APOD: 2026 October 31 – Night on a Spooky Planet
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NASA Releases MAX POWER Key Events for Media, Participants
America’s newest aerospace expo and air show – MAX POWER – is fast approaching, and NASA has announced key events beginning Friday, Nov. 6, and running through Sunday, Nov. 8, host...
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope Captures Eerie Cat's Head
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mid-infrared view reveals intricate structures within the Cat's Head Nebula, traced by the emission from warm dust and carbon-based molecules ex...
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope Captures Eerie Cat’s Head
Intricate structures within the Cat’s Head Nebula are illuminated in this mid-infrared view from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released on Oct. 29, 2026. The distinctive “cat’s...
What happened this month at the European Space Agency? (October 2026)
Video: 00:04:30 October was a month of discoveries and milestones. ESA’s Rosalind Franklin rover team trained in Spain’s desert, preparing for Mars. Our Smile mission captured the...
NASA Explores Potential Commercial Servicing for Hubble Telescope
NASA issued a Request for Information Oct. 29 to learn more about industry capabilities for in-space servicing to support the agency’s Hubble Space Telescope.
A drive to remember
Perseverance’s record-breaking drive distance is in the spotlight. Plus, Hera is getting close enough to spy its two tiny targets.
Week in images: 26-30 October 2026
Week in images: 26-30 October 2026 Discover our week through the lens
Possible New Dwarf Planet in the Solar System
Astronomers have identified more than 1,000 outer solar system objects in data from the Rubin Observatory — including a possible new dwarf planet. The post Possible New Dwarf Plane...
New dwarf planet discovered by Rubin?
Astronomers using the Rubin Observatory have discovered a new dwarf planet candidate. It lies just beyond the orbit of Pluto. The post New dwarf planet discovered by Rubin? first a...
Ghostly white animals: What’s the cause?
Happy Halloween! They might look ghostly, but white animals are not ghosts. Here's the science behind why some creatures lose their color. The post Ghostly white animals: What’s th...
Could the Taurid meteors bring a risk of airbursts in 2026?
A researcher says the Taurid meteor shower could bring an increased risk of an airburst in 2026. But these Halloween fireballs are based on 2 big IFs. The post Could the Taurid met...
Daylight Time ends Sunday: 7 tips to help you adjust
Daylight Time ends on November 1, 2026. Here are 7 tips from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine to help you adjust to the time change. The post Daylight Time ends Sunday: 7 tip...
November’s Night Sky Notes: Light-Day Away
Twin Travelers In 1977, NASA launched twin spacecraft Voyager 1 and 2, taking advantage of a once-every-175-year planetary alignment of the four largest planets in our solar system...
Earth from Space: Champi’s eerie eye
Image: This image of Super Typhoon Champi from Copernicus Sentinel-3 was captured on 21 October 2026 off the coasts of Taiwan and the Philippines.
Halloween is an astronomy holiday. It’s a cross-quarter day
A cross-quarter day falls between an equinox and a solstice. Halloween is the year's 4th cross-quarter day and the spookiest of them all. The post Halloween is an astronomy holiday...
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 30 – November 8
Saturn glows for Halloween, the Summer Triangle effect continues, the Taurids tease, and the last-quarter Moon passes Mars, Jupiter, and Regulus in early dawn. The post This Week's...
Visible planets and night sky guide for October and November
Visible planets and night sky guide. Tomorrow morning, the moon will shine close to Castor and Pollux, the unmistakable twin stars of Gemini. The post Visible planets and night sky...
The Witch Head Nebula rises near Orion on Halloween
The Witch Head Nebula rises near the star Rigel in Orion on Halloween night, but it's too faint to see without a large telescope. It's perfect sight for Halloween. The post The Wit...
APOD: 2026 October 30 – Haunting the Cepheus Flare
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 30 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos!...
Vega Island Frozen in Fright
The sight of an icy skull-like visage on the Antarctic island could make one’s blood run cold.
Map Showing Potential Origins of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001
Description This global map of Mars shows 13 locations that match the mineralogy and chemistry of Teghaza 001, one of the most ancient Martian meteorites ever found on Earth. While...
Slice of Martian Meteorite Teghaza 001
Description This slice of Teghaza 001, one of the most ancient Martian meteorites ever found on Earth, was used to determine the age of the rock. Reflected light images like these...
Halloween Aboard the International Space Station
Although no ghouls, goblins, or trick-or-treaters come knocking at the International Space Station’s front hatch, crew members aboard the orbiting laboratory still like to get in t...
NASA-funded Study Details One of Oldest Mars Meteorites Ever Found
When a rose-colored meteorite was found in the Sahara Desert in 2022, no one knew how old it was or where it came from. Not until NASA-funded scientists age-dated its minerals did...
