Short Flight
The 30 first-stage engines of the Soviet Union’s N1 rocket light up for the booster’s first flight on February 21,…
Rippling Through Space
Two black holes produce gravitational waves as they orbit closer and closer to each other in this artist’s concept. The…
Dawn Planets
The planets Venus and Saturn will share the dawn sky for a few days. This is the configuration on February…
Rolling Starbirth
Vast clouds of gas and dust have given birth to more than a thousand stars in NGC 2264, a stellar…
Close Neighbors
An artist’s concept shows Epsilon Eridani b, a Jupiter-like planet orbiting the star Epsilon Eridani. The system is just 10.5…
Bad Homes
Orion is one of the most prominent and beautiful of all constellations. Features include the bright orange star Betelgeuse (upper…
Lunar Eclipse
The Moon will be fully eclipsed on the night of January 20, perhaps showing the same dark orange color as…
Next Target
An artist’s concept depicts one possible configuration for 2014 MU69, the next target for the New Horizons spacecraft. The craft,…
Ready to Ride
After the spectacular success of the Apollo 8 mission to the Moon, Pan American airlines received hundreds of reservations for…
Blue Marble
Earth rises above the Moon in this iconic image from Apollo 8, which entered lunar orbit on December 24, 1968.…