Sky and Solar

Futuristic aircraft takes flight at NASA | Space photo of the day for Nov. 9, 2026
09 November 2026

The future of flight meets space exploration as a futuristic electric aircraft hovers beside Blue Origin's massive New Glenn rocket stage.
SpaceX will launch epic double-catch Starship Flight 15 test mission on Nov. 13
09 November 2026

SpaceX's next Starship test flight will take place on Friday (Nov. 13), and it will be epic: The company will try to catch both of the vehicle's stages when they return to Earth.
Meteorite that landed in Cape Cod was a 'lone wolf' from the outer solar system, scientists find
09 November 2026

A meteor that exploded into fragments that fell into Cape Cod Bay was once part of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, scientists found.
NASA unveils $10 billion in moon base contracts, new lunar missions and the 'PROMISE' of a nuclear-powered rover
09 November 2026

NASA is pushing ahead with its plan to build a moon base for astronauts by 2032, unveiling up to $10 billion in new contracts to launch and deliver cargo to Earth's nearest neighbor.
NASA chief Jared Isaacman skydives into space agency's MAX POWER air show — 'Going into this job, I knew we had to do something like this.'
09 November 2026

"I promise you, there'll be more to come."

Hera closes in on the asteroid DART impacted
09 November 2026

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Hera spacecraft has returned its first close-up view of the Didymos asteroid system, marking the beginning of an ‘asteroid autopsy’ to discover what NASA’s DART impact really did to the asteroid moon Dimorphos in 2022.
Happy New Year, Mars! The Red Planet is turning 39
29 September 2026

On 30 September the Red Planet officially begins Mars Year 39. Which is quite an achievement for a world that is actually more than 4.5 billion years old.
3I/ATLAS was born in the deep freeze
08 September 2026

Another piece of evidence suggests that this visitor formed in the bitterly cold outer reaches of a distant planetary system.
Roman Space Telescope launches on mission to survey the Universe
30 August 2026

NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has begun its journey into space, starting a mission that will survey the Universe on an unprecedented scale in search of clues to dark energy, dark matter and worlds beyond our Solar System.
JWST’s ‘impossible’ early galaxies may be even more massive than we thought
24 August 2026

Faint, low-mass stars could be hiding much of the mass in distant galaxies, making the surprisingly large galaxies discovered by JWST in the early Universe even harder to explain.
How to observe the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse
07 August 2026

On the evening of 12 August 2026, the Moon will pass between Earth and the Sun, producing a striking solar eclipse. Find out how, when and where to observe it safely.