Astronaut Bill Anders Who Took Iconic ‘Earthrise’ Photo Dies in Plane Crash
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders who captured the iconic Earthrise photo while orbiting the Moon on a spacecraft has tragically died in a plane crash.
Apollo 8 astronaut Bill Anders who captured the iconic Earthrise photo while orbiting the Moon on a spacecraft has tragically died in a plane crash.
Many conspiracy theories retain a foothold along the edges of society. Some of them are relatively innocent; others are downright dangerous. But few persist and propagate as effectively as conspiracies surrounding the Apollo 11 Moon landing.
Total solar eclipses in North America are exceedingly rare and for those lucky enough to be in the path of totality for yesterday's eclipse it may be the only one they ever see in their lifetime.
A glorious full Moon lit up the skies last night with celestial observers able to capture spectacular photos of March's full Moon, known as the Worm Moon.
As it used the last of its power reserves, the Intuitive Machines Odysseus Moon lander captured one final photo before shutting down.
Nikon Inc. and NASA have entered into a Space Act Agreement to support NASA's Artemis mission program through the Handheld Universal Lunar Camera (HULC) development. The star of the HULC's show is the Nikon Z9, the company's flagship professional mirrorless camera.
The Odysseus moon lander, developed by Houston-based company Intuitive Machines, has sent incredible photos back to Earth. The private space exploration behind the lander has selected four to share with the world.
In space, no one can hear a shutter click, and so Japan's moon lander sent off what may be its final photo in silence.
Swedish photographer and self-described amateur astronomer Peter Rosén witnessed a magnificent and rare sight in Sweden's night sky on January 8. While watching Venus rise above Stockholm's skyline, Rosén captured a colorful green flash around the planet.
A photographer captured a thundering photo of a Falcon Heavy SpaceX rocket passing in front of the Moon -- making the edges of Earth's satellite look as if they're rippling.
Last week, Japan became the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the Moon successfully. However, the historic accomplishment had its challenges. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) landed upside-down on the lunar surface, preventing the lander from recharging its batteries with its included solar panels.
A team from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has proposed a design for a lunar-based multi-camera telescope array that could start small, but expand to be much larger over time.
A photographer was forced to wait for six years to capture a stunning triple-alignment photo of the Moon, a mountain, and a Basilica.
NASA's Juno spacecraft has performed nearly 60 flybys of Jupiter and documented close encounters with three of the planet's four largest moons. Over the weekend, Juno made its closest flyby to the Jovian moon, Io, and it was the closest any spacecraft has come to the Jovian satellite in more than two decades.
NASA has shared its monthly update for what skygazers should look for in the night sky in December.
A team working on the construction of the world's largest space telescope captured this incredible photo of the full Hunter's Moon rising behind it.
NASA's Juno spacecraft took its best-ever images of Jupiter's moon Io after making a close pass on Sunday -- just 7,235 miles.
New research has found that humans could turn lunar dirt into smooth, clean roads on the moon -- all with the help of a giant lens.
A photographer has put together a stunning sequence of pictures after he captured all four supermoons in 2023.
National Geographic's special Space issue is available now, full of amazing stories and images all about space. From articles about how the James Webb Space Telescope is rewriting astronomy and astrophysics to humankind's return to the Moon as part of the NASA Artemis mission, the NatGeo space issue has something for everyone with interest in the universe.
The Indian Space Agency (Isro) has shared the first-ever photographs sent by the country's solar observation mission as it makes its way toward the Sun.
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has shared new photos and videos captured by its Chandrayaan-3 lunar lander following its successful landing on the Moon's south pole on August 23, a momentous occasion that made India the fourth country to ever land on the Moon successfully and the first to do so near the lunar south pole.
NASA's Lunar Trailblazer satellite has been equipped with a new Thermal Mapper instrument that was developed by scientists at Oxford and will play an important role in the satellite's goal of searching for signs of water on the Moon.
India's Chandrayaan-3 rover reached lunar orbit on August 5 and has sent its first images of the Moon to Earth. Successfully entering lunar orbit is a critical step in the Indian Space Research Organization's (ISRO) historic mission to the Moon.
A photographer created a stunning image of full Moon through a rock formation in Utah so it appears like a giant eye.
As soon as photography was invented, there was a very obvious subject for photographers to turn their cameras toward -- the brightest object in the night sky -- the Moon.
A photographer captured a stunning image of Christ the Redeemer "holding" the Moon after three years of attempting to get the shot.
A determined photographer had sleepless nights, booked time off work, and even climbed a 170-foot tower so he could capture a stunning lunar analemma image over Egypt that shows the passage of the Moon over one month.
A photographer captured a "once in a lifetime" photo of the Great Pyramid of Giza with an airplane silhouetted against a full Moon above it.
ShadowCam recently grabbed a stunning shot of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter as it orbited below KPLO.