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NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just snapped its 100,000th HiRISE image after nearly 20 years at the Red Planet, revealing mesas and dunes in Syrtis Major. These ultra-detailed views help scientists track shifting sands and pick future human landing sites on Mars.
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter just snapped its 100,000th HiRISE image after nearly 20 years at the Red Planet, revealing mesas and dunes in Syrtis Major. These ultra-detailed views help scientists track shifting sands and pick future human landing sites on Mars.
Astronomers using JWST found a wild exoplanet, PSR J2322-2650b, orbiting a pulsar with an atmosphere of helium and molecular carbon. About Jupiter’s mass and squeezed into a “lemon” shape, it may even have carbon clouds and diamond rain.
(Artist’s Concept) 🔽
(Artist’s Concept) 🔽
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Astronomers using JWST found a wild exoplanet, PSR J2322-2650b, orbiting a pulsar with an atmosphere of helium and molecular carbon. About Jupiter’s mass and squeezed into a “lemon” shape, it may even have carbon clouds and diamond rain.
(Artist’s Concept) 🔽
(Artist’s Concept) 🔽
Hubble recently imaged a tiny blue dwarf galaxy 13 million light-years away where rare, massive Wolf–Rayet stars are carving a vivid red scar of starbirth into its core.
December 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hubble recently imaged a tiny blue dwarf galaxy 13 million light-years away where rare, massive Wolf–Rayet stars are carving a vivid red scar of starbirth into its core.
Red trailed Geminid meteor, passed from Orion.
Captured By Paul Smith
Captured By Paul Smith
December 16, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Red trailed Geminid meteor, passed from Orion.
Captured By Paul Smith
Captured By Paul Smith
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will be closest to Earth on December 19th, offering astronomers a rare chance to observe an alien iceball from another star.
December 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS will be closest to Earth on December 19th, offering astronomers a rare chance to observe an alien iceball from another star.
On this day in space history, Dec. 8, 1990, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft swung past Earth to steal a bit of our planet’s gravity on its long journey to Jupiter. That slingshot helped send the first long‑term Jupiter orbiter toward eight years of discoveries in the giant planet’s system.
December 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
On this day in space history, Dec. 8, 1990, NASA’s Galileo spacecraft swung past Earth to steal a bit of our planet’s gravity on its long journey to Jupiter. That slingshot helped send the first long‑term Jupiter orbiter toward eight years of discoveries in the giant planet’s system.
As the sun sets behind Chile’s Andes, it creates a green flash, an emerald spark caused by Earth’s atmosphere splitting sunlight, with green light briefly appearing at the top. Cameras capture this elusive 1-2 second phenomenon best under clear skies with a sharp horizon. 🌅✨
December 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
As the sun sets behind Chile’s Andes, it creates a green flash, an emerald spark caused by Earth’s atmosphere splitting sunlight, with green light briefly appearing at the top. Cameras capture this elusive 1-2 second phenomenon best under clear skies with a sharp horizon. 🌅✨
The Geminid meteor is coming soon! Meteor shower peaks late Dec 13 to early Dec 14 under dark skies, with 120–150 meteors/hour. Bright “Gems" appear near Castor in Gemini and Jupiter this year. 🌠✨
December 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Geminid meteor is coming soon! Meteor shower peaks late Dec 13 to early Dec 14 under dark skies, with 120–150 meteors/hour. Bright “Gems" appear near Castor in Gemini and Jupiter this year. 🌠✨
NASA’s Real Moon Data Lights Up The Las Vegas Sphere
December 5, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NASA’s Real Moon Data Lights Up The Las Vegas Sphere
🚨 China faces a temporary emergency launch gap after its space station “lifeboat” crisis. Both backup crew return spacecraft are now docked, leaving no quick way to rescue astronauts if needed. This vulnerability highlights the high-stakes balancing act of orbital operations.
December 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🚨 China faces a temporary emergency launch gap after its space station “lifeboat” crisis. Both backup crew return spacecraft are now docked, leaving no quick way to rescue astronauts if needed. This vulnerability highlights the high-stakes balancing act of orbital operations.
New study suggests Voyager 2 may have caught Uranus on a “bad weather day” in 1986. The probe’s “off the charts” radiation readings were likely boosted by a powerful solar storm, meaning we’ve been overestimating how extreme Uranus’ radiation belts really are. 🌌🛰️
December 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New study suggests Voyager 2 may have caught Uranus on a “bad weather day” in 1986. The probe’s “off the charts” radiation readings were likely boosted by a powerful solar storm, meaning we’ve been overestimating how extreme Uranus’ radiation belts really are. 🌌🛰️
Most of the universe's "normal” matter isn’t in stars, planets, or galaxies but in vast, thin gas between galaxies, within the cosmic web. Scientists used X-rays, radio waves, and simulations to find this missing matter in intergalactic space. 🌌
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Most of the universe's "normal” matter isn’t in stars, planets, or galaxies but in vast, thin gas between galaxies, within the cosmic web. Scientists used X-rays, radio waves, and simulations to find this missing matter in intergalactic space. 🌌
🚨 Astronomers are warning that the plan to have launched around 560,000 satellites by the 2030s could contaminate almost every image taken by future space telescopes, making it harder to spot dangerous asteroids and study the universe..
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨 Astronomers are warning that the plan to have launched around 560,000 satellites by the 2030s could contaminate almost every image taken by future space telescopes, making it harder to spot dangerous asteroids and study the universe..
Esa's Juice Mission To Jupiter Imaged
Comet 3I/Atlas With Its Navigation Camera
Comet 3I/Atlas With Its Navigation Camera
December 5, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Esa's Juice Mission To Jupiter Imaged
Comet 3I/Atlas With Its Navigation Camera
Comet 3I/Atlas With Its Navigation Camera
A meteor and the Milky Way ☄️🌌
📸 Dandan Huang
📸 Dandan Huang
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
A meteor and the Milky Way ☄️🌌
📸 Dandan Huang
📸 Dandan Huang
Meteor wind over Tunisia
📸: Makrem Larnaout
📸: Makrem Larnaout
November 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Meteor wind over Tunisia
📸: Makrem Larnaout
📸: Makrem Larnaout
Hills of Mars from Perseverance.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Thomas Thomopoulos
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Thomas Thomopoulos
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Hills of Mars from Perseverance.
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Thomas Thomopoulos
Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Thomas Thomopoulos
Barnard 30 - From Euclid space telescope
Credits: ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA
Processing : Thomas Thomopoulos
Credits: ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA
Processing : Thomas Thomopoulos
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Barnard 30 - From Euclid space telescope
Credits: ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA
Processing : Thomas Thomopoulos
Credits: ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA
Processing : Thomas Thomopoulos
Aurora from the ISS 😍
📸: Don Pettit
📸: Don Pettit
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Aurora from the ISS 😍
📸: Don Pettit
📸: Don Pettit
Saturn's Hexagon
November 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Saturn's Hexagon
The Sombrero Galaxy As Seen By JWST.
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Sombrero Galaxy As Seen By JWST.
AFGL 5180, a beautiful stellar nursery located in the constellation of Gemini.
📸: Hubble
📸: Hubble
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
AFGL 5180, a beautiful stellar nursery located in the constellation of Gemini.
📸: Hubble
📸: Hubble
Saturn 🪐
📸: Christopher Go
📸: Christopher Go
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Saturn 🪐
📸: Christopher Go
📸: Christopher Go
There’s no way we’re alone
November 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There’s no way we’re alone
Hubble Space Telescope’s view of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A.
November 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Hubble Space Telescope’s view of a supernova explosion known as Cassiopeia A.