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NASA's astronaut Chris Williams was practicing some nighttime photographs from one of the windows on the International Space Station at the end of the work day on New Year's Eve.

He had just finished passing over his targets when he noticed something funny – the city below him was twinkling! He quickly took a video and realized that as they were orbiting further east, we had orbited into 2026, and he was actually seeing the New Year's fireworks over Baku, Azerbaijan!

Credit: NASA's astronaut Chris Williams

NASA's Juno spacecraft entered Jupiter's orbit on July 4, 2016 and has delivered incredible data and stunning imagery ever since.

Just finished the new 3D galaxy mode in Milky Way app where you can explore 3 million stars in our galaxy.

Would love to hear your thoughts on this simulation 🙏

An X1.3 flare was observed at 20:41 UTC on 04 Jul 2026 from newly numbered Sunspot Region 4482 (left side of the video).

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Sunspot AR4478

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Pale Blue Dot Revisited, 2020

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Though dust obscures background stars and galaxies, in Hubble’s image of FS Tau (right), we can see protostar FS Tau b, its dusty protoplanetary disk, and its jet of matter (colored cyan).

Compare to the Webb image on the left!

Link to the science release on NASA website

In infrared light, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals bright protostars in star system FS Tau and a tapestry of background galaxies.

FS Tau B, the orange protostar slightly right of center, is thought to be responsible for the orange outflows amid the dusty region.

Credit: Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI
Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)

This footage shows views from lunar orbit, mostly of the far side of the Moon, captured by the DAC camera on 16mm film during the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969.

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NASA is seriously considering sending a full-scale twin of its Perseverance Mars rover to the Moon to speed up exploration of the lunar south pole, officials said Tuesday.

The car-sized rover, nicknamed "Promise," was built as a testbed for Perseverance and has spent years at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, where engineers rehearse commands before beaming them to Mars. It was never meant to fly. "We are thinking very hard right now about sending Promise to the Moon," said NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman.

What makes the roughly one-ton rover appealing is its power source. Instead of solar panels, it would carry a nuclear generator called an MMRTG — one NASA already has sitting unused — which turns heat from decaying plutonium into electricity. That would let it survive the freezing two-week lunar night and roam anywhere, regardless of sunlight.

Because of its size, Promise would likely hitch a ride on SpaceX's Starship or Blue Origin's Blue Moon lander. The plan isn't final, and NASA is still weighing whether it's feasible.

The idea reflects NASA's push to beat China back to the south pole, with Mars now a lower priority. One space-policy analyst called it a symbolic stripping of the Mars program for parts.

Get your answer on NASA website

Earth facing sunspot region 4479 just erupted with an X1.1 solar flare at 20:50 UTC (June 30). The event is associated with a type II radio emission with an estimated velocity of 1496 km/s, along with a 10cm Radio Burst (TenFlare) measuring 409 solar flux units (sfu) and lasting 9 minutes.

Coronal dimming is now evident meaning the chances for an Earth directed coronal mass ejection (CME) will be at an increased level. More details to follow.

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Asteroid Day as observed annually on 30 June is the United Nations sanctioned day of public awareness of the risks of asteroid impacts.

This video was recorded by Milena Refacho on May 18, 2024.