Apollo 10’s near‑Moon landing return hit 40,000 km/h, a re‑entry speed record untouched for 57 years. When the Apollo 10 command module sliced through Earth’s atmosphere on 26 May 1969, it did so at a blistering 36 397 feet per second – roughly 39 938...

Cetus on September 6. A notable highlight arrives on September 26, when the planet sits just 6 degrees beneath the Harvest Full Moon. Telescope users may observe that Saturn’s rings are currently inclined at a narrow 8-degree angle relative to our line...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has captured a rare solar eclipse as Phobos transits the Sun, turning the Martian event into vital new scientific data. NASA’s Perseverance rover has successfully documented a rare solar transit, capturing the Martian moon...

Witness a rare total solar eclipse on Aug 12 2026 crossing Greenland, Iceland and Spain—millions can enjoy this spectacular celestial event. On August 12, 2026, a total solar eclipse will sweep across a narrow band that includes parts of Greenland,...

SpaceX completes full static fire of Starship Super Heavy booster, a key step before the eagerly awaited Flight 13 launch. In a decisive step toward the upcoming Starship Flight 13, SpaceX ignited all 33 Raptor engines on its Super Heavy booster during...

Fungus-driven system enables chickpeas to produce seeds in lunar soil simulant, a breakthrough for off‑world farming. A collaborative effort between Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin has demonstrated that chickpea plants can...

US firm cleared to test a massive space mirror, sparking debate over potential climate impacts and the risk of permanently brightening the night sky. A federal panel has cleared a U.S. firm to launch its inaugural test satellite that will bounce...

Mosaic ESA reports that the telescope stitched together nine separate pointings—each covering an area larger than the full Moon—into a single mosaic that features more than 60 million stars, along with clusters and nebulae spread across the dense...

United States. Tonight’s aurora forecast Credit: NOAA Moonlight, Short Nights and Weather May Dim the Show A bright full moon will illuminate the sky, making any faint green or pink hues harder to discern. Summer also brings abbreviated darkness, so the...

A radiation resistant black fungus grew faster on the International Space Station than on Earth, and sensors beneath its biomass recorded fewer ionizing events compared to a control surface. When discussions about life in space arise, most people...

Fenomeno celeste imperdibile: il 12 giugno allineamento fugace di Mercurio, Venere e Giove per uno spettacolo unico nel cielo serale. Tonight, observers around the world will have a short-lived chance to see an uncommon planetary line‑up as Mercury,...

capability to capture wide, deep-field images allowed the team to scan regions spanning 12 times the surface area of the full moon. Because automated detection algorithms often struggle to distinguish these whisper-thin signals from background noise,...

SpaceX has rolled its massive Super Heavy booster to the launch pad as the Starship rocket prepares for its highly anticipated first orbital test flight. SpaceX has reached a significant milestone in its ambitious Starship program, moving its colossal...

China’s Shenzhou-23 crew advances a pioneering rice experiment to study how crops evolve over generations in orbit, shedding light on space agriculture. Ensuring a reliable food supply is a central obstacle for crews traveling beyond low Earth orbit,...

Four astronauts returned to Earth weeks early after a health issue aboard the International Space Station, triggering the first medical evacuation in the outpost’s 25-year history. Human spaceflight is built on schedules measured years in advance....

Successful viewing hinges on a dark site, an unobstructed view of the northern sky, and clear weather. While a near‑full Moon may lessen contrast, strong geomagnetic activity can still produce visible displays despite lunar illumination. Patience is...

are typically observed with the Sun roughly behind the viewer, making them appear largely illuminated—much like a near‑full Moon. Lucy, however, will approach the same bodies from very different perspectives. As the probe closes in, some portions of an...

a Deep-Space Mosaic The nebula’s significant presence in the night sky—spanning nearly half the diameter of the full Moon—presented a challenge for high-resolution imaging. Because the object is too vast for the Hubble Space Telescope to capture in a...

New gravity measurements have uncovered a hidden structure deep within Mars, potentially rewriting our understanding of the Red Planet’s evolutionary history. New data gathered from NASA’s retired InSight mission has revealed that the interior of Mars...

A new observing technique has allowed scientists to identify carbon dioxide in the atmospheres of distant giant planets from Earth’s surface, offering a powerful alternative to space telescopes. More than 5,000 planets have now been confirmed beyond...