Illustration: Blue Origin The White House announced earlier this year it would implement a unified time standard for the Moon by 2027, an essential measure as NASA aims to establish …
There are many remarkable things happening out in space right now. But Monday’s much-hyped “super blue moon” isn’t one of them – at least not according to astronomers. “I think …
This story originally appeared on WIRED en Español and has been translated from Spanish. August has delivered many spectacular sights in the night sky: a supermoon, meteor showers, and supercharged …
NASA is considering keeping two astronauts on the International Space Station until February, after their Starliner spaceship encountered issues mid-flight. The agency said it is still evaluating options to bring …
For the more than 100,000 years humans have been on Earth, we have looked up at night and seen the stars and our celestial home, the Milky Way galaxy. Cultures …
Get ready to see a double meteor shower featuring one of the biggest and brightest meteor showers of the year, the Perseids! In addition to the Perseids, the Southern Delta …
To celebrate the Chandra X-ray Observatory’s 25th birthday, NASA has released 25 beautiful, never-before-seen images captured by Chandra. Launched aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on July 23, 1999, the Chandra …
The James Webb Space Telescope just celebrated its second birthday, having started service on July 12, 2022. Here are Webb’s 10 best photos so far to mark the occasion. Before …
AI images and deepfakes can be detected by analyzing a person’s eyes by borrowing a technique from astronomy. According to new research shared by the Royal Astronomical Society, AI-generated fakes …
The shortlist for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year has been revealed with a hatful of spectacular celestial images picked from over 3,500 entries. Astrophotographers from 58 countries across the …