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Hubble Telescope celebrates 36th anniversary with gorgeous new image of famous Trifid Nebula

April 27, 2026

NASA celebrates Hubble’s 36th anniversary with a new image of the Trifid Nebula, a star-forming region it first captured in 1997. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, STScI; Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)) The Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 36th anniversary in space this week with a glimpse into the heart of a major star-forming region, presented in prismatic color. The Trifid…

Sun unleashes 2 colossal X-flares within 7 hours of each other, knocking out radio signals on Earth

April 27, 2026

The first X-flare peaked at 9:07 p.m. EDT on April 23 (0107 GMT April 24) (Image credit: NOAA GOES-19) The sun has certainly woken up! It has fired off not one but two powerful X2.5 solar flares within just 7 hours. Both eruptions came from a sunspot region on the sun’s…

Ted Cruz pushes back on NASA budget cuts: 'I don't want to wake up one day and look up at the moon and realize the Chinese have beat us there'

April 27, 2026

HOUSTON — The Trump administration’s latest budget proposal once again calls for steep cuts to NASA, and has set up a familiar clash with Congress over how the space agency should be funded. The White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2027 federal budget request on…

Making contact with ET? Aliens may already know we're here

April 24, 2026

We may already be signaling other intelligences beyond our solar system, without even trying. Kunyu City, in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of northwest China, hosts huge sprinklers that are irrigating over 1,317 acres (533 hectares) of winter wheat fields on the southern edge of the Taklamakan Desert. Then there’s the world’s largest cluster of solar farms, a megaproject that covers 235…

'That's just not a winning strategy': Congress objects (again) to Trump's planned NASA budget cuts

April 24, 2026

President Trump’s big NASA budget cuts appear to be dead on arrival, again. Earlier this month, the White House released its fiscal year (FY) 2027 federal budget request, which slashes NASA’s total budget by 23% and its science funding by 47%. Trump proposed the same…

See the moon shining in the daytime sky this week: Here's where to look

April 23, 2026

Don’t miss the first quarter moon shining close to Jupiter in the daytime sky this week! Earth’s moon is one of the few objects bright enough to be seen in the daytime sky — along with the most dazzling planets such as Jupiter and Venus and, more rarely, Jupiter, under…

Spectacular photos of the 2026 Lyrid meteor shower captured from Earth and space

April 23, 2026

The Lyrid meteor shower put on a spectacular show last night as Earth plunged through the debris stream cast off by comet C/1861 G1 (Thatcher), triggering a peak of activity that saw shooting stars blaze a path away from the blue-white star Vega in the constellation Lyra. Shooting stars appear when fragments of comets and asteroids cross paths with Earth, ending their existence in a fiery…

Mysterious rings around Uranus point to hidden moons orbiting the ice giant

April 23, 2026

New observations of Uranus’s enigmatic outer rings have shown them to be even more mysterious than astronomers had thought, and their unusual properties hint at some puzzling things going on with the planet’s system of moons. These observations suggest that small…

NASA reveals its Roman Space Telescope today: How to watch live, and what's next for the next-generation observatory

April 22, 2026

Watch live: NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is a game changer and fully assembled – YouTube Watch On NASA’s newest space telescope is ready for its moment on stage — and soon, in space. The agency will unveil the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope…

Don't miss the Lyrid meteor shower 2026 peak tonight! Viewing times, location and tips

April 22, 2026

Heads up, skywatchers! Don’t miss the Lyrid meteor shower tonight, as activity peaks in the predawn hours of April 22. Under ideal conditions, it’s possible to see up to 20 meteors per hour during the peak, with the chance to witness dramatically bright flashes known as fireballs. Viewing conditions are looking promising for the Lyrids this year. The moon will set around midnight, leaving…