An ominous “national security threat” under discussion by lawmakers pertains to Russians attempting to put a nuclear weapon into space, two sources familiar with talks on Capitol Hill have said. …
IRAS 16562-3959, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Hubble used its Wide Field Camera 3 and four different filters to collect the data for this image. | Credit: ESA/Hubble …
Galaxy AM 1054-325 has been distorted into an S-shape from a normal pancake-like spiral shape by the gravitational pull of a neighboring galaxy, seen in this Hubble Space Telescope image. …
Marcus Wandt took this spectacular image of Earth from the International Space Station somewhere above South America. | ESA/Marcus Wandt Swedish astronaut Marcus Wandt has just returned from a 20-day …
Voyager 1 is still alive out there, barreling into the cosmos more than 15 billion miles away. However, a computer problem has kept the mission’s loyal support team in Southern …
An artist’s illustration of one of the Voyager spacecraft | Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech NASA engineers are working hard to resolve a critical issue with the Voyager 1 but communications with the …
Astronaut Bruce McCandless II approaches his maximum distance from the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Challenger in this 70mm photo from Feb. 7, 1984. While testing out the nitrogen-propelled, hand-controlled back-pack device …
By MARCIA DUNN | AP Aerospace Writer The sun is about to pull another disappearing act across North America, turning day into night during a total solar eclipse. The peak …
This is a composite of Stephan’s Quintet comprised of nearly 1,000 separate images. It was one of the first James Webb Space Telescope images released to the public. | Credit: …
NASA/Roscosmos The International Space Station (ISS) has been equipped with a large batch of Nikon Z9 cameras as the astronauts there prepare to finally retire the Nikon DSLRs that have …