Sky and Solar

New 'Blade Runner 2099' trailer is a space fan's dream with sinister starships and strange exoplanets (video)
19 October 2026

'More human than human. That's not a slogan; it's a shackle'
The X-Files Lego set is a wonderful bit of 90s sci-fi nostalgia
19 October 2026

Brick by brick... the truth is out there. You can now own a little piece of that with this 1,478-piece Lego set
Japan launches historic MMX sample-return mission to Mars' moon Phobos (video)
19 October 2026

Japan just launched an epic mission to Mars' moons that could make history as the first spacecraft to return to Earth from the Red Planet — and it plans to come back with samples onboard.
On this day in space! Oct. 19, 2016: Europe's ExoMars orbiter and Schiaparelli lander arrive at Mars
19 October 2026

On Oct. 19, 2016, the European Space Agency's ExoMars orbiter and Schiaparelli arrived at Mars! Here's why it mattered.
The moon is shrinking. 10,000 cracks on the lunar surface reveal by how much
19 October 2026

One new study shows how much the moon has diminished over time.

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.