Day: September 29, 2026
A Giant Hexagon Has Been Spinning at Saturn’s North Pole for Decades. Now, Scientists Found Its Twin
Recent images by Hubble revealed a decagonal-shaped wave around Saturn's south pole
BepiColombo Survived a Glitchy 8-Year Trip to Mercury. Now Comes the Hard Part
The twin probes need to separate before entering a joint polar orbit around Mercury.
Trump Crashed NASA’s Press Conference to Praise the Space Telescope He Repeatedly Tried to Kill
The president interrupted a NASA press briefing to say, "I'm supplying you all that money."
NASA Is Launching a $4 Billion Space Telescope on Sunday. Here’s Why You Should Care
Roman is designed to capture enormous areas of the universe quickly and precisely—and gaze upon things we've never...
SpaceX’s Plan to Build the World’s Biggest Spaceport Could Be an Environmental Disaster
Wildlife advocacy groups are standing up against proposed waivers to federal regulations intended to expedite development.
A Nearly Total Lunar Eclipse Will Turn the Moon Blood Red Tonight. Here’s How to See It
The deep partial eclipse will see 96% of the Moon cloaked in Earth's dark shadow.
NASA Researchers Want to Literally Blot Out Starlight to Hunt for Earth-Like Exoplanets
A team at NASA and Caltech wants to launch a giant, flower-shaped “starshade” to better view distant planets...
Trump Wants 1,000 Rocket Launches Per Year, More Than 5 Times Today’s Rate
A new memo seeks to drastically ramp up space activity by 2030.
Astronomers Think They’ve Found the Best Evidence for Dark Matter Yet
If not, at the very least an extremely strange cosmic phenomenon.
Scientists Thought Venus Was Too Acidic for Complex Chemistry. It May Actually Be Weirdly Hospitable
MIT researchers recreated a Venus-like stew of 98% sulfuric acid to test complex signaling molecules, like peptides, in...
