Boom! Studios drops a fresh “Firefly: Keep Flying” one-shot comic for the franchise’s 20th anniversary
James Webb Space Telescope spots what may be most distant galaxy yet found
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a remote galaxy shining just 350 million years after the birth of the cosmos 13.8 billion years ago, surprising astronomers who are struggling to figure out how stars and galaxies could have formed so rapidly in the wake of the Big Bang, researchers […]
NASA Awards Contract for Liquid Helium Acquisition at Kennedy
NASA has selected Air Products and Chemicals, Inc of Allentown, Pennsylvania, to supply 33 million liters of liquid helium to the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
‘The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic’ unveils the magic of Lucasfilm’s book crossover event (exclusive)
Abrams Books has released an epic new hardback volume, “The Art of Star Wars: The High Republic” by Kristin Baver that dives into the Jedi’s Golden Age.
NASA calls on “red crew” to fix leak near mostly fueled Artemis moon rocket
NASA’s Space Launch System moon rocket relied on advanced guidance algorithms, powerful cryogenic engines, and millions of lines of software code to get it off the ground for the first time Wednesday. But “there are also times when you’ve just got to put a wrench on a nut,” NASA’s Artemis […]
The Sky This Week: Orion the Hunter rises
New Moon means deep-sky observing as the planets show off from November 18 to 25.
Maryland, Oklahoma Students to Hear from Space Station Astronauts
Students from Maryland and Oklahoma will have the opportunity next week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
China’s Shenzhou 14 astronauts complete their 3rd and final spacewalk (video)
China’s Shenzhou 14 astronauts just conducted a spacewalk to carry out work on the newly arrived Mengtian space station module.
NASA triumphs in successful debut launch of huge SLS moon rocket
NASA’s huge Space Launch System moon rocket finally took off from Florida early Wednesday after a decade in development, sending an unpiloted Orion crew capsule toward lunar orbit on a 25-day test flight to lay a path for astronauts to return to the moon for the first time since 1972.
How to see the International Space Station from your backyard
The ISS is an achievement of human engineering and one of skywatchers’ only beloved satellites. Here’s how you can spot it for yourself.