Distant Space News Today

Images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope show galaxies that are flat and elongated versus being round. Researchers compared the shapes to surfboards and pool noodles. Researchers believe the Milky Way first looked like a surfboard but has since changed shape.

The lander is expected to touch down on the moon on Aug. 21, Russia's space chief Yuri Borisov told Interfax on Friday. Russian space agency Roscosmos previously pegged Aug. 23 as the landing date.

25 years ago today, 39 bodies were discovered in their California home, and America’s eyes turned from the stars to the largest mass suicide ever committed on U.S. soil. Welcome to Heaven’s Gate.