NASA's astronomical year

With the success of the Artemis I mission NASA proudly shares a look back at an astronomical year.

Credits: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI

Behind the curtain of dust and gas in these “Cosmic Cliffs” are previously hidden baby stars - now uncovered by James Webb Space Telescope.

2022 was a big win for NASA and all of humanity. We unfolded the universe, launched a mega Moon rocket, moved an asteroid in space.

NASA 2022 - a year of success

wonder | wander | world is glad we got front row seats to all this awe and wonder.

August stellar events

Look up! Watch the skies! August is full of stellar events.

Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks August 11 & 12

Here are some links to sites and schedules with great tips for where to watch them best.

NASA's blog

SPACE's skywatching

EarthSky cosmos updates

Hope you are where the skies are clear!

Cassini's grand finale

The Cassini mission to Saturn is one of the most ambitious efforts in planetary space exploration ever mounted.

A joint endeavor of NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Italian space agency, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI), Cassini is a sophisticated robotic spacecraft orbiting the ringed planet and studying the Saturnian system in detail.

After 13 memorable years, the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn's largest moon, Titan, has entered its final dive, called "The Grand Finale".

Google commemorated the event in a doodle that celebrates the journey of the nearly 20-year-old spacecraft. Cassini has stayed in space these long years and is now beginning the last leg of its exploration journey.

According to NASA's website following the spacecraft, "Cassini will leap over the planet's icy rings and begin a series of 22 weekly dives between the planet and the rings" after a final close flyby of Titan.

The spacecraft, launched from Cape Canaveral in The US in 1997, is now running out of rocket fuel for its mission that will conclude on September 15 this year.