Sky and Solar

On this day in space! Nov. 10, 2013: Europe's GOCE satellite, the 'Ferrari of space,' fell out of orbit after mapping Earth's gravity field
10 November 2026

On Nov. 10, 2013, Europe's GOCE satellite fell to Earth after four years in orbit mapping the planet's gravitational field. Here's why it mattered.
A distant exoplanet mysteriously vanished from sight. Astronomers just discovered why
10 November 2026

Astronomers have solved the mystery of an exoplanet that "disappeared" after seven years of observations.
How to watch 'We Chose to Go to the Moon' online — stream space race stage show from anywhere
10 November 2026

How to stream "We Chose to Go to the Moon", a live broadcast of the dazzling new stage retelling of the space race story.
SpaceX Starship Flight 15 live updates: Super Heavy rocket moved to launch pad for 1st Starship double landing test
10 November 2026

Follow live updates as SpaceX attempts its Starship Flight 15 test flight with first double landings.
Uranus has a weird magnetic field that's stumped scientists for 40 years — we may finally know why
10 November 2026

The lopsided magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune could be the product of extreme conditions inside the planets, increasing the electrical conductivity that enhances the dynamo effect.

Hera closes in on the asteroid DART impacted
09 November 2026

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Hera spacecraft has returned its first close-up view of the Didymos asteroid system, marking the beginning of an ‘asteroid autopsy’ to discover what NASA’s DART impact really did to the asteroid moon Dimorphos in 2022.
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.