Space Shuttle Endeavour displayed vertically in new exhibit at California Science Center
In celebration of the 250th birthday of the United States, NASA has unveiled four cosmic images from its Chandra X-ray Observatory rendered in red, white, and blue that represent the wonders of the universe the agency explores. The images are accompanied by a trio of new sonifications – a technique that translates astronomical data into…
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org The cost of US military operations against Iran so far is $30 billion, the director of the Office of Management and Budget told Congress on June…
The three-planet evening show that graced June’s twilight sky has now dwindled to one lone survivor. Mercury and Jupiter are now swinging behind the sun and are lost in the bright solar glare. Only Venus remains evident after sunset, and even here the dazzling evening star itself is showing subtle signs of slowly dropping down…
Back to Article List Blazing Venus is now in Leo, approaching the Lion’s bright heart, Regulus. Both are visible long after sunset in the west. July opens with bright Venus approaching Regulus, the heart of Leo the Lion. The planet will quickly close in on the star over the next week. Credit: Stellarium Looking for…
America’s 250th Anniversary A Smithsonian magazine special report The document, printed in a gothic typeface, was translated in Philadelphia. One of two surviving copies is going on display in Berlin ahead of America’s 250th birthday Christian Thorsberg | Daily Correspondent June 29, 2026 6:19 p.m. A first printing of the Declaration of Independence of the…
Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, has become a prime solar system target for astrobiologists. This is because the small moon, which is just over 10 percent the diameter of Earth’s Moon, harbors a vast subsurface ocean beneath its icy crust. This subsurface ocean combined with the geysers at Enceladus’ south pole that discharges bits of this ocean…