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One dedicated astrophotographer spent 800 hours capturing every single nebula in a famous astronomical catalog, creating a stunning cosmic masterpiece. The complete Sharpless Catalog now exists as one breathtaking image you can explore from home.
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope lifted off flawlessly on a sunny Florida morning, beginning a mission to answer some of the universe's biggest mysteries. The $4 billion telescope launched under budget and ahead of schedule, defying expectations for major space missions.
Four astronauts who flew farther from Earth than any humans in history will receive the Congressional Space Medal of Honor on August 28. The Artemis II crew broke a 55-year-old distance record during their historic journey around the moon this April.
Fifty years ago, a grainy black and white photo changed how we see the universe. NASA's Viking 1 lander snapped the first close-up image of Mars on July 20, 1976, opening the door to decades of Red Planet exploration.
NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft is now so far from Earth that engineers wait two full days between sending a command and hearing back. In November 2026, it will become the first human-made object to reach one light-day from home.
Lai Ka-ying, a Hong Kong police superintendent and researcher, will become the first person from Hong Kong to travel to space when she launches to China's Tiangong space station Sunday. Her selection marks a milestone in Hong Kong's growing role in China's aerospace achievements.
The $10 billion James Webb Space Telescope nearly died a dozen times over 25 years of budget battles and engineering nightmares. Now it's delivering groundbreaking discoveries across every field of astronomy.
NASA's school bus-sized telescope has spent 36 years capturing wonder from orbit, and just shared a stunning new look at a glowing cosmic nursery. The Hubble has made 1.7 million observations and sparked over 22,000 scientific papers since launching in 1990.
Nearly 50 years after launching from Earth, NASA's Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft continue sending data from 15 billion miles away, far outlasting their original five-year mission. Engineers are working to keep these pioneering probes alive into the 2030s as they explore deeper into interstellar space than any human-made object has ever traveled.
NASA just completed its next great space telescope eight months ahead of schedule and under budget, ready to scan the universe 1,000 times faster than Hubble. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches September 2026 to capture cosmic views we've never seen before.
A 63-year-old French mathematician got so emotional talking about his work that his voice faltered. Frank Merle just won the Breakthrough Prize, bringing home $3 million for his groundbreaking contributions to mathematics.
Four astronauts just splashed down off San Diego after circling the Moon, marking humanity's first lunar mission in over 50 years. The crew traveled farther from Earth than any humans in history and captured stunning images of the Moon's unexplored south pole.