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The Blue Ghost Lunar Lander Is Now Headed to the Moon: Here's What to Know
NASA's Blue Ghost lunar lander successfully launched on Wednesday and is on its way to the moon. Blue Ghost, from Firefly ...
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Extraordinary images reveal the mysteries of Mars
From windswept craters to frigid ice caps, explore Martian landscapes through the eyes of NASA’s orbiters, probes and rovers ...
Solar Orbiter Unveils the Sun in Unprecedented Detail
The ESA Solar Orbiter has provided a stunning new look at the Sun by combining 25 high-resolution images. This mosaic offers a detailed view of the solar surface, including sunspots and granules, ...
In Photos: See Mercury’s Craters In Rare Close-Ups After Final Flyby
The BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back three images of Mercury after a brief flyby of the planet on Jan. 8, 2025.
Space.com15h
SpaceX launches 2 private lunar landers to the moon (video, photos)
The two lunar landers — Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost and Resilience, built by the Japanese company ispace — lifted off ...
In pictures: Mercury spacecraft captures stunning new images of one of the least explored planets
The joint European-Japanese mission is only the second survey of Mercury, the least explored planet in the inner solar system ...
Space.com1d
Here's what NASA is sending to the moon on Firefly Aerospace's Blue Ghost lunar lander
Firefly Aerospace's first mission to the moon is poised to launch in the early morning hours on Jan. 15. The company's Blue ...
Rochester Institute of Technology1d
RIT professor leads research showing true structure of the iconic Ring Nebula
RIT Professor Joel Kastner leads a research team that determines the true three-dimensional structure of the iconic Ring ...
Opinion: Saturn’s moon looked like a snowy Utah landscape in my mind. The reality is just as compelling
A famous illustration of Saturn's moon Titan got it all wrong. Never mind -- what we imagine space to be, and what we know it ...
A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever
Pettit is now in the midst of his third stint on the International Space Station, and the decade he had to prepare for his ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
New, Stunning Images of Mercury’s North Pole Will Help Scientists Study the Planet’s Mysterious Permanent Shadows
The BepiColombo spacecraft captured the photographs during its last flyby of Mercury, a maneuver necessary to propel the ...
Webb watches carbon-rich dust shells form and expand in star system
Astronomers have long tried to track down how elements like carbon, which is essential for life, become widely distributed ...