Space

One of the northern night sky’s superb globular star cluster wonders is our next target: M92 in Hercules. Visible through binoculars as a diffuse star, M92 is a tantalizing sight through telescopes of all sizes. This understated but fascinating cluster rivals the Great Globular Cluster in Hercules (M13) in wonder, […]

The glorious Dumbbell Nebula, in Vulpecula, is unquestionably one of the top planetary nebulae in the entire sky.

Continuing a record-breaking launch cadence, SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 rocket aloft Sunday from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with 53 more satellites for the company’s Starlink internet network, the sixth Falcon 9 launch in 17 days and 33rd overall this year.

M51, the fabulous Whirlpool Galaxy in Canes Venatici, is the largest (in apparent diameter) and brightest face-on spiral in the night sky. It sports the iconic visage of what astronomers call a “grand-design spiral galaxy” — one that displays clearly defined and well-organized spiral structure unwinding in orderly fashion from […]

Dennis Andrucyk, director of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, has announced his intent to retire after more than 36 years of federal service, including multiple leadership roles at NASA and as Goddard’s director since January 2020.

Here’s our intergalactic treasure trove of the best sci-fi movies that you need to watch.

SpaceX sent another cluster of 53 Starlink internet satellites into orbit Sunday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket, the company’s 33rd mission of the year and sixth launch of July. Liftoff from pad 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida occurred at 9:38 a.m. EDT (1338 GMT). The Falcon 9 […]

SpaceX launched 53 Starlink internet satellites and landed the rocket’s first stage on a droneship at sea on Sunday (July 24).

SpaceX test-fired a Falcon 9 rocket at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 9 a.m. EDT (1300 GMT) Saturday in preparation for liftoff Sunday with the company’s next batch of Starlink internet satellites.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket took the scenic route as it lofted 46 Starlink satellites to orbit on Friday (July 22).