Astros
Southern Hemisphere, get ready! In April, 4 planets will align in the morning sky, clearly visible in your sky. Northern Hemisphere, you’ll get a chance too! Find out how to see the planets lining up in the sky.
Last Saturday, Voyager 2’s software shut down all five of the scientific instruments onboard because the spacecraft was consuming way too much power. Engineers at NASA don’t know what triggered this energy spike and are currently trying to get the interstellar probe back to normal operations. What happened: About 11.5 billion miles away, Voyager 2…
7 planets are in alignment Rare planetary alignment this February! ✨ From February 21-28, 2025, seven planets - Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, Venus, Uranus, Jupiter, and Mars - will align in a breathtaking celestial display. 🌌🔭 #PlanetaryAlignment #Astronomy #7PlanetsAlignment
Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a giant storm, the largest known in our solar system. It's been seen through earthly telescopes for more than 300 years. Lately, it's been showing signs of breaking apart. Is this the beginning of the end for the beloved Spot?
A stunning photo of a "parade of planets", shows Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, Venus, Neptune, and Mercury in alignment from Earth. The image could be the first of its kind.
Using data from the Gaia Observatory, a team of Russian scientists have concluded that a star will make a close flyby of our Solar System in 1.32 million years.
No new large planet on the outskirts of our solar system has yet been discovered, although evidence is building, astronomers say. By the way, if Planet 9 does exist … it's definitely not headed our way.
Mars, Space, Life MOM MarsOne, a non-profit (apparently) organization is planning to send a troupe to Mars to build a small colony there for people to live in.
Take a video tour of asteroid Bennu’s remarkable terrain and read a list of 10 cool things scientists know about this pristine remnant from the early days of our solar system.
Jan. 27, Jan. 28 and Feb. 1 mark painful anniversaries for the human spaceflight community. Those are the days when terrible accidents claimed the lives of the astronauts of Apollo 1, Challenger 51-L, and Columbia 107. A memorial patch was created by scenic/graphic designer Michael Okuda, who has worked extensively with NASA as well as […]
Another year has gone by and left us with a stack of incredible, mind-blowing pictures of space. We've gathered the best of 2013's images of stars, galaxies, planets, and nebulas into our second WIRED Space Photo of the Day collection. We're celebrating with a gallery of our favorites from among the 365 we hand-picked every day this year. Highlights include young stars being born in the Large Magellanic Cloud, new views of both the Andromeda galaxy and Horsehead nebula, and an achingly beautiful picture of Saturn.
NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration. Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system.
Follow this meteor shower calendar to find out when the next one is happening in 2024.
This isn't the Mars you know.
Space is nearly a vacuum. Here's why.
For over 30 years, space shuttles helped revolutionize science. Now, NASA is tackling new frontiers with help from commercial spaceflight companies.
Ever wondered how long a day lasts on other planets? Well, let me enlighten you! A day on Mercury is about 59 Earth days, while a day on Venus is longer than a year on Venus itself, lasting around 243 Earth days. Mars, on the other hand, has a day slightly longer than Earth's, at about 24 hours and 37 minutes. Jupiter spins the fastest, with a day lasting only about 10 hours. Saturn clocks in at around 10.7 hours, Uranus at about 17 hours, and Neptune at approximately 16 hours. So, next time you're stargazing, remember, time really does fly on some of these planets! #PlanetaryScience #SolarSystem #SpaceExploration #Astronomy #UniverseFacts #PlanetaryDays #MercuryVenusMarsSaturn #GasGiantsVsRockyWorlds #CosmosCuriosity #SpaceFacts #PlanetaryRotation
