Star maps guide us through the night sky, from ancient cave drawings and Tang dynasty charts to modern GPS‑powered apps. Whether on paper or a screen, they help us identify stars, constellations, planets, and satellites. For explorers, educators, and dreamers alike, star maps turn the cosmos into a personal adventure.
NASA’s PUNCH mission will explore how the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, transforms into the solar wind that fills our solar system. Using four coordinated satellites, it will track solar particles and eruptions, enhancing space weather predictions and protecting satellites, astronauts, and power systems on Earth from solar disturbances.
Astronaut Sunita Williams’ 2024 mission turned into an unexpected ordeal when technical failures left her stranded in space. NASA and SpaceX devised a plan for her safe return in 2025. Her prolonged stay contributed to vital research on space travel’s physical and psychological impacts, marking a historic moment in exploration.