AST SpaceMobile provided this artist’s rendering of its newly unfurled BlueBird satellite constellation. The massive communications…
Category: Earth Sky
Evidence for ocean on Uranus’s moon is ‘incredibly surprising’
The Voyager 2 spacecraft took this image of Uranus’s moon Miranda on January 24, 1986. New…
‘Time capsule’ moon samples reveal moon’s history
Astronaut John Young – commander of the Apollo 16 mission in 1972 – collects samples of…
How did this black hole in a triple star system form?
Artist’s concept of the black hole called V404 Cygni. The black hole is consuming the star…
Boeing satellite breakup adds to space junk around Earth
On October 19-20, 2024, the satellite breakup of Intelsat 33e added at least 20 more pieces…
1st photo of Earth from space, 78 years ago today
The 1st photo of Earth from space shows a look at the clouds from above. The…
Are mysterious flows on airless worlds made by salty water?
View larger. | NASA’s Dawn spacecraft captured this enhanced color view of the dwarf planet Ceres.…
Small asteroid hit Earth’s atmosphere just after discovery
The ATLAS survey discovered a small asteroid shortly before it hit Earth’s atmosphere on October 22,…
After 29 years, first-known brown dwarf revealed as twins
This artist’s impression shows the brown dwarf twins Gliese 229 Ba and Gliese 229 Bb. For…
A large fireball blazed over Lake Erie last night
Ryan Connor from North Royalton, Ohio, was one among many people who captured a large fireball…