Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter It didn’t take long for fans to figure out that the fourth season of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” was going to be unlike any season of “Star Trek” before it. The entire season was one giant gimmick, and that gimmick was shoving “Trek” into as many genres as possible and often directly adapting classic films from those genres. You could argue that an entire season of gimmick episodes…
Read MoreMedusa’s eye, Halloween fireballs and more: 5 skywatching targets to look out for this spooky season
Share this article Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter The spooky season is officially here! To celebrate, we’ve put together a list of five Halloween-themed skywatching targets that you can enjoy with nothing but the naked eye or binoculars and, of course, clear skies. Over millennia, the night sky has helped shape human beliefs. In return, we have imprinted our myths, stories and perceptions upon it, seeing monsters and mythology in the twinkling lights of the stars and…
Read MoreAPOD: 2026 October 24 – Rosetta’s Selfie
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 24 –… 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. Rosetta’s Selfie Explanation: This Rosetta spacecraft selfie was snapped on October 7th, 2014. At the time the comet-chasing spacecraft was about 472 million kilometers from planet Earth, but only 16 kilometers from the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Looming…
Read MoreNASA, Partners Accelerate Lander Development for 2028 Moon Missions
7 Min Read NASA, Partners Accelerate Lander Development for 2028 Moon Missions As NASA returns humans to the lunar surface and establishes a long-term presence on our closest celestial neighbor, the agency and commercial human landing system providers Blue Origin and SpaceX have streamlined the designs and changed both concepts of operations for its future crewed landers. Since NASA established initial contracts with Blue Origin and SpaceX for crewed missions to the Moon, the agency has redefined Artemis III to demonstrate rendezvous and docking capabilities between test versions of landers…
Read MoreNASA’s Artemis III Mission to Test Future Moon Lander Operations
Before astronauts return to the lunar surface, NASA will first conduct one of the most ambitious and complex test missions in the agency’s history. Launching in 2027, Artemis III will send NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, Andre Douglas, and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Luca Parmitano aboard the Orion spacecraft into low Earth orbit to perform a series of demonstrations with test versions, or test articles, of human landing systems being developed by industry partners Blue Origin and SpaceX. During the planned 14-day mission, crews and flight controllers will…
Read MoreRS-25 Engine Tests at NASA Stennis
Teams at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21, 2026.
Read More‘Stupendously large black holes’ aren’t a major component of dark matter, study finds
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…
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