Sky and Solar

Realistic star projections at home — this early Black Friday deal takes our favorite star projector to one of its cheapest-ever prices
06 November 2026

This Pococo Galaxy Star Projector is user-friendly, delivers bright, high-resolution projections and is 24% off in this limited-time Amazon deal.
4-billion-year-old 'Rosetta Stone' found in Sahara Desert could unlock the secret history of water on Mars
06 November 2026

A rock discovered in the Sahara Desert formed more than 4.1 billion years ago, making it one of the oldest Martian meteorites ever found. The ancient space rock offers a rare glimpse into the formation of Mars' early crust and its possible interaction with water.
'We got it done!' Spacewalking astronauts finish installing next-gen ISS solar arrays
05 November 2026

Spacewalkers Anil Menon and Joshua Kutryk installed the final ISS Roll-Out Solar Array on Thursday (Nov. 5), wrapping up a multiyear effort to boost the station's power generation by 30%.
Andy Weir says his new sci-fi audio drama 'Exoplanet' is a way to 'revive the old art of radio plays' (interview)
05 November 2026

"Earlier on in my life, even before 'The Martian,' I wanted to bring back audio-only entertainment."
Blue Origin announces 3rd stage for its powerful New Glenn rocket —and a new engine
05 November 2026

Blue Origin has developed a third stage for its New Glenn rocket, which it says will make the launcher even more flexible and capable. The company has also built a new engine, called Northstar.

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.
Falcon 9 lunar impact: More than a new crater
05 August 2026

Today’s impact of a spent Falcon 9 rocket stage on the Moon may sound dramatic, but it is neither the first human-made object to strike our natural satellite nor the largest.