Kenna Hughes-Castleberry

Chile is a hotspot for telescopes peering up into deep space to study structures like stars, black holes, dark matter and galaxies.

Two NOAA satellites saw a solar eclipse on Sept. 7 as the moon blocked out the sun mere hours before a lunar eclipse was seen on Earth.

A panorama captures a breathtaking view of the night sky above a frozen landscape.

A recent close-up shows a turtle-shaped rock on the surface of Mars, captured by NASA's Perseverance rover.

This young star is surrounded by a protoplanetary disk, separating the "wings" of the butterfly.

The Soroya Ridge was the recent destination in NASA's Perseverance rover's journey to explore the landscape of Mars.

"Once these objects get too faint to see, they will never be seen again,"

Aboard the International Space Station, astronauts use creativity and culture to make life in orbit feel a little more like home.

The view underneath SpaceX's Starship spacecraft shows the Super Heavy booster's complex array of 33 Raptor engines.

The near-Earth asteroid's microscopic surface tells a detailed story.

The USS Enterprise, a 'Star Trek' spaceship, is created from pumpkins as part of a German contest.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) saw the moon pass almost directly in front of the sun and captured it on a coronagraph.

The chain of lights shows the river's corridor from Minya to New Bani Sewf City to the heart of Cairo.

It makes it easier to drive an extremely heavy radio dish when you can do it remotely.

This powerful side-by-side comparison shows just how bright a star explosion is.