Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Black holes more massive than entire galaxies are not a major component of the mysterious dark matter that’s thought to make up most of the matter in the cosmos, a new study finds. For decades, to explain why galaxies do not spin apart at the speeds at which they whirl, scientists have suggested the existence of an unseen substance known as dark matter, whose gravitational pull helps keep galaxies…
Read MoreRocket Lab launches 3 ‘Hawk’ satellites to orbit to gather signals intelligence
Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter Rocket Lab launched a trio of private signals-intelligence satellites to orbit today (Oct. 23). The mission lifted off aboard an Electron rocket from Rocket Lab’s New Zealand launch site today at 3:11 a.m. EDT (0711 GMT; 8:11 p.m. local time in New Zealand). The Electron carried three “Hawk” satellites for the Virginia-based company HawkEye 360, which explains the name Rocket Lab gave to the mission: “We’re Not Hawking Around.”…
Read MoreAPOD: 2026 October 23 – Andromeda in Southern Spring
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 23 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Andromeda in Southern Spring Explanation: Looking toward the north from Mullion, New South Wales, Australia, the Andromeda Galaxy never gets more than a few degrees above the horizon. During the southern hemisphere spring, Andromeda is highest in the…
Read MoreEl Niño Then and Now
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory El Niño Then and Now Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles Earth Matters Blog Blue Marble: Next Generation EO Kids Mission: Biomes About About Us Subscribe 🛜 RSS Contact Us Search october 13, 1997 october 12, 2026 Sea levels are higher than normal across the central and eastern equatorial…
Read MoreNASA Invites Media to 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium
Members of the media are invited to join NASA at the 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium from Monday, Oct. 26, to Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. This year’s symposium is focused on humanity’s return to the Moon, sustainable lunar infrastructure, advanced space propulsion, and the evolving space workforce. Panels include discussions on Artemis II and III, space propulsion flash talks, building utilities and infrastructure for sustainable lunar operations, Moon base supply chain resilience, space nuclear technology, navigating the new NASA workforce, and engineering the…
Read MoreSpiral’s Edge
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image features the edge-on, intermediate spiral galaxy NGC 1827, located roughly 37 million light-years away in the constellation Columba, the Dove.
Read MoreNext Mass Effect game cancelled as EA shuts down legendary sci-fi RPG studio BioWare
Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The writing was on the wall, but the news still hit us like a truck yesterday. BioWare, the iconic RPG studio behind the Mass Effect and Dragon Age series, is no more. Development on the next Mass Effect has stopped, but EA might not be entirely done with the IP. Variety reported, backed by EA’s own statement and BioWare’s goodbye on socials, that EA is laying off 3% of…
Read MoreAPOD: 2026 October 22 – The First Green Star, WD J1330+6435
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 22 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. The First Green Star, WD J1330+6435 Explanation: Star light, star bright: is there a green star out tonight? Other than the Sun, all stars are so far from Earth that they appear as points in the sky.…
Read MoreFires Char New Guinea
Earth Observatory Science Earth Observatory Fires Char New Guinea Earth Earth Observatory Image of the Day EO Explorer Topics All Topics Atmosphere Land Heat & Radiation Life on Earth Human Dimensions Natural Events Oceans Remote Sensing Technology Snow & Ice Water More Content Collections Global Maps World of Change Articles Earth Matters Blog Blue Marble: Next Generation EO Kids Mission: Biomes About About Us Subscribe 🛜 RSS Contact Us Search New Guinea, the world’s second-largest island, harbors an extraordinary variety of plant life across more than a dozen distinct…
Read MoreFaster to Science: A Letter to the Science Community
Dear NASA Science Community, NASA Science wants to deliver science faster, so we’re changing how we compete and select missions. On Monday, October 26, we will host a virtual NASA Science Town Hall, from NASA Headquarters, to explain our new Competition Model 2.0 (CM 2.0), and answer your questions. We have heard you. We have listened. We know that the burden of bringing great ideas forward has been too heavy for too long. It has taken years to move mission concepts through the current two-step process. This has often come…
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