Euclid studies Milky Way center, supports future Roman observations

In early May 2026, NASA employees, contractors, and volunteers helped to bring Heliophysics to girls of all ages in a fun-filled weekend of hands-on science activities and experiments. The event took place from May 1-3 at Camp Conowingo, a Girl Scouts of Central Maryland camping property on the Susquehanna River north of Baltimore, and brought…

Land surface temperature data captured by Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission on Wednesday, June 23, 2026. The data were captured in the late morning, local time. (Image credit: contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2026), processed by ESA) Over 1,300 deaths have been attributed to a heat wave that swept across Europe and broke temperature records earlier…

It’s unclear when Boeing will be able to send more astronauts to the International Space Station, a new NASA audit warns. Technical issues with Boeing Starliner’s spacecraft, across two uncrewed flights and a two-astronaut test mission known as Crew Flight Test (CFT), come under scrutiny in a new report about NASA‘s Commercial Crew Program from…

Scientists with the SETI Institute have completed a search for possible technological signals coming from 3I/ATLAS, the third known interstellar object to pass through our Solar System. Using the Allen Telescope Array (ATA) at Northern California’s Hat Creek Radio Observatory, researchers examined a broad range of radio frequencies for evidence of extraterrestrial technology. As expected…

Back to Article List Today in the history of astronomy, the telescope mastermind is born. Best known for his quest to build larger and larger telescopes, George Ellery Hale helped shape institutions of astronomical research through the 19th and 20th centuries. Credit: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Born June 29, 1868, in Chicago, George Ellery…

Over the past 250 years, the number of “planets” in our solar system has ranged from six to nine — and, briefly, even 11 — depending on what astronomers knew at the time and how they defined a planet. As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, that changing tally offers a unique…