The fall equinox doesn’t really bring equal day and night — here’s why
The first day of fall in 2026 arrives Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 8:05 p.m. EDT (1205 GMT on…
On this day in space! Sept. 19, 1996: NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis docks at Russia’s Mir space station on STS-79
On Sept. 19, 1996, the space shuttle Atlantis rendezvoused with Russia’s Mir space station to deliver supplies and…
International Observe the Moon Night 2026 shines tonight — Here’s how to join in
Moon lovers rejoice! International Observe the Moon Night returns tonight (Sept. 19). Here’s everything you need to know…
Rocket Lab continues high Electron cadence with Synspective launch
PARIS — Rocket Lab launched a radar-imaging satellite for Japanese company Synspective on Sept. 18 on the fifth…
NASA awards SpaceX $946 million for 3 more astronaut missions to the ISS
SpaceX will continue launching astronauts for NASA for at least another four years. The agency just awarded Elon…
Space Force eyes mesh network of spy satellites in GEO
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force is planning a network of satellites that would continuously monitor activity around…
Final ViaSat-3 enters service as SES wraps up O3b mPower launch campaign
TAMPA, Fla. — The third and final terabit-class ViaSat-3 broadband satellite has entered service over the Americas, the…
Russian cargo spacecraft arriving at ISS today: Watch it live
Progress 96 Cargo Ship Docking – YouTube Watch On Russia’s robotic Progress 96 cargo spacecraft will meet up…
On the dwarf planet Ceres, a lone mountain called Ahuna Mons rises four kilometres from an otherwise flat, cratered plain, built not from lava but from erupting salty brine that froze solid.
Ceres is a world of subdued relief. Its charcoal-grey surface is crowded with impact scars, but between the…
ESA and The Pokémon Company International reveal Europe-wide exhibition and astronaut Pikachu experience
Agency 19/09/2026 879 views 5 likes The European Space Agency (ESA) and The Pokémon Company International (TPCI) have…
In January 2026, European astronomers reported running a pattern-spotting program across nearly 100 million image cutouts from the Hubble archive, finishing the job in two and a half days. More than 800 of the objects it flagged had never been documented in scientific literature.
As reported by ESA Hubble, more than 800 objects that had never appeared in the scientific literature, pulled…
BepiColombo Makes Up-Close Measurement of Mercury’s Solar Bombardment
During the eight years since it was launched, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has made six close flybys of…