Learn about our universe through our coverage of new space missions, space technology, and discoveries on alien worlds.

Learn about space and the people who illuminate its wonders in this multimedia learning resource collection featuring National Geographic Explorers Cynthia Chiang, Munazza Alam, Sophie Dia …

The National Geographic Society has documented humanity’s amazing feats in space through compelling stories and photographs, from the U.S. space program and its development in the 1950s …

In this episode of “Spaced Out,” see farther into space than ever before through the eyes of the Hubble Space Telescope. Learn about the importance of Hubble and how the space telescope is teaching...

Learn how these celestial objects form, how they are classified by brightness and temperature, and what happens when they ...

Earth is far from the only celestial body in the Solar System.

Two of the biggest questions in astrophysics relate to the nature of dark matter and dark energy, which make up 95 percent of the universe: what, exactly, are they, and why do they affect the...

Perched high in the foothills of Chile’s Andes mountains, a revolutionary new space telescope has just taken its first pictures of the cosmos—and they’re spectacular.

Jan 26, 2026 · Dark matter is a mysterious substance that glues galaxies together. This map from the James Webb Space Telescope could help scientists finally figure out what it is.

Oct 19, 2023 · Learn how these celestial objects form, how they are classified by brightness and temperature, and what happens when they die.