Trained as a Soviet Air Force pilot from the age of 15 and a 1959 graduate of the Zhukovsky Air Force Academy, Vladimir Komarov piloted Voshkod 1 in 1964 – the first multi-human-passenger space ...

Rising levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere aren’t just affecting climate on Earth — they could also make weather in space more dramatic, says new research. A team led by scientists from the ...

The young cluster Pismis 24 lies at the heart of the Lobster Nebula (NGC 6357) in Scorpius. The brilliant stars rank among the hottest and most massive in our galaxy. Tens of thousands of background ...

The Moon passes 5° north of Mercury at 3 P.M. EDT. Although the pair rises only shortly before the Sun, the Moon’s visibility and Mercury’s brightness may allow you to spot them. You’ll only have a ...

Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; ESA/XMM-Newton; Optical HST: NASA/ESA/STScI; Optical Ground: Deep Space Remote observatories/B. Fera and S. Mandel; ESO/VLT As odd couples go, it’s tough to beat the ...

One of the greatest polymaths of all time and the archetypical Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci was born April 15, 1452, in Italy. Despite no formal education beyond elementary school-level lessons ...

Our attention is back on Jupiter in the west this evening, though, as Ganymede finally reaches the planet’s eastern limb and begins a transit overnight. First, though, Io is completing another transit ...

Yes, groups are making plans, but addressing the trash problem on the Moon is surprisingly complex. Currently, organizations are looking at the problem through three different lenses: preservation, ...

In 1927, a prescient astronomer named Georges Lemaître looked at data showing how galaxies move. He noticed something peculiar – all of them appeared to be speeding away from Earth. Not only that, but ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft visited the asteroid 52246 Donaldjohanson on April 20, 2025, coming within 600 miles (920 kilometers) of the object located in the inner region of the asteroid belt between Mars ...

When Duke and Young hit the regolith, it marked the first time that astronauts had set foot in the rugged lunar highlands. Apollo 16’s landing site was Descartes, a region some 7,400 feet (2,250 ...

Exciting planetary action takes place this month. Venus and Uranus vie for attention and lie close to each other in late April. Jupiter offers a lot to observe through a telescope, particularly events ...