Ashley Strickland
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This $10 billion space telescope will reveal the secrets of the universe
We're about to have eyes on the invisible side of space. → Read More
Comet Leonard has been dazzling the night sky in a pre-Christmas show
Comet Leonard, which last passed by Earth 80,000 years ago, has been dazzling the night sky before Christmas, and there's only a few days left to see the celestial object → Read More
Humans just 'touched' the sun for the first time using a spacecraft
The sun is the literal star of the show in our solar system, but we're still trying to figure out our celestial disco ball. → Read More
Juno flyby reveals stunning new images of Jupiter, sounds of its moon Ganymede
The largest planet in our solar system appears to look more and more like a work of art. It's full of surprises -- and so are its moons. → Read More
'Significant amounts of water' found in Mars' massive version of the Grand Canyon
Mars has its own version of the Grand Canyon, and scientists have learned this dramatic feature is home to "significant amounts of water" after a discovery made by an orbiter → Read More
NASA's Parker Solar Probe becomes first spacecraft to 'touch' the sun
Sixty years after NASA set the goal, and three years after its Parker Solar Probe launched, the spacecraft has become the first to "touch the sun." The Parker Solar Probe → Read More
Look up to see bright Comet Leonard this month before it vanishes forever
There is a new comet in town, and December is your only chance to see it before disappears forever. → Read More
NASA introduces the new astronaut class of 2021
Ten men and women are ready to begin training so they can journey to the International Space Station, the moon and beyond. The new astronaut class of 2021 was announced → Read More
NASA is about to launch a laser demo that could revolutionize space communication
The use of invisible lasers in space may sound like something from science fiction, but it's real. → Read More
This is how astronauts celebrate Thanksgiving in space
The holidays still happen in space, they just look a little bit different. But the sentiments are the same. → Read More
NASA will launch mission to crash into a near-Earth asteroid to try to change its motion in space
A NASA spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch this week. → Read More
Exploring mysterious worlds in 'The Hunt for Planet B'
If the universe is a seemingly endless desert, planet Earth is just a grain of sand. → Read More
Webb telescope is about to take an unprecedented look at these intriguing exoplanets
When the James Webb Space Telescope launches in December, astronomers around the world are expecting to find the unexpected, said Sara Seager, astrophysicist and planetary scientist at the Massachusetts Institute → Read More
The most powerful telescope ever built is about to change how we see the universe
It's a moment that has been decades in the making. The launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA's premier observatory of the next decade, is scheduled for December 18 → Read More
Mars rover scrapes at rock to 'look at something no one's ever seen'
The Perseverance rover took a well-deserved break in October during solar conjunction, but it's back to investigating intriguing rocks in Jezero Crater on Mars. → Read More
Ferris wheel-size asteroid could be a lost piece of the moon
A near-Earth asteroid may be a fragment that once broke away from the moon. → Read More
Hidden black hole discovered in our neighboring galaxy
A newly discovered black hole has been hiding in a cluster containing thousands of stars in our neighboring Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy. The black hole is 160,000 light-years away from → Read More
NASA says moon landing goal pushed to 2025 due to Blue Origin litigation, other factors
The highly anticipated landing of the first woman and the first person of color on the moon will have to wait. → Read More
Identifying 'habitable worlds' is a top priority for astronomers in the decade ahead
(CNN) -- It's quite a large to-do list. → Read More
An ancient fireball turned miles of the world's driest desert into glass
The Atacama Desert in Chile has been used as a way to simulate alien environments, like Mars on Earth. Now, researchers believe it was the site of an ancient comet → Read More