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Hubble peers along Voyagers’ future paths
The Hubble Space Telescope is gazing along the future trajectories of the 2 Voyager spacecraft - launched in 1977 - now heading into uncharted interstellar space.
January 8, 2017
Mars spacecraft spies Earth and moon
A powerful telescope orbiting Mars gives us a new view of Earth and its moon, showing continent-size detail on Earth and the relative size of the moon.
January 7, 2017
NASA announces 2 new asteroid missions
NASA's new Lucy mission will tour 6 Trojan asteroids in Jupiter's orbit. The other mission will go to 16 Psyche, a metal asteroid.
January 7, 2017
Black hole bonanza in deep x-ray image
A new ultra-deep X-ray image from Chandra X-ray Observatory has given astronomers their best look yet at the growth of black holes over billions of years, starting soon after the Big Bang.
January 7, 2017
Star predicted to explode in 2022
If and when 2 stars in this binary system merge - as predicted - they'll increase in brightness 10 thousandfold, temporarily becoming a bright star in Earth's sky.
January 6, 2017
Spectacular new image of Orion A
Don't miss these gorgeous images from ESO's VISTA infrared survey telescope of the Orion Molecular Cloud complex, a place in space where new stars are forming.
January 5, 2017
Watch year’s 1st spacewalk on Friday
Two ISS astronauts will perform the 1st spacewalk of 2017 on Friday, January 6. Live TV coverage starts at 5:30 a.m. EST (1030 UTC). The spacewalk begins at 7 a.m. EST (1200 UTC).
January 5, 2017
Home galaxy found for fast radio burst
In a breakthrough study, astronomers pinpointed the location in the sky of a fast radio burst. That let them determine its home galaxy, and improve their theories about its cause.
January 5, 2017
Aurora alert! Thanks to huge coronal hole
The hole is gigantic and facing Earth's way. Possible aurora sightings at the latitude of the northern U.S. – for example, in Michigan or Maine – on January 4 and 5.
January 4, 2017
Will I see the northern lights tonight?
Answers to commonly asked questions about seeing one of nature's wonders: the aurora borealis or northern lights.
January 4, 2017
