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You can now listen to an eclipse. Here's how.January 26, 2024 – Astronomers have created a smartphone-sized device that gives visually impaired people a way to experience the celestial event.
8 space-themed trips for families, from astronomy stays to NASA space launchesOctober 30, 2023 – For kids inspired by India’s landing on the moon, here are eight destinations where families can explore the stars, space and beyond.
What is causing these massive, mysterious explosions in space?January 11, 2024 – Unusual flashes of bright blue light, billions of times more powerful than the sun, have been seen in distant galaxies, baffling astronomers. A new discovery may offer clues.
Historic moon lander malfunctions after launch—but NASA isn’t panicked (yet)January 08, 2024 – A boxy robot that would have been the first American lunar lander to set down since 1972 suffered an anomaly, an inauspicious start to a series of high risk landings by untested private companies.
A glass revolution is underway. Spoiler alert: it bends and bouncesJanuary 17, 2024 – Humans have been making glass for 4,000 years. But now, scientists are developing techniques that will impact everything from medicine to the way we see the universe.
The world’s most powerful telescope is rewriting the story of space and timeSeptember 14, 2023 – NASA’s Webb telescope is pulling back the shroud on the earliest galaxies, which are more numerous and brighter than expected. “It’s not quite like how we might have predicted.”
Is there a 9th planet out there? We may soon find out.January 09, 2024 – Starting in 2025 the Vera C. Rubin observatory will increase the number of known objects circling the sun by roughly tenfold, spotting new comets, exotic asteroids from other stars, and perhaps even the elusive Planet Nine.
How the space race launched an era of exploration beyond EarthApril 12, 2022 – Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union fueled a technological sprint to space—which culminated with a historic landing on the moon.
NASA just found a question mark in space. What exactly is it?August 09, 2023 – The object is far outside our galactic neighborhood, possibly billions of light-years away. But astronomers have seen similar objects closer to home.
What the International Space Station teaches us about our future in spaceSeptember 01, 2020 – A collaboration among international space agencies, this laboratory offers a glimpse into the origins of the cosmos and the possibilities of future spaceflight.
Christmas In Space | Nat Geo Photo of the DayChildren watch a Christmas Eve broadcast from the Apollo 8 crew in space in this image from our photography archives.
Relief as NASA's most powerful space telescope finishes risky unfoldingJanuary 08, 2022 – The James Webb Space Telescope has pulled off a harrowing sequence of steps that will soon allow humans to peer deeper into the universe than ever before.
The world's most powerful space telescope has launched at lastDecember 25, 2021 – Decades of tension, debate, and determination have led to this moment, as the James Webb Space Telescope begins its million-mile journey into deep space.
Experimental Diving Image | National Geographic Photo of the DayA diver experiments with weightlessness in this National Geographic Photo of the Day.