NASA's Hubble Marks Way for Roman Space Telescope
A sinuous spiral galaxy (center) appears in the same field of view as a vivid gravitational lens (right corner) in this Hubble image.
Ghostly Cat’s Head Nebula lurks within sight of Hubble and Webb
The NASA/ESA Hubble and the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescopes recently stared at an eerie star-forming scene within the Carina Nebula, a massive gas and dust cloud located a...
Your Moon Guide for November 2026
Discover the phases of the Moon in November, including a brand new Supermoon.
Skywatching in November 2026
What’s up in the sky in November, including Mars and Jupiter cozying up, a scattering of shooting stars, a recognizable constellation, and a Supermoon.
Is this our solar system’s future? Scientists spot disk around dead star
Researchers have discovered a white dwarf surrounded by a debris disk with 2 separate rings. It offers a possible glimpse of our solar system's future. The post Is this our solar s...
The enormous oarfish could inspire new ways to explore the ocean
The giant oarfish has a remarkable fin that could inspire quieter underwater robots and open new possibilities for ocean exploration and conservation. The post The enormous oarfish...
Sun news: More spectacular auroras on this day in 2003
Sun news October 30, 2026: 23 years ago today, a monster X10 flare provoked a second round of G5 (extreme) geomagnetic storms at Earth, triggering widespread auroras. The post Sun...
Caltech Names Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman as NASA JPL Deputy
Artemis II Commander Reid Wiseman has been named Caltech associate vice president and deputy director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. The emeritus astro...
Artemis III SLS Core Stage Joins Boosters at Kennedy
NASA’s Artemis III SLS (Space Launch System) core stage is integrated alongside the twin solid rocket boosters on Oct. 28 inside the Vehicle Assembly Building’s High Bay 3 at NASA’...
Mars rover samples what could be one of the oldest rocks on the Martian surface
The Perseverance rover's "Singita" sample may be more than 3.9 billion years old.
Have a Screamingly Good Halloween Week
From the Scream Nebula to bobbing for planets in daylight, Halloween offers an ample bag of treats. The post Have a Screamingly Good Halloween Week appeared first on Sky & Telescop...
Webb Sees Turbulent Star Nursery
In this Picture of the Month from the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope, we visit a turbulent cauldron of star formation to see what is brewing inside dense clumps of gas.
Rubin Observatory Detects Record-Breaking Asteroids
The Rubin Observatory has detected thousands of new asteroids, including several that spin a lot faster than expected for typical rubble piles. The post Rubin Observatory Detects R...
NASA's Neo Surveyor Sunshade
The large sunshade of NASA’s Near-Earth Object Surveyor mission is inspected by a technician at BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems in Boulder, Colorado, in late July.
First light: Hera resolves two asteroids instead of one
The European Space Agency’s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence has resolved its two target asteroids separately for the very first time, revealing the binary nature of the Didym...
ESA procures four new Galileo Second Generation satellites
The European Space Agency (ESA) has extended ongoing contracts to build four additional Galileo Second Generation (G2) satellites, ensuring the long-term continuity of the constell...
A Satellite Company Tests “Sunlight As A Service” — Without Astronomers’ Knowledge
The California demonstration by Reflect Orbital used spotlights to imitate sunlight-reflecting satellites. The post A Satellite Company Tests “Sunlight As A Service” — Without Astr...
NASA’s Perseverance Offers Clues to Protect Crews From Mars Dust
Over 1,645 Martian days, NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover measured the fine and ultrafine Martian dust particles found clinging to samples of spacesuit materials that are carried abo...
Did Venus and the Hyades Star Cluster Inspire Van Gogh’s ‘The Starry Night’?
A team of researchers claims the Hyades star cluster may form the heart of van Gogh's "The Starry Night." Others aren't so sure. The post Did Venus and the Hyades Star Cluster Insp...
NASA Invites Media to Moon Landing Simulation Experience in California
Members of the media are invited to tour a new lunar landing simulator at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California's Silicon Valley on Thursday, Oct. 29, and Friday, Oct. 30.
NASA's X-59 Aircraft and Test Pilot
NASA test pilot Mike Lippert poses for a photo ahead of his first time flying the agency's X-59 quiet supersonic research aircraft on Oct. 21, 2026.
Ice mission CRISTAL opens its wings
With its solar arrays integrated and key qualification reviews under way, Europe’s new ice-monitoring satellite, CRISTAL, is moving from assembly into the demanding testing phase t...
NASA, Partners Accelerate Lander Development for 2028 Moon Missions
As NASA returns humans to the lunar surface and establishes a long-term presence on our closest celestial neighbor, the agency and commercial human landing system providers Blue Or...
