Mars rover films magnificent Martian clouds soaring over the red desert
Shadows cast on the extraterrestrial ground.
By Mark Kaufman

Your next skin cream may come from NASA's outer space science
Anti-aging cosmetics research in orbit around Earth.

NASA unexpectedly revealed a Webb telescope 'first light' image
"For someone who's worked on a project for 22 years, to see the light come through, it is beautiful."

The mega-comet hurtling through our solar system is 85, yes 85, miles wide
A gargantuan space rock.
By Mark Kaufman

On a fake moon surface, a lunar rover put its skills to the test — Strictly Robots
A lunar rover with arms?

NASA beams back unexpected selfie of the Webb telescope from 1 million miles away
Oh, hello, distant space observatory.
By Mark Kaufman

Wild footage shows a SpaceX satellite burning up in Earth's atmosphere
Toasted and incinerated.
By Mark Kaufman

This star-churning dwarf galaxy is a tasty cosmic morsel
The juice was loose at NGC 1705

Eerie NASA photo shows intense training for dark moon missions
There's little light in the lunar South Pole.
By Mark Kaufman

Is the mysterious 'space diamond' for real? An investigation.
A potentially extraterrestrial gem.
By Mark Kaufman

How NASA locked Omicron out of its Webb telescope control room
Launching the world's most powerful space observatory in a pandemic? The space agency has an app for that.

Want to see a brilliant star nursery and vivid planets? Look up in February.
Jupiter, Venus, Mars, and the Orion Nebula.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures mesmerizing look at three galaxies in one image
These beauties are known as NGC 7764A.

Compelling Mars photo shows Martian water flowed way more recently than we think
Evidence of Martian habitats.
By Mark Kaufman

NASA didn't invent Velcro. But it did dream up these surprising things.
From sci-fi farming to COVID-19 ventilators, the space agency's ingenuity has led to many spinoffs.

The intrepid Webb space telescope reaches its distant, frigid outpost
NASA's new flagship space observatory is home, home on Lagrange.

Weird orbit of the James Webb telescope shown in NASA animation
The powerful instrument is headed nearly 1 million miles away.
By Mark Kaufman

NASA captures the explosive moment a brilliant solar flare fired out of the sun
A space weather report.

Scientists detect something really unexpected beneath Saturn's 'Death Star' moon
Mimas couldn't possibly harbor an ocean. Or could it?
By Mark Kaufman

A film studio may be launching in space in 2024
A TV and film studio that's out of this world.

New Mars snapshot captures tumbled boulders near planet's grand canyon
The European Space Agency calls it 'geology in motion.'
