Sky and Solar

The Star Wars Eclipse — Want to see the 2027 total solar eclipse on Tatooine? Head to Tunisia
03 November 2026

From Mos Eisley to Mos Espa and the Jundland Wastes, here's where to experience the Aug. 2, 2027 total solar eclipse from Tunisia's Star Wars filming locations.
On this day in space! Nov. 3, 1957: Laika the dog launches with Sputnik 2
03 November 2026

On Nov. 3, 1957, a Soviet space dog named Laika became the first animal to orbit Earth.
Robot cube explores the International Space Station | Space photo of the day for Nov. 3, 2026
03 November 2026

An Astrobee, a tiny robot cube, is zipping around the International Space Station helping out the astronauts on board.
Do we know how many Starship launches SpaceX will need to get NASA astronauts to the moon? No. Will its refuelling plan be simple? Also no.
03 November 2026

NASA's Artemis IV moon mission will be a complicated affair — especially if SpaceX's Starship ends up being the lunar lander. The massive spacecraft will need an unknown number of refuel flights in two separate orbits.
Why does Betelgeuse keep fading? The mystery of Orion's giant star
03 November 2026

From stellar pulsations to giant dust clouds and a mysterious companion, astronomers are piecing together why Betelguese keeps changing brightness.

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.