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How to see the Eta Aquarid meteor shower in 2024
The Eta Aquarid meteor shower will peak the night of May 4 and 5, and lunar conditions will be favorable, meaning 10-15 meteors per hour can be seen.
Astronomers just saw the famous Horsehead Nebula like never before
The James Webb Space Telescope has imaged the Horsehead Nebula, a cosmic masterpiece about 1,300 light-years away from Earth in space.
What’s on the far side of the moon? Not darkness.
The far side of the moon is the hemisphere Earthlings never see. Though it’s not shrouded in darkness, many mysteries persist.
The farthest-away pictures of Earth ever taken
NASA spacecraft have captured a number of distant images of Earth, including a famous shot from billions of miles away. Here’s our humble planet seen from deep space.
Pluto’s ‘heart’ is yet another bummer for the dwarf planet
New research on Pluto’s mysterious heart scar not only explains how its feature came to pass, but suggests the world doesn’t have an ocean.
NASA video shows stunning scene from extremely volcanic world Io
The NASA Juno spacecraft flew by Jupiter’s volcanic moon Io, and the space agency used the captured images to create a powerful scene from this distant moon.
NASA excitedly confirms it will fly a sci-fi craft on distant moon
NASA announced that its Dragonfly mission to Saturn’s moon Titan is officially funded and on track for a launch. The rotocraft will investigate Titan’s unique environment.
This nova is on the verge of exploding. You could see it any day now.
A so-called nova will cause a star system 3,000 light years away to shine any day now, making it suddenly visible to the naked eye.