The number of illegal gold mines in the Amazon is increasing so fast that activists have turned to satellite imagery to identify them.

The spiral pattern shown by the galaxy in this image from Hubble is striking because of its delicate, feathery nature.

In the Orion Nebula, an enormous bubble that cleared away star-seeding material is now showing signs of birthing stars.

This image from NASA’s Juno spacecraft captures several storms in Jupiter’s southern hemisphere.

Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken completed half the work to upgrade batteries for one channel on one pair of the station’s solar arrays.

Data from the LRO spacecraft indicates the Moon’s subsurface might be richer in metal than thought.

NASA's ASTER imaged areas burned by the Bighorn Fire north of Tucson, Arizona, on June 29.

The flight computers and avionics of the Space Launch System rocket’s core stage completed a thorough systems checkout.

Astronauts Chris Cassidy and Robert Behnken are scheduled to depart the Quest airlock to complete battery replacement activities.

Which way the solar wind blows has new importance as NASA again prepares to send astronauts to the Moon.

Measurements from NASA’s TESS have enabled astronomers to greatly improve their understanding of KELT-9 b, one of the hottest planets known.

The next full Moon will be early Sunday morning, July 5, 2020. There also will be a partial penumbral eclipse of the Moon.