Sky and Solar

Hera probe gets 1st good luck at asteroid system clobbered by NASA's DART mission | Space photo of the day for Nov. 6, 2026
06 November 2026

The European Space Agency's Hera spacecraft has gotten its first close-up look at the Didymos binary asteroid, the first space rock system "punched" by humanity.
How to watch 'Musk' online — stream the SpaceX billionaire biography from anywhere
06 November 2026

How to watch "Musk", the new documentary about the World's richest man and CEO of X, SpaceX and Tesla. Cheapest options, where to watch in US, UK, Canada, Australia and beyond.
Northern lights could reach New York and Idaho this weekend as speedy solar wind races toward Earth
06 November 2026

A colossal coronal hole on the sun is unleashing a stream of high-speed solar wind that could spark impressive auroras Nov. 6-8.
Max Power: NASA hosting its 1st air show this weekend on Florida's Space Coast
06 November 2026

NASA will host a first-of-its-kind air show and aerospace expo on Florida's Space Coast this weekend —an event that shares its name with one of Homer Simpson's aliases.
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.

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.