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Space Facts From Space Fans

Living Space

We don’t have to travel to the moon to gain some of the insight that astronauts do.

Student-Built Instruments Head to Space

Student-Built Instruments Head to Space Joshua.Bay Fri, 04/10/2026 - 03:00 AM Astrophysics students at the College of Charleston helped develop research...

90 Best Space Jokes That Are Astronomically Fun

Space is huge, quiet, and filled with mystery that makes you stop and think a little longer. The more you try to figure it out, the more your thoughts start drifting in all directi...

NASA says new space telescope will create 'atlas of the universe'

$4b Roman telescope set for September launch aboard SpaceX rocket

New Space Telescope Set to Revolutionize Understanding of Dark Energy, Dark Matter

Inside the clean room at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, engineers have completed the construction and testing of a large new space telescope that will study the universe on an...

Explore the Night Sky with OsmAnd Astronomy

Far from city lights, the sky looks different. In the Namib Desert, darkness comes quickly and the stars appear all at once, filling the entire horizon. At first, it feels simple....

Space Science for Elementary Students: A Teacher’s Guide for 2nd–5th Grade

Space science for elementary students varies by grade. The NGSS sequence builds from patterns students can observe (shadows, seasons, day and night) to the physics behind those pat...

Scientists Need Your Help to Find Galaxies Bending Light in Space

You don't need a telescope or a physics degree to take part.ScienceAlert stories are written, fact-checked, and edited by humans, never generated by AI. Don't miss a story, subscri...

New NASA Telescope = Hubba Hubba

NASAs incredible new telescope will offer an atlas of the universe

NASA has finished building the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope for studying exoplanets, dark matter, and dark energy in the cosmos.

Space Centre Australia and NASA launch airborne science program

The Airborne Science and Cosmology Enabling Telescope (ASCENT) program was formally introduced by Space Centre Australia LLC at NASA Wallops Flight Facility, where it will be based...

Help scientists find spacetime warps in these Euclid Space Telescope images

A new citizen science project invites the public to scan never-before-seen images from the Euclid Space Telescope in search of galaxies bending spacetime.

Mapping the hidden structure of the universe

The universe has a hidden structure, and a University of Virginia professor is mapping it in 3D, using 46 million galaxies and quasars and 19 million stars. Satya Gontcho A Gontcho...

Dark Skies and Dark Energy Converge in West Texas

In the Big Bend region, a portal to the early universe is enabled by the largest dark-sky reserve on Earth.

20,000 eyes on the universe

Think about a census. You could photograph every house in the country and produce a beautiful map, but without knocking on doors and asking questions, you'd know almost nothing abo...

From sunsets to the night sky: How technology can help you to notice nature in new ways

On a chilly yet beautifully clear evening last November, I sat on a video call with colleagues and happened to mention the live feed from the International Space Station—a real-t...

Astronomy Courses, After-Dark Tours and Free Exhibitions: What to Enjoy at Sydney Observatory This Season

From free daytime access to after-dark astronomy courses, Sydney Observatory blends heritage, science and skyline views on Observatory Hill.

How do things in space get their names?

From a lunar feature named after a loved one to a planet named after a god, traditions and rules guide how we name things in space.

Seeing an eclipse from Earth is awe‑inspiring—for astronauts in space, the scene was even more grand

The astronauts on Artemis II's trip to the moon in April 2026 didn't just have an amazing journey through space. They also saw something extraordinary. They were the first humans t...

Artemis mission shares office space—and physics—with Apollo

As four astronauts whiz toward a flyby of the moon, looking out for them are mission control experts using cutting-edge technology and lessons learned from the Apollo program 50 ye...

Back to the Moon: inside the Artemis II mission

Exploring the first crewed Artemis mission, the future of lunar exploration and how spaceflight could help inspire greener technologies on Earth The post Back to the Moon: inside t...

Astronomers just finished the biggest, sharpest 3D map of the universe—and it’s beautiful

A new map of the cosmos, including more than 47 million galaxies and other cosmic objects, represents one of the most extensive surveys of our universe ever conducted

Artemis II Captures Spectacular Images of ‘Earthset’ from Deep Space

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