Astronomy Story Briefs

On the 4th of July, 2005, NASA’s “Deep Impact” flyby spacecraft launched its impactor for a dramatic encounter with a comet known as...

What is a FLYBY spacecraft and how long have they been a part of NASA's space-exploration program? This image depicts the FLYBY spacecraft developed t...

When Galileo began to experiment with his new telescope, by pointing it to the sky, he made the world's first astronomical observations.

This image, as described by NASA, depicts “M16: Pillars of Creation.”NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day website tells us more about...

Newton discovered the concept of gravity, but no one before Einstein figured out what caused gravity.

The Hubble Space Telescope took this stunning image - click on it to appreciate its true beauty - which NASA describes as “Painting with oxygen ...

A total solar eclipse will cross the continental US on August 21, 2017. What causes this natural phenomenon?

During 1758, Halley's Comet appeared over the Hawaiian Islands; the same day, King Kamehameha I was born.

Hermann Oberth, one of the world's three "Fathers of Rocketry and Astronautics," became interested in his life's work when, at age 14, he read Jules V...

Johannes Hevelius was an astronomer who, for years, studied the sky without the benefit of a telescope. Born in 1611, in the town of Danzig—then...

See the instrument - an azimuthal quadrant - which Johannes Hevelius used to study the heavens ... and get accurate readings ... with the naked eye. ...

This image depicts a view of the Horsehead Nebula. Click on the image to see an even-more sensational view of the photo.NASA’s Astronomy Picture...