Windblown yardangs on Mars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 15, 2026
Space Technology 1 week ago
Windblown yardangs on Mars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 15, 2026

Martian sands blown by strong winds left rippled ridges on the surface of the Red Planet, as seen in this new image from the Mars Express spacecraft.

Source: Space.com

NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
How NASA is thinking about a moon base

In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss talks with NASA’s Shatel Bhakta, the principal systems engineer for Moon Base, about what’s needed between now ...

Source: SpaceNews

Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Chandra Finds Possible Origin of ‘Treble Clef’ Waves

A formation of radio waves looks remarkably like a treble clef in this Oct. 14, 2026, image from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Researche...

Source: NASA

Artemis Missions 1 week ago
Rigorous Analysis Confirms NASA’s Artemis II Heat Shield Performance 

NASA’s Artemis II mission sent four astronauts around the Moon and brought them safely back to Earth, laying a foundation for crewed flights to the Mo...

Source: NASA

Artemis Program 1 week ago
NASA Awards Enable Research, Technology to Build Future Workforce

NASA has selected 12 U.S. institutions to receive $12 million to accelerate academic research and technology development in support of the agency’s pr...

Source: NASA

SpaceX Falcon 9 launch creates mesmerizing ‘space jellyfish’ in the sky
Space Technology 1 week ago
SpaceX Falcon 9 launch creates mesmerizing ‘space jellyfish’ in the sky

As the rocket climbs higher into the sky, the temperature drops and water vapour freezes quickly, forming ice crystals that trail behind the rocket.

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Whoa, the Lion Nebula!
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Whoa, the Lion Nebula!

NASA’s JWST recently snapped this image of the Lion Nebula (NGC 2392). Massive stars undergo supernova explosions at the end of their lives, but these...

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NASA & Space Agencies 1 week ago
SPHEREx Just Took the Fingerprints of Failed Stars Across Our Cosmic Neighborhood

Brown dwarfs are the black (or brown?) sheep of astronomy. They’re too big to be considered a traditional gas planet, but they are too small to have s...

Source: Universe Today

Beat light pollution with these six portable telescopes
Astronomy Research 1 week ago
Beat light pollution with these six portable telescopes

Sick of skyglow spoiling your stargazing? These six telescopes are portable enough that you can easily pack them away and seek out darker skies.

Source: Space.com

Reflect Orbital Purchases Two Skyroot Launches
Space Technology 1 week ago
Reflect Orbital Purchases Two Skyroot Launches

HAWTHORNE, Calif., Oct. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Reflect Orbital today announces the purchase of two Skyroot Aerospace launches to deploy future space...

Source: PRNewswire

Scientists exploring Superhabitable Worlds that could be twice as massive as Earth with more water and a cooler sun
Artemis Program 1 week ago
Scientists exploring Superhabitable Worlds that could be twice as massive as Earth with more water and a cooler sun

Scientists are exploring superhabitable worlds, which could provide better conditions for life than Earth itself. These planets are believed to orbit...

Source: The Times of India

Prediction: $1,000 Invested in SpaceX Will Be Worth This Much by 2030
Space Technology 1 week ago
Prediction: $1,000 Invested in SpaceX Will Be Worth This Much by 2030

Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX -4.21%) is a popular stock that went public earlier this year. Better known as SpaceX, it's one of Elon Musk...

Source: Biztoc.com

SpaceX wants to launch Starship more than 450 times per year from South Texas
Space Technology 1 week ago
SpaceX wants to launch Starship more than 450 times per year from South Texas

SpaceX has proposed increasing the number of allowed Starship launches from its Starbase site in South Texas from 25 per year to 456. The FAA is curre...

Source: Space.com

Jeff Bezos targets a lunar base after investing $28 billion since 2000
Artemis Missions 1 week ago
Jeff Bezos targets a lunar base after investing $28 billion since 2000

More than 50 years after the first crewed moon landing, Jeff Bezos has a straightforward explanation for why returning to the lunar surface remains so

Source: The Times of India

Christina Koch named Nasa’s acting deputy chief engineer after Artemis II; appointment ends her eligibility for future spaceflights
Artemis Missions 1 week ago
Christina Koch named Nasa’s acting deputy chief engineer after Artemis II; appointment ends her eligibility for future spaceflights

A veteran astronaut who has lived in orbit for nearly a year and flown around the Moon is now moving from the cockpit to the engineering leadership ta...

Source: The Times of India

Watch SpaceX deliver more than 6,000 pounds of cargo to the ISS today
Space Technology 1 week ago
Watch SpaceX deliver more than 6,000 pounds of cargo to the ISS today

SpaceX's CRS-35 cargo Dragon will rendezvous with the International Space Station today (Oct. 15) after a two-day chase. Here's how to watch...

Source: Space.com

Artemis Program 1 week ago
APOD: 2026 October 15 – The Milky Way over Manhattan

APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 15 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Pic...

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Disney Confirms Fantasy Reboot as an Animated Series (Six Years After the Movie Set a Devastating Record)
Artemis Program 1 week ago
Disney Confirms Fantasy Reboot as an Animated Series (Six Years After the Movie Set a Devastating Record)

IMAGE COURTESY OF DISNEY Artemis Fowl was a movie that didn’t just suffer because of the COVID-19 pandemic, though it certainly did that when lockdow...

Source: ComicBook.com

Clock ticking on funding to launch Australian of the Year to space
Artemis Program 1 week ago
Clock ticking on funding to launch Australian of the Year to space

The countdown is on for the federal government to decide if it will accept an European Space Agency offer to send Australian of the Year Katherine Ben...

Source: ABC News (AU)

Elon Musk Says Micron Has Been ‘Reasonable’ in Future Pricing Memory Where Others Were ‘Extortionate’
Space Exploration 1 week ago
Elon Musk Says Micron Has Been ‘Reasonable’ in Future Pricing Memory Where Others Were ‘Extortionate’

Elon Musk Says Micron Has Been ‘Reasonable’ in Future Pricing Memory Where Others Were ‘Extortionate’ — ‘Customers Won’t Forget’ Space Exploration Tec...

Source: Biztoc.com