NASA satellite data and citizen science observations combine for new findings on bird populations.

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Mars shines in the evening, and is joined briefly by Mercury. Jupiter joins Venus as the month goes on. And all month, look for Aquila the eagle.

Written by Sharon Wilson Purdy, Planetary Geologist at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum Earth planning date: Wednesday, June 11, 2025 As we near the end of our Altadena drill campaign, ...

From the center of the solar system, rages a powerful wind. Sent by the Sun, this wind whips at speeds exceeding one million miles per hour as it traverses to the edge of interstellar space bathing ...

This Hubble image features the nearby dwarf, irregular galaxy NGC 4449. The galaxy is a member of the M94 galaxy group.

On most nights, weather permitting, you can spot at least one bright planet in the night sky. While two or three planets are commonly visible in the hours around sunset, occasionally four or five ...

Astronomers pulled from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s data to analyze a sample of 111 edge-on galaxies. The team’s analysis suggests that thick disk formation occurs first, and thin disk ...

This Hubble image features the barred spiral galaxy IC 758. Situated 60 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major.

New eclipsing binary stars discovered: Citizen scientists help identify 7,936 new pairs, advancing research on stellar physics and exoplanet detection.

Webb's First Images: July 2022 Mission scientists and engineers demonstrate Webb’s unprecedented capabilities with the telescope’s first collection of data and full-color images, previewing the future ...

Recent detections of clay-bearing bedrock on Jezero’s crater rim have the Perseverance Science Team excited and eager to sample.