Operating far past its expected life span, the telescope captures data that answer some of space’s biggest ... in the May 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. How did early Hubble images ...

This story appears in the March 2021 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s a warm night ... Flight assembly technician Olawale Oluwo of Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego, California ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. In her office on the 17th floor of MIT’s Building 54, Sara Seager is about as close to space as you can get in ...

No telescope has basked in the night sky quite like this before. Here's what it could reveal about the universe.

This story appears in the October 2020 issue of National Geographic magazine. A half century ago ... Then they sent it into space, reasoning that any aliens smart enough to intercept a spacecraft ...

At the same time, space agencies around the world have ... This story appears in the September 2021 issue of National Geographic magazine. Michael Greshko is a staff science writer for National ...

This story appears in the July 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. If you’re packing for an interplanetary space mission—one that’s very long and might involve populating a faraway ...

This story appears in the December 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. Former astronaut Scott Kelly has spent every American holiday in space, except St. Patrick’s Day. His last mission ...