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Another puzzling interstellar object spotted whizzing through solar system

July 6, 2025

Early visions of Mars: 19th-century astronomer used science fiction to imagine the Red Planet

July 3, 2025

Where is the center of the universe?

June 30, 2025

Earth’s magnetic field moves, flips, and protects us from radiation

June 26, 2025

Unravelling the mystery behind the Big Bang birth of the universe

June 23, 2025

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Where does Mars exploration stand a decade removed from ‘The Martian’ release?

Ari Koeppel June 20, 2025

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule stand vertically atop Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of an aborted launch attempt of the Axiom 4 commercial crew mission to the International Space Station. Credit: Ken Kremer

Axiom-4 commercial astronaut mission to ISS scrubs due to LOX leak

Ken Kremer June 17, 2025

X-rays reveal a mysterious cosmic object never before seen in galaxy

Ziteng Wang June 16, 2025

Brief history of how we brought the stars indoors to planetariums

Martin Bush June 12, 2025

Rubin Observatory assembling the most complete time-lapse record of the universe

Noelia Noël June 9, 2025

New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life

Daniel Apai June 5, 2025

Landing on the Moon is still an incredibly difficult feat in 2025

Zhenbo Wang June 2, 2025

Astronaut Sally Ride’s legacy – encouraging young women to embrace science and engineering

Bonnie Dunbar May 26, 2025

Shelf Space

Soleil Moon Frye wants to take Punky Power into space

Scientists on their favorite science fiction

Piers Bizony peers into NASA’s history through the lens of Hasselblad cameras

Word Games & Fun Projects

Voyager Missions Word Search

Stay busy with NASA’s Artemis coloring and activity pages

Artemis I Mission Word Search

color image of pluto taken by nasa's new horizons spacecraft

QuizMe: Pluto Quiz

International Space Station Word Search

New NASA Posters Feature Cosmic Frights for Halloween

Ice and Stone 2020 Word Search #3

QuizMe: Mars Exploration

Interviews

Soleil Moon Frye wants to take Punky Power into space

Bringing Mars rocks to Earth; scientist explains the tech, goals

Al Worden on the honor of being an astronaut

Tim Peake ready to become United Kingdom’s official ISS resident

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Astronomy

Another puzzling interstellar object spotted whizzing through solar system

Early visions of Mars: 19th-century astronomer used science fiction to imagine the Red Planet

Brief history of how we brought the stars indoors to planetariums

Rubin Observatory assembling the most complete time-lapse record of the universe

Earth

Earth’s magnetic field moves, flips, and protects us from radiation

Final SLS Green Run test goes the distance

Four astronomical discoveries from ancient Greece

International Space Station

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule stand vertically atop Launch Complex 39A at NASAs Kennedy Space Center in Florida ahead of an aborted launch attempt of the Axiom 4 commercial crew mission to the International Space Station. Credit: Ken Kremer

Axiom-4 commercial astronaut mission to ISS scrubs due to LOX leak

antares rocket soars into sky during launch from wallops island, virginia

S.S. Ellison Onizuka on way to ISS after successful launch

Northrop Grumman to launch its 16th resupply mission to the ISS

Without gravity, what happens to our cells in space?

Lunar Exploration

Landing on the Moon is still an incredibly difficult feat in 2025

China’s Chang’e-5 returns first lunar rock samples since 1976

lunar lander mockup science class

Blue Origin-led team delivers lunar lander mockup to NASA

Mars

Early visions of Mars: 19th-century astronomer used science fiction to imagine the Red Planet

Where does Mars exploration stand a decade removed from ‘The Martian’ release?

Scientists discover ancient buried beach on Mars

Mars may have once had a carbon cycle more favorable for life

Solar System

Another puzzling interstellar object spotted whizzing through solar system

Radioisotope generators are the ‘nuclear batteries’ that power faraway spacecraft

Voyager 1 thrusters, inoperable for 21 years, fixed from 15 billion miles away

Universe

Where is the center of the universe?

Unravelling the mystery behind the Big Bang birth of the universe

Rubin Observatory assembling the most complete time-lapse record of the universe

New model helps to figure out which distant planets may host life

Ice and Stone

Comet of the Week: 81P/Wild 2

Comet of the Week: The Great Comet of 1680

Special Topic: “Small Bodies” in Culture and Literature

Special Topic: Carbonaceous Chondrites