In the 60 years since Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin piloted the Lunar Module, Eagle, to the Moon's surface in 1969, space probes have routinely surveyed and photographed the legendary Apollo 11 landing site. But which country has captured the best photo of Apollo 11's history-making Tranquility Base?
NASA astronauts Matthew Dominick and Don Pettit will discuss astrophotography online later today and take questions from viewers. Dominick will present from space, as the astronaut is currently aboard the International Space Station (ISS), adding a layer of intrigue to the class.
Astronaut Matthew Dominick -- a keen photographer currently onboard the International Space Station (ISS) -- has revealed how he captured a unique self-portrait peering out of the SpaceX Dragon capsule with the Milky Way behind him.
A possible geomagnetic storm is brewing and could bring beautiful Northern Lights displays to mid-latitude parts of the United States as early as tonight.
Scientific and technological ideas can sound outlandish until they suddenly aren't. Many things people take for granted today were once considered impossible. However, nearly a decade after being revealed, the $100 million Breakthrough Starshot interstellar space project still seems more like a pipe dream than anything else.
The James Webb Space Telescope just celebrated its second birthday, having started service on July 12, 2022. Here are Webb's 10 best photos so far to mark the occasion.
Tokyo-based Astroscale Japan is a company attempting to deal with the growing problem of floating space garbage. As part of that mission, it recently completed a close fly-by of a discarded upper-stage rocket body, and the photo of space garbage it snapped is strikingly beautiful.
NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick photographed rare red lightning sprites high above Earth's upper atmosphere from the International Space Station (ISS).
A NASA astronaut onboard the International Space Station (ISS) is taking a series of epic photographs and sharing the techniques behind them.
The shortlist for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year has been revealed with a hatful of spectacular celestial images picked from over 3,500 entries.
An enormous Grand Canyon-sized scar on the surface of Mars has been pictured in never-before-seen detail.
Scientists fret about the possibility of an asteroid hitting Earth with catastrophic consequences, just ask the dinosaurs.
Astrophotographer Miguel Claro captured this magnificent image of the International Space Station (ISS) transiting the surface of the Sun in the blink of an eye.
NASA's 23-year-old Odyssey Mars orbiter is days away from celebrating an incredible milestone: 100,000 trips around Mars. To mark the record-setting occasion, NASA has released a new image of Olympus Mons, the tallest volcano in the solar system.
A Google Maps satellite image has picked up what is believed to be a prototype U.S. military underwater drone north of Los Angeles.
NASA released an incredible new look at the Pillars of Creation, showing the celestial phenomenon in an entirely new way.
This past weekend, sky watchers and astrophotography enthusiasts were treated to the mesmerizing sight of the "Strawberry Moon," the full Moon for the month of June. The celestial event, which peaked on Saturday night, provided a stunning display as it cast a warm, golden hue across the night sky.
Kolari Vision has unveiled the winners of its inaugural 2024 solar eclipse photography competition with an artistic shot of an airplane skimming the celestial event taking home first place.
A satellite designed to eliminate the increasing amount of space junk orbiting the Earth has homed in on a 36-foot (11-meter) discarded rocket upper stage to take a remarkable photo.
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders who captured the iconic Earthrise photo while orbiting the Moon on a spacecraft has tragically died in a plane crash.
NASA's iconic Hubble Space Telescope has been going into protective "safe mode" after having issues with one of its three remaining gyroscopes forcing it to suspend science operations.
Not only will Don Pettit become the second-oldest NASA astronaut ever to visit space when he returns for his fourth mission in September, but arguably the best photographer to ever blast off into orbit will return to the International Space Station (ISS).
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been busy peering into the distant reaches of the Universe, otherwise known as the "Cosmic Dawn." This period when the Universe was only a few hundred million years old is a treasure trove of information about how galaxies evolved when the Universe was very young.
NASA has unveiled a new infrared camera that promises to drive impressive new science on Earth and beyond.
An amateur Italian astronomer discovered five dwarf galaxies, and they are now named after him.
Astrophotographers ready yourselves: a planetary alignment involving Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus will appear in the sky in the coming days.
