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- Advances in NASA Imaging Changed How World Sees Marsby Anthony Greicius on 11 July 2025 at 7:41 pm
Sixty years ago, NASA’s Mariner 4 captured groundbreaking views of the Red Planet, leading to a steady stream of advances in the cameras used to study other worlds. In 1965, NASA’s Mariner 4 mission brought Mars into American living rooms, where TV sets showed fuzzy black-and-white images of a cratered landscape. The spacecraft took 21
- NASA Astronaut Shannon Walker Retiresby Wendy K. Avedisian on 11 July 2025 at 7:31 pm
NASA astronaut Shannon Walker retired July 10, concluding a career that spanned 38 years, including 30 years of federal service and more than 21 years as an astronaut. During two spaceflights, she spent 330 days in orbit, contributing to hundreds of scientific experiments and technology demonstrations for the benefit of humanity. Walker served as a
- Putting the X-59 to the Testby Monika Luabeya on 11 July 2025 at 5:45 pm
Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel located in Chofu, Japan, to assess the noise audible underneath the aircraft. The model can be seen in the wind tunnel in this image released on July 11, 2025. The test
- NASA to Provide Coverage of Axiom Mission 4 Departure from Stationby Tiernan P. Doyle on 11 July 2025 at 3:47 pm
NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 4 private astronaut mission from the International Space Station. The four-member astronaut crew is scheduled to undock from the space-facing port of the station’s Harmony module aboard the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft at approximately 7:05 a.m. EDT Monday, July 14, pending weather,
- X-59 Model Tested in Japanese Supersonic Wind Tunnelby Lillian Gipson on 11 July 2025 at 2:00 pm
Researchers from NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) recently tested a scale model of the X-59 experimental aircraft in a supersonic wind tunnel located in Chofu, Japan, to assess the noise audible underneath the aircraft. The test was an important milestone for NASA’s one-of-a-kind X-59, which is designed to fly faster than the
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- Binoculars to boost your night-sky viewingby Astronomy Now on 10 June 2025 at 10:00 am
These pocket-sized binoculars transport the observer into a sea of stars covering a wide expanse of space.
- Lyra’s stunning smoke ring – M57by Astronomy Now on 10 June 2025 at 9:51 am
Messier 57, the Ring Nebula, graces the constellation Lyra as one of the finest planetary nebulae in the night sky. A true summer showpiece, it’s remarkably easy to locate and observe—even through modest instruments as small as 80mm (about three inches) in aperture.
- Is the Hubble Tension Resolved?by Astronomy Now on 9 June 2025 at 3:17 pm
New measurements from Hubble and Webb suggest the Hubble tension may be resolved, with expansion rates aligning and the standard model of cosmology remaining intact—for now.
- Universe’s end – sooner rather than laterby Astronomy Now on 16 May 2025 at 2:20 pm
The universe may end far sooner than expected—within 10⁷⁸ years, not 10¹⁰⁰—according to Dutch researchers who reinterpreted Hawking radiation, suggesting all massive objects gradually decay over time.
- Caught in the current of the wonderful Whirlpoolby Astronomy Now on 25 April 2025 at 11:25 am
Messier 51 (NGC 5194) in Canes Venatici is the archetypal face-on spiral galaxy. Aptly named and very well known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, this magnificent object has few rivals across the entire sky and, if the sheer volume of images received at Astronomy Now headquarters over recent years is any indicator, only mighty Messier 31 in Andromeda is as popular.