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A 2010 Hubble-captured image of a pillar of gas and dust in a stellar nursery called Carina Nebula.

What Did the Hubble Telescope See on Your Birthday? This NASA Website Will Show You

While your parents were snapping a photo of you covered in birthday cake, the Hubble was snapping one of a dust storm on Mars.

The Smithsonian Needs Your Help Transcribing Sally Ride’s Notebooks

There are nearly 40,000 documents from Sally Ride’s career in the Smithsonian’s archives, and you can help make them more accessible.

Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong left the first footprint on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Are Any of the Scientific Instruments Left on the Moon By the Apollo Astronauts Still Functional?

The retroreflectors left as part of the Apollo Lunar Ranging Experiment are still fully functional, though their reflective efficiency has diminished over the years.

Unique Teardrop Star Discovered by NASA Satellite

The star recently spotted 1500 light-years from Earth is shaped like a teardrop and pulsates on one side, making it a celestial anamoly.

A still from The Mars Generation (2017).

10 of the Best Space Documentaries You Can Stream Right Now

Explore black holes, hang out with robots, and get to know the team behind the Apollo missions with these space documentaries on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and Disney+.

NASA Opens Astronaut Applications to the Public

For one month only, any member of the public can apply to be an astronaut for NASA through the new listing on USAJobs.

Katherine Johnson, the NASA Legend Who Inspired 'Hidden Figures,' Dies at Age 101

Katherine Johnson—the mathematician known for calculating the equations that sent the first astronauts to the moon and breaking barriers in the civil rights era, as seen in 'Hidden Figures'—died the morning of Monday, February 24, 2020 NASA has announced.

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute/Roman Tkachenko

Arrokoth, the Farthest, Oldest Solar System Object Ever Studied, Could Reveal the Origins of Planets

Located past Pluto, the ultrared binary object Arrokoth is the farthest and oldest body ever studied up close. Data collected by NASA's New Horizons mission reveals insights about its formation and the origins of the solar system.

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Good News/Bad News, Internet: Your Broom Will Stand Up on Its Own Any Day of the Year

The viral images of brooms standing on their own are real, but the story that they can only balance like that on one day are false.

LEGO Is Launching an Official International Space Station Set

The set comes with the ISS, a space shuttle, two astronauts, and a satellite that you can “deploy” with the Canadarm2.

NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith

17-Year-Old NASA Intern Helped Discover Twin-Starred 'Tatooine' Planet

Three days into his internship with NASA, 17-year-old Wolf Cukier spotted a planet orbiting twin suns similar to Tatooine from 'Star Wars.'

Earth-Sized, Potentially Habitable Planet Discovered 100 Light-Years Away

TOI 700 d, an exoplanet orbiting a star 100 light-years away, is the first one discovered by NASA's TESS mission with the potential to support life.

7 Mysterious Geological Formations That Still Baffle Scientists

From a lake the color of Pepto-Bismol to mysterious rock rings in the Sahara Desert, these strange geological wonders continue to stump scientists.

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First-Ever Map of Titan Reveals That Saturn’s Moon Is a Lot Like Earth

Scientists think Saturn's moon Titan may hold our best shot at discovering extraterrestrial life in the solar system. Recently, NASA published the first complete map of the Earth-like body.

Confirmed: Voyager 2 Finally Reaches Interstellar Space, 42 Years After Its Launch

Forty-two years after launching in 1977, Voyager 2 has reached interstellar space, where it will orbit the galaxy for 5 billion years.

NASA Debuts ‘Galaxy of Horrors’ Exoplanet Posters, Just in Time for Halloween

It’s death by a million cuts on a slasher planet where glass shards blow through the air faster than 5400 mph.

NASA's Photo of a Jack-O'-Lantern Sun Is Here to Remind You That Space Can Be Terrifying

In honor of the Halloween season, NASA republished a creepy photo of the sun looking like a grinning jack-o'-lantern.

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10 Out-of-This-World Facts About Space Camp

Space Camp, located at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, has been educating aspiring astronauts since the 1980s.

NASA astronaut Christina Koch is suited up in a U.S. spacesuit ahead of her history-making spacewalk.

NASA's First All-Female Spacewalk is Really Happening This Time

After a surprising cancellation in March, plans for NASA's first all-female spacewalk are back on track.

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

NASA Boss Jokingly Declares Pluto a Planet, Gets Everyone's Hopes Up

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine came out as Team Planet Pluto at a recent event, reigniting hopes around the body's planetary status.

NASA and Peanuts Team Up to Bring Space-Themed Snoopy Booklets to McDonald's Happy Meals

As part of a new project promoting STEM, NASA booklets starring Snoopy in space will soon be available with McDonald's Happy Meals.

Could You Pass This Astronaut Aptitude Test?

Think you've got what it takes to follow in the footsteps of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin? Take this Astronaut Test and find out.

Apollo 11 Astronauts Are Being Honored With Butter Sculptures at the Ohio State Fair

This year, the Ohio State Fair’s legen-dairy butter display will include uncannily lifelike sculptures of Apollo 11’s Moon walkers.

Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin share a laugh with President Richard Nixon while aboard the USS Hornet on July 24, 1969.

Richard Nixon Had a Speech Prepared In the Event That Apollo 11's Mission Failed

In the event that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were stranded on the moon, William Safire wrote a heartbreaking letter for the president to read.

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