This idyllic scene, packed with glowing galaxies, has something truly remarkable at its core: an untouched relic of the ancient Universe. Find out more about our @ESA #Hubble Picture of […]

The Crab Nebula – a supernova remnant some 6500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Taurus. Seen here in ultraviolet light by @ESA_XMM in this week's @esascience #IOTW Details: […]

The Crab Nebula – a supernova remnant some 6500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Taurus. Seen here in ultraviolet light by @ESA_XMM in this week's @esascience #IOTW Details: […]

The Crab Nebula – a supernova remnant some 6500 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Taurus. Seen here in ultraviolet light by @ESA_XMM in this week's @esascience #IOTW Details: […]

Rollout of the Soyuz launcher early this morning in Baikonur. In preparation launch of three new @Space_Station crew members on 21 March. Liftoff at 17:44 GMT (18:44 CET). 📷 via […]

Rollout of the Soyuz launcher early this morning in Baikonur. In preparation launch of three new @Space_Station crew members on 21 March. Liftoff at 17:44 GMT (18:44 CET). 📷 via […]

It is considered the oldest known illustration of the night sky. But what, exactly, does it depict, and why was it made? The Nebra sky disk was found with a […]

Hello Nesley, in a recent NASA astronaut selection the maximum height allowed was 193cm – the limit is because of what fits in a spacecraft. With other spacecraft in development, […]

#OTD 18 March 1965, Alexei Leonov is 1st person to exit their spacecraft in orbit, paving way for generations of spacewalkers. More history of #EVAs here (note, since published in […]