Space Contents Archive

Omega Centauri from the Atacama Desert

Newest Photo Taken by the JWST: The Phantom Galaxy

Trail of lights moving super fast, spotted in Fethiye, Turkey heading south. Is this a meteor or are these satellites? Used the flow chart but I’m still not sure.

I took a picture of the Pelican Nebula from my backyard!

I took a picture of the Pelican Nebula from my backyard!

#OTD in 1999, Eileen Collins became the first female space shuttle commander aboard Space Shuttle Columbia for STS-93. #IdeasThatDefy #BecauseOfHerStory https://t.co/4pwMCyfqZO

A 50-year legacy of how we visualize change on Earth started today! When Landsat 1 was launched into orbit on July 21, 1972, few would have predicted it would become part of the longest running Earth-imaging satellite program. @NASA_Landsat @USGSLandsat #Landsat50 https://t.co/x4ySkz524o

Go LightSail! Today is the third anniversary of our crowdfunded solar sail's deployment in space. 🎉 You can get updates on LightSail 2's adventures in space and its dropping altitude in our latest webinar with @BillNye and other members of our team at https://t.co/hFlZUqmo1j. https://t.co/tyyGXmtlHr

The Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae

50 years ago today, Landsat 1 launched into orbit. In the decades since, data from the @NASA_Landsat program has helped millions of people on Earth, from farmers to firefighters: https://t.co/9qqNSCgkYY #Landsat50 https://t.co/6shfKn9UF6

Nancy Grace Roman Will be Launching on a Falcon Heavy Rocket https://t.co/6T97wmnpOm @universetoday @storybywill https://t.co/6kexbqXhzL

Uranus has had many names. William Herschel, who discovered the planet named it Georgium Sidus (George's Star) after king George III. The French who disliked the British king named it Herschel. The name Neptune was proposed, but Uranus was chosen since Ouranos was Saturn's father in Greek mythology.

#TDIH in 1999: @chandraxray was placed in orbit. For two decades it has been exploring our universe, detecting x-rays from hot, turbulent regions of space. https://t.co/s9NFX6YTFl

M92 Globular Cluster. Double tap for warp speed!

LightSail 2 has been in orbit around our planet for three years taking data that will help the next generation of solar sails, but it's finally beginning to come down. Our chief scientist, Bruce Betts, explains what's next in this article. https://t.co/Pi8D3N1x0f