermassive…

NASA Hosts Astronaut Don Pettit Prelaunch Interviews

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is available for limited interview opportunities beginning at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday,…

NASA Hosts Astronaut Don Pettit Prelaunch Interviews

NASA astronaut Don Pettit is available for limited interview opportunities beginning at 10 a.m. EDT, Friday,…

Hubble spotlights a supernova

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the galaxy LEDA 857074. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, R.…

A ‘FURST’ of its Kind: Sounding Rocket Mission to Study Sun as a Star

By Jessica Barnett  From Earth, one might be tempted to view the Sun as a unique…

The powerful instruments that allow us to observe the cosmos

The Lagoon Nebula. Credit: NASA, ESA, STSCI Starting today, the Earth will be passing through a…

The International Space Station’s “window to the world”

The International Space Station’s “window to the world” is pictured from the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module.…

The International Space Station’s “window to the world”

The International Space Station’s “window to the world” is pictured from the Nauka Multipurpose Laboratory Module.…

Seeing the unseeable | The Planetary Society

Juice will be flying by Earth soon. ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft, which launched in April…

NASA to Launch 8 Scientific Balloons From New Mexico

NASA’s Scientific Balloon Program has kicked off its annual fall balloon campaign at the agency’s balloon…