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Parker Solar Probe making history six years after launch

Robotic explorer is the first to sail through the sun's atmosphere.

Stargazers can see the final supermoon of the year this weekend

If you miss this supermoon, you won't be able to see the next one until October 2025.

Webb telescope delivers new ideas about Milky Way star Vega

UA-built camera shows vast, smooth dust disk surrounding the star.

New NASA spacecraft ready to launch toward Jupiter moon Europa

Europa Clipper will observe surface features that could conceal a vast ocean.

Earth welcomes temporary new moon

Scientists say the traveling companion will only stick around for a few weeks.

NASA's Webb telescope detects traces of carbon dioxide on the surface of Pluto's largest moon

The latest detection is key to studying how Charon and other icy objects in the Kuiper Belt came to be.

Kitt Peak celebrates 60 years of public tours

Public telescopes reopen after COVID, fires caused closures on the mountain.

A celestial trifecta: What to know about Tuesday’s lunar eclipse

Stargazers will be in for another celestial treat Tuesday night as three cosmic events will occur at the same time during the full moon.

Cassini orbited Saturn 20 years ago this summer

The robotic explorer made historic discoveries about the ringed planet and its moons.

Lunar surface science literally hit-or-miss in 2024

But scientists expect more high profile attempts to land on the moon later this year.

Volunteers who lived in a NASA-created Mars replica for over a year have emerged

Participants entered the 3D-printed Mars replica on June 25, 2023, as part of a NASA experiment to observe how humans would fare living on the Red Planet.

James Webb Space Telescope looks at planet-forming process

The stellar observatory continues to help scientists develop theories about the universe.

Hubble will change how it points, but NASA says 'great science' will continue

Officials say they are shifting into a new way of pointing the telescope in order to work around a piece of hardware that’s become intolerably glitchy.

UA telescope grabs ground-breaking images of Jupiter's volcanic moon

The photos are the best Earth-based pictures to reveal lava flows on Io.

NASA has been asked to create a time zone for the moon. Here's how it would work

As the world prepares for a new space race, the Biden Administration is calling on NASA to create a moon-based time standard.

Sun, moon, and spectacle: Thousands flock to UA mall for solar eclipse

The last total solar eclipse that could be seen in the United States was in 2017.

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