Sky and Solar

On this day in space! Oct. 25, 1671: Astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, Saturn's 'yin-yang' moon
25 October 2026

On Oct. 25, 1671, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered a new moon at Saturn! Here's why it mattered.
October's 'Hunter's Moon' stalks into the autumn sky tonight: Here's what you need to know
25 October 2026

The October full moon rises on Oct. 25. Here's how to see it, why it's called the "Hunter's Moon" and everything else you need to know about the lunar milestone.
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 233 — The Artemis Generation
24 October 2026

On Episode 233 of This Week In Space, Tariq Malik and Rick Jenet are joined by Dr. Amanda Smith-Hackler, with the Universities Space Research Association, about entering the space workforce.
On this day in space! Oct. 24, 1946: V-2 rocket takes 1st photos of Earth from space
24 October 2026

On October 24, 1946, a V-2 rocket captured the first-ever photo of Earth from space. Here's why it mattered.
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' was afraid to say anything in season of gimmicks
24 October 2026

The fourth season of "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" was one giant gimmick: shoving "Trek" into as many genres as possible and often directly adapting classic films from those genres.

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.