No telescope needed: September’s night sky is about to put on a show
September brings brilliant Venus, the Harvest Moon, an equinox, and several easy-to-spot celestial sights in the night sky.…
APOD: 2026 September 5 – Chasing the Moon s Shadow
APOD: 2026 September 5 – Chasing the Moon s Shadow Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image…
By the age of eight, a girl in northeastern Brazil was working through sky-survey images on two computer screens and had logged 18 preliminary asteroid detections; if confirmed, they would make her younger than Luigi Sannino, who was 18 when he set the record for youngest person to discover an asteroid in 1999.
A child at a desk after school, two screens glowing in front of her, clicking through frames of…
Have we got our Galaxy completely wrong? Scientists just worked out it’s much wider than they thought
The Milky Ways’s most distant spiral arms may extend significantly farther into space than previously believed, meaning fundamental…
On this day in space! Sept. 5, 1977: NASA launches Voyager 1 on epic journey across the solar system
On Sept. 5, 1977, Voyager 1 began its epic journey through deep space with a glorious morning launch…
Comets may have transported water to a young planetary system: Study
Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden have found evidence of exocomets, comets in other solar systems, orbiting a…
Back to School 2026-2027: 5 school projects to engage your students in STEM
Agency 04/09/2026 272 views 4 likes This year, take your students’ learning beyond the classroom and into space!…
NASA funds spacecraft concept that aims to map minerals on solar system planets and moons
Nearby Earth, an iconic series of orbiting U.S. government satellites called Landsat have collectively been charting minerals and…
War on Earth could spill over to the moon, Chinese space scientists warn
In a rare study, Chinese aerospace researchers have explored how a war could one day spill into the…
Have scientists discovered a dark matter particle? | Science and Technology
Deep beneath the Black Hills of South Dakota, US, in an old gold mine, a tank of liquid…
China narrows Tianwen-3 Mars sample return landing site selection, seeking traces of life
HELSINKI — China will select a final landing site for its Tianwen-3 Mars sample return before the end…
Scientists have confirmed that a pit in the Moon’s Sea of Tranquillity opens into an underground cave, probably an ancient lava tube. Only tens of metres have been mapped, but separate modelling suggests that lunar gravity could support tubes kilometres wide—natural shelters large enough, in theory, to house entire settlements.
A dark opening in Mare Tranquillitatis has been visible in spacecraft images for years. What lay beyond its…