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Latest Saturn portrait, from Hubble
The solar system’s most photogenic planet, captured by most earthlings' favorite space telescope.
September 12, 2019
Venus returns to evening sky
If you're looking for Venus now - the brightest planet - you won't find it with the eye alone. But it's possible to catch the planet in September 2019, near the sunset, with a telescope.
September 8, 2019
Hurricane Dorian viewed from space
NASA astronaut Christian Koch snapped this image of Hurricane Dorian from the International Space Station on Monday, September 2, 2019. The station orbits more than 200 miles (300 km) above Earth.
September 2, 2019
Webb telescope now assembled for 1st time
On August 28, 2019, NASA announced that the 2 halves of the James Webb Space Telescope have now been successfully connected. The telescope is being assembled at Northrop Grumman’s facilities in Redondo Beach, California.
September 2, 2019
A dynamic dying star, caught by Hubble
This image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope shows star death. It's a planetary nebula in the direction of the constellation Gemini the Twins.
August 31, 2019
Cranes heading south from Sweden
A sign that summer is ending ... Jörgen Andersson in Sweden captured cranes migrating southward on August 21.
August 27, 2019
Nieves penitentes and Earth’s shadow
"Nieves penitentes" is Spanish for "penitent-shaped snows." These ice structures form in extreme conditions of high elevation, high solar radiation, low humidity, and dry winds.
August 19, 2019
Perseids over Denmark
Perseid meteor shower 2019 over Scandinavia's 1st dark sky park, the island of Møn in Denmark.
August 17, 2019
It was cold in Australia last weekend
The August 9-12 weather event in Australia was one of the longest cold stretches and greatest snowfall totals so far in this century, according to climate and atmospheric scientists.
August 16, 2019
