This stunning view of the total solar eclipse in 2017 was made by combining seven exposures ranging from short to long. The surface of the Moon is visible in this image because it is illuminated by light reflected off Earth, called Earthshine. Credit: Michael...

Intuitive Machines says it’s putting its Odysseus moon lander to bed for a long lunar night, with hopes of reviving it once the sun rises again near the moon’s south pole. The Houston-based company and NASA recapped Odysseus’s six days of operation on the lunar...

Using the unprecedented capabilities of the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, an international team of scientists has obtained the first spectroscopic observations of the faintest galaxies during the first billion years of the Universe. These findings...

Intuitive Machines' Odysseus moon lander overcame a number of hurdles during its epic touchdown last week, including one or more broken legs.The 14-foot-tall (4.3 meters) Odysseus settled onto the gray dirt near the moon's south pole on Thursday (Feb. 22),...

A faint trio | Astronomy Magazine false product a-faint-trio https://www.astronomy.com/picture-of-the-day/photo/a-faint-trio/ A faint trio | Astronomy Magazine Bill Batchelor, taken from Coquitlam, B.C., Canada The unusual shape of the supernova remnant...

Universe Today has explored the importance of studying impact craters, planetary surfaces, exoplanets, astrobiology, and solar physics, and what this myriad of scientific disciplines can teach scientists and the public regarding the search for life beyond...

Following a hugely successful mission and almost 30 years in orbit, ESA’s ERS-2 reentered Earth’s atmosphere at approximately 18:17 CET (17:17 UTC) on 21 February 2024.Predicting the exact time and location of ERS-2’s natural reentry was made more difficult by...

A stadium-sized asteroid tumbled harmlessly past Earth this month as a powerful NASA radar system watched.Asteroid 2008 OS7 passed by Earth on Feb. 2, 2024 at a safe distance of 1.8 million miles (2.9 million kilometers), about 7.5 times farther than the...

Back to Article List Astronomy’s travel partner, Eclipse Traveler, is offering another great adventure in Turkey for August 2024. A stunning long-exposure photograph of the Perseid meteors 2023. The vertical Milky Way gives off the illusion that the inactive...

In a recent announcement, the Chinese Space Agency (CSA) unveiled the names for its forthcoming lunar mission components. The CSA have been working towards sending humans to the Moon through a series of robotic missions. The 22-tonne capsule that is taking the...