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Blooming Seas Around the Chatham Islands

A vibrant display of phytoplankton encircled the remote New Zealand islands.

5 hours ago

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Blooming Seas Around the Chatham Islands

Space.com

Beneath the ice: Satellites help map Antarctica's subglacial surface like never before

Antarctica's subglacial bedrock was previously one of the least-mapped planetary surfaces in our solar system.

11 hours ago

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Beneath the ice: Satellites help map Antarctica's subglacial surface like never before

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This SETI program is chasing down its final 100 signals. Could one of them be from aliens?

SETI@home has been one of the largest citizen science projects ever, with millions of users around the world.

12 hours ago

Space.com

This SETI program is chasing down its final 100 signals. Could one of them be from aliens?

Space.com

Every 'Avengers: Doomsday' teaser trailer revealed so far

It's apparently never too early to start the MCU hype machine rolling!

13 hours ago

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Every 'Avengers: Doomsday' teaser trailer revealed so far

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Cyberthieves hit European Space Agency, stealing hundreds of gigabytes of data

A recent string of cyberattacks against the European Space Agency is just the tip of the iceberg, a researcher said, claiming that email credentials of ESA employees are regularly leaked online.

14 hours ago

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Cyberthieves hit European Space Agency, stealing hundreds of gigabytes of data

Space.com

Giraffe in space? Eerie dark nebula takes on an uncanny shape (photo)

The shadow nebula LDN 1245 is located in the constellation Cassiopeia.

15 hours ago

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Giraffe in space? Eerie dark nebula takes on an uncanny shape (photo)

NASA

NASA Data Helps Maine Oyster Farmers Choose Where to Grow

NASA satellites are helping Maine oyster farmers pick better sites and plan when oysters will be ready to harvest.

18 hours ago

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NASA Data Helps Maine Oyster Farmers Choose Where to Grow

Space.com

How Mars 'punches above its weight' to influence Earth's climate

"Without Mars, Earth's orbit would be missing major climate cycles. What would humans and other animals even look like if Mars weren't there?"

18 hours ago

Space.com

How Mars 'punches above its weight' to influence Earth's climate

NASA

Hubble Spies Stellar Blast Setting Clouds Ablaze

This new NASA Hubble Space Telescope image captures a jet of gas from a forming star shooting across the dark expanse. The bright pink and green patches running diagonally through the image are HH 80/81, a pair of Herbig-Haro (HH) objects previously observed by Hubble in 1995. The patch to the upper ...

18 hours ago

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Hubble Spies Stellar Blast Setting Clouds Ablaze

NASA

Hubble’s Album of Planet-Forming Disks

This collection of new images taken by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope showcases protoplanetary disks, the swirling masses of gas and dust that surround forming stars, in both visible and infrared wavelengths. Through observations of young stellar objects like these, Hubble helps scientists better understand ...

21 hours ago

NASA

Hubble’s Album of Planet-Forming Disks

New York Times Space

This City’s Best Winter Show Is in Its Pitch-Dark Skies

A heritage of dark sky preservation means residents of Flagstaff welcome the season’s longer nights with prolonged views of the stars.

1 day ago

New York Times Space

This City’s Best Winter Show Is in Its Pitch-Dark Skies

NASA

Clouds Swimming over Lago Argentino

A collection of fish-shaped clouds hovered above the glacial lake in Patagonia in December 2025.

1 day ago

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Clouds Swimming over Lago Argentino

NASA

Coverage, Briefing Set for NASA’s Artemis II Moon Rocket Roll to Pad

NASA’s integrated SLS (Space Launch System) rocket and Orion spacecraft for the Artemis II mission is inching closer to launch – literally. The agency is targeting no earlier than 7 a.m. EST, Saturday, Jan. 17, to begin the multi-hour trek from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B at NASA’s ...

1 day ago

NASA

Coverage, Briefing Set for NASA’s Artemis II Moon Rocket Roll to Pad