Nearly 10 months after its first successful test photos and six months after its first actual images, the European Space Agency (ESA) has finally released the first full-color science photos from its Euclid space telescope. The wait was worth it.
An unexpected meteor lit up the skies across Spain and Portugal last weekend with the bright green fireball serendipitously caught on camera.
An astrophotographer was left to sweat on the weather after traveling some 5,000 miles from Portugal to Texas in a bid to capture a spectacular HDR image of the eclipse. But fortunately, it paid off.
The many photos taken of the spectacular aurora lights that lit up the skies of North America and Europe last weekend will help NASA study solar storms for years to come.
An international team of astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detected the most distant black hole merger ever observed.
A satellite was able to capture a rare photo of the International Space Station as the two spacecraft hurtled past each other in space just 43 miles (69 kilometers) away.
After a giant sunspot launched a series of solar storms toward Earth, photographers and general onlookers alike were greeted by supercharged aurora lights on Friday night.
A SpaceX vehicle captured a gorgeous orbital sunrise as it deployed Starlink satellites into the Earth's pull.
Many conspiracy theories retain a foothold along the edges of society. Some of them are relatively innocent; others are downright dangerous. But few persist and propagate as effectively as conspiracies surrounding the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Artificial intelligence is used for a lot more generating fake images, scientists also use it to locate patterns in data that would otherwise have been impossible to see. Astronomers also use AI to improve image quality and analyze space photos. Some AI may even help save Earth from a catastrophic asteroid.
The European Space Agency (ESA) published a new video captured from its Solar Orbiter that provides an up-close, detailed look at the Sun's corona.
Cue the anti-space litter campaigns. A satellite captured a historic photo of space debris during a new mission.
While NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is helping astronomers craft 122-megapixel photos 1.5 million kilometers from Earth, the agency's newest camera performs groundbreaking space science with just 36 pixels. Yes, 36 pixels, not 36 megapixels.
NASA has released a fascinating flight map that charts all the Mars avigations taken by the space agency's recently defunct Ingenuity helicopter.
NASA has revealed its best photos of 2023 showing spectacular space technology as well as the people behind it.
Walking through the streets of Brooklyn, people poured out of storefronts, giggling and looking up at the sky with their paper glasses. Everyone, it seems, was focused on one thing: the solar eclipse.
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) and the Korea Aerospace Research Institute's Danuri lunar orbiter crossed paths recently, and the former managed to snap a photo of the latter zipping past it at the relative velocity of 7,200 miles per hour.
It's the morning of April 8, 2024. My camera equipment is packed in their bags, and vital Sun rotation information and eclipse timing information are scratched in a notepad. Somehow, despite years of notice about this historic total solar eclipse, the first to hit my home state of Maine since 1963 and the last until 2079, I'm committing the cardinal sin of photography: I'm trying to photograph a once-in-a-lifetime event with nebulous plans and no scouting.
Total solar eclipses in North America are exceedingly rare and for those lucky enough to be in the path of totality for yesterday's eclipse it may be the only one they ever see in their lifetime.
On March 30th, SpaceX launched a pair of its Falcon 9 rockets. After these rockets are launched and deploy their payloads, the primary part of the rocket separates from its reusable boosters, which undergo controlled deorbit burns. Arizona-based photographer Jeremy Perez photographed the deorbiting debris, and his images have puzzled and amazed viewers.
Astrophotography is hard enough as it is -- but one photographer makes it even tougher by capturing celestial events on 35mm film.
After more than two decades and a few delays, the Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera is finally built and ready to be sent to the Rubin Observatory in Chile, where it will capture 3,200-megapixel photos of deep space and help scientists unravel the mysteries of the Universe.
My Exmouth eclipse expedition could be a case study on the 'sunk cost fallacy' or proof that even blind persistence can pay off. Either way, it is a saga.
In 1181, a supernova explosion appeared in the night sky for 185 days. Historical records show that the supernova, which some witnesses said looked like a "temporary star," shined as bright as Saturn in the constellation Cassiopeia.
