The constellation Leo includes one of the three stars of the Vernal Triangle, an asterism that occurs over several months beginning with the spring equinox. (Image credit: manpuku7 via Getty Images) Spring is coming to the Northern Hemisphere, but how…
Sunita Williams gives a thumbs up after returning from a four-month mission aboard the International Space Station in 2012. She and her fellow astronauts were strapped into their seats while they recovered from “space sickness” and adapted to Earth’s gravity.…
A deep partial solar eclipse approaches the western Northern Hemisphere. (Image credit: Getty Images) On Saturday, March 29, two weeks after a total lunar eclipse became visible across North America, skywatchers will be able to witness a spectacular event not…
Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams aboard the ISS in August 2024. (Photo credit: NASA/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) Two astronauts who have been on the International Space Station (ISS) for more than nine months will not return to Earth until Tuesday (March 18), NASA…
Galaxies observed by JWST: those rotating in one direction are shown in red, while those rotating in the other direction are shown in blue. (Image credit: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2025)) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)…
This composite of images of the Flame Nebula features a near-infrared image from the Hubble Space Telescope on the left, and infrared images from the James Webb Space Telescope in the insets. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Michael Meyer…
An artist’s illustration of SIMP 0136+0933. This astronomical object is the brightest starless body visible in the Northern Hemisphere sky. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, J. Olmsted (STScI)) Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scientists have produced the first-ever…
This week’s science news covers a blood moon and a ‘pregnant’ mummy. (Image credit: Gary Hershorn via Getty Images Kownacki) Jump to: This week, Earth witnessed a remarkable event that hasn’t happened since 2022: a total lunar eclipse. The celestial…
The Crew-10 Dragon capsule sits atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket prior to launch. (Photo credit: SpaceX) NASA launched the Crew-10 mission, which provided relief to American astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, who had been on the International Space…
The surface of the Moon appears to turn red as Earth begins to obscure the Sun in this image taken by the Blue Ghost lunar lander during the “blood moon” lunar eclipse on March 13-14. (Image credit: Firefly Aerospace) While…
A “blood moon” appears during a total lunar eclipse. This image was taken in Austin, Texas, on March 14. (Image credit: Rick Kern via Getty Images) A “blood moon” was visible from Earth yesterday evening, marking the first total lunar…
An illustration of galaxies distorting the structure of space-time in the expanding universe. New theoretical work suggests that the cosmic expansion is not constant — it can dramatically change direction and intensity. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) Dark energy could have changed…