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Hear the Milky Way Blues

Listen to the sound of our galaxy rotating. The variation of musical pitches portrays the motion of gas as it orbits around the center of our galaxy.

Eleanor Imster

May 6, 2018

Insight Mars is on its way

The Insight Mars lander is due to set down on Mars' surface in November, 2018.

Eddie Irizarry

May 5, 2018

Wall-E and Eva are going to Mars, too

Riding along with the InSight Mars mission, the 2 briefcase-sized CubeSats are designed to demonstrate nearly real-time communications between worlds.

Deborah Byrd

May 4, 2018

Does Stephen Hawking’s final theory tame the multiverse?

"I have never been a fan of the multiverse. If the scale of different universes in the multiverse is large or infinite the theory can’t be tested."

Deborah Byrd

May 2, 2018

Watch SpaceX Dragon depart from ISS May 2

A SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft is set to depart the International Space Station (ISS) on Wednesday, May 2. NASA TV will provide live coverage of Dragon's departure starting at 10 a.m. EDT (14:00 UTC).

Eleanor Imster

May 1, 2018

New Shepard has successful 8th test flight

Blue Origin's suborbital rocket New Shepard made its 8th test flight on April 29, going up from the company's launch site in West Texas. Watch mission highlights here.

Deborah Byrd

April 30, 2018

Late April 2018 moon and Jupiter

The moon swept past the very bright planet Jupiter in late April, shortly before the giant planet was at its closest and brightest for the year. Gorgeous photos from the EarthSky community, here.

Deborah Byrd

April 30, 2018

Cool video! When humans stalked a giant sloth

Fossil footprints track a prehistoric hunt.

EarthSky Voices

April 29, 2018

Take a virtual tour of 6 exoplanets

The virtual exoplanet tour has a cool 360-degree visual display. Since launching in late 2017, it's had over a million YouTube views. Check it out here.

Deborah Byrd

April 29, 2018