Tag: NASA

Red Spider Planetary Nebula from Webb

Feb 3, 2026

Oh what a tangled web a planetary nebula can weave!

Jupiter and the Red Spots

Feb 2, 2026

Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a swirling storm seen for over 300 years, since the ...

NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans

Jan 31, 2026

Distorted galaxy NGC 2442 can be found in the southern constellation of the flyi...

The space shuttle Challenger explodes after liftoff

Jan 28, 2026

28 January 1986

Spiral Galaxies in Collision

Jan 26, 2026

Billions of years from now, only one of these two galaxies will remain.

Planetary Nebula Abell 7

Jan 24, 2026

Very faint planetary nebula Abell 7 is about 1,800 light-years distant. It lies ...

Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1365 from Webb

Jan 22, 2026

A mere 56 million light-years distant toward the southern constellation Fornax, ...

Messier 109

Jan 20, 2026

Big beautiful barred spiral galaxy Messier 109 is the 109th entry in Charles Mes...

The Bipolar Jets of KX Andromedae

Jan 19, 2026

Blasting outward from variable star KX Andromedae, these stunning bipolar jets a...

M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy

Jan 18, 2026

The Whirlpool Galaxy is a classic spiral galaxy.

ISS astronauts begin journey back to Earth in Nasa’s fi...

Jan 15, 2026

Four astronauts undock from International Space Station, with the affected crewm...

IC 342: Hidden Galaxy in Camelopardalis

Jan 14, 2026

Similar in size to large, bright spiral galaxies in our neighborhood, IC 342 is ...

The Observable Universe

Nov 23, 2025

How far can you see? Everything you can see, and everything you could possibly s...

Universe expansion may be slowing, not accelerating, st...

Nov 6, 2025

Astronomers cast doubt on Nobel prize-winning theory and suggest universe could ...

One-Mile Telescope

Oct 25, 2025