NASA’s Artemis III Mission to Test Future Moon Lander Operations
Before astronauts return to the lunar surface, NASA will first conduct one of the most ambitious and complex test missions in the agency’s history. Launching in 2027, Artemis III w...
RS-25 Engine Tests at NASA Stennis
Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21, 2026.
Sudden changes and slow burns
A mission to a Martian moon launches, what the upcoming U.S. elections will mean for NASA, and new possible landing sites for Artemis.
Week in images: 19-23 October 2026
Week in images: 19-23 October 2026 Discover our week through the lens
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 23 – November 1
The Moon lights the way to Saturn 3,300 times farther behind it. Then the Moon befriends the Pleiades. The Ghost of Summer Suns arrives for Halloween. The Dipper lies low. The post...
Spiral's Edge
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, the Dove...
Stars brewing in a nebulous cauldron
Image: Stars brewing in a nebulous cauldron
Space in the 2026 elections
A space advocate’s guide to the U.S. midterm elections
NASA JPL Looks to Next 90 Years of Innovation, Exploration
Interstellar probes. Lunar drones. Helicopters on Mars. When a group of Caltech graduate students and enthusiasts began conducting rocket-propulsion tests in Pasadena’s Arroyo Seco...
Momentum October 2026
If ever there were a case for playing the long game, space exploration is it.
How to log in to The Planetary Society Member Community
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Science on the Space Station with NASA Astronaut Jessica Watkins
NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Jessica Watkins works inside the Kibo laboratory module's Life Science Glovebox, safely mixing living cell samples with a bioink an...
A Chartreuse White Dwarf Shows Some Stars Really Are Green
The stars in our galaxy come in a beautiful assortment of colors. We see supergiants such as Betelgeuse that have a warm red glow, and others like Rigel that shine […] The post A C...
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NASA Provides Progress Update on Moon Base Rovers
As NASA works to build the Moon Base, crewed and robotic lunar rovers will play a crucial role during early development through technology demonstrations, astronaut transport, terr...
Webb Captures Stellar Jets
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed many protostars and stars within the glowing gases of NGC 7129. Hot, atomic hydrogen gas is shown here in the golden region, while co...
See brightest star, Sirius, in your morning sky
Out late at night or before dawn? Look for the sky's brightest star, Sirius, a brilliant beauty. You'll know it's Sirius if you see Orion's Belt pointing to it. The post See bright...
MMX lifts off to Mars’s moon Phobos
Image: MMX lifts off to Mars’s moon Phobos
Japan Launches the Martian Moons Exploration Mission
A two-stage, H3-24L rocket lit up the predawn skies over Tanegashima Space Center on the southern tip of Japan early on Tuesday, October 20th (3:41 p.m. EDT on October 19th), […] T...
Martian Dawn
The captivating shapes of wind-carved crags called yardangs are revealed in this zoomed-in crop of a broader panorama captured by NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover. Scientists are eager...
Celebrating BepiColombo, three words at a time
Video: 00:03:32 BepiColombo launched on 20 October 2018. This year, the anniversary is special. After eight years of travelling through the inner Solar System, the ESA/JAXA mission...
Euclid discovers new comet
The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has discovered its first previously unknown comet, in images taken between 16 and 24 September 2026.
Webb and Spitzer Telescopes Explore the Planets That Never Were
Planetesimal wrecks are raging around distant stars. With the Webb and Spitzer Space Telescopes, astronomers are learning what that looks like. The post Webb and Spitzer Telescopes...
Artemis II Heat Shield After Splashdown
Shortly after Artemis II splashdown on April 10, 2026, U.S. Navy divers captured underwater imagery of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield.
Artemis II Heat Shield After Splashdown
Shortly after NASA’s Artemis II mission splashed down on April 10, 2026, U.S. Navy divers captured underwater imagery of the Orion spacecraft’s heat shield. In the months after, th...
Seeing the old in a new light
Old stars may offer a rainbow of color, while a Mars rover sets a new record, and a JWST image gets an artistic makeover.
I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen
As the supercooled propellant flowed into the core stage, and NASA’s SLS (Space Launch System) rocket roared to life, Allison Mjoen and her family watched with awe and pride. Mjoen...
This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 16 – 25
Tonight the Moon's in the Teapot. High in early dawn, Mars stands over Jupiter while Regulus twinkles below. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 16 – 25 appeared first on...
NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño
A phenomenon rarer than a solar eclipse and more powerful than any single storm system is unfolding this fall, and NASA is tracking it closely. El Niño is a natural climate pattern...
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 Moon’s surface. Additional engin...
Chandra Finds Possible Origin of 'Treble Clef' Waves
Astronomers have used NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory to break down the cause of a remarkable formation of radio waves they have nicknamed the “Treble Clef” because its distinct s...