NASA’s moon program – Artemis – boosted at White House press briefing

During a White House press briefing on February 4, 2021, White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the Biden administration's support fo NASA's Artemis program, whose long-term goal is to send the next man and first woman to the moon by 2024.

Moon and Antares before dawn February 6

Let the moon show you Antares, the red supergiant star, on the morning of February 6, 2021

Morning moongazer

On a cold morning in Norway this week, a look at the waning moon in a daylit sky.

The moon rock in Washington National Cathedral

A moon rock collected by Apollo astronauts during the first moon landing is enshrined in a stained-glass window - known as the Space Window - in the Washington National Cathedral.

How to prevent crashes between orbiting satellites

Thousands more satellites will soon orbit Earth. We need better rules to prevent space crashes.

Double Cluster in Perseus: How to find it

First, find the M- or W-shaped constellation Cassiopeia. The Double Cluster - 2 open star clusters - is nearby and beautiful in a dark sky.

Astronomers see multiple eclipses in unique 6-star system

An international team of astronomers has discovered a unique 6-star system where eclipses of all 6 stars can be seen from Earth.

Watch giant pandas frolic in the snow

Watch giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian sliding and rolling around in snow in their habitat at Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington in this video.

A robot submarine could explore Titan’s deepest sea

A new study of data from NASA's bountiful Cassini mission shows that Titan's largest methane sea, Kraken Mare, is at least 1,000 feet - 300 meters - deep near its center. That's plenty of room for a future robotic submarine to explore.

Why is there something instead of nothing?

Why is there is a universe at all? The question is a challenging one because it seems perfectly possible that there might have been nothing whatsoever – no Earth, no stars, no galaxies, no universe.