Where are the best places for life in the cosmos? A universe in a supercomputer yields the answer
Earth seems like a troubled place right now, but at least our cosmic surroundings appear peaceful. But this…
APOD: 2026 October 6 – A Complete Auroral Oval from SMILE
Explanation: Have you ever seen a complete auroral oval? You can’t see one from the ground because it…
First-ever evidence of a second-generation planet detected around dead star
In a cosmic first, scientists say they have detected a planet that may have formed from the burnt…
NASA to Stream SpaceX Crew-12 Return, Splashdown Live
NASA and SpaceX are targeting no earlier than 8:05 a.m. EDT, Wednesday, Oct. 7, for the undocking of…
Stable mass transfer from a substellar object onto an M dwarf
Bellm, E. C. et al. The Zwicky Transient Facility: system overview, performance, and first results. Publ. Astron. Soc.…
A hidden asteroid crater under Oklahoma could be connected to one of Earth’s major mass extinctions
An ancient crater buried underneath the Oklahoma town of Ames has been discovered to be almost 100 million…
New Simulations Connect the First Galaxies to the Universe We See Today
For astronomers and cosmologists, the Cosmic Dark Ages are the final frontier, holding the answers to how the…
SpaceX To Reattempt SDA Mission, Rally Continues Amid Busy Launch Schedule
Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies (SPCX) postponed a Monday launch for the Space Development Agency and will reattempt…
On this day in space! Oct. 5, 1962: The European Southern Observatory is born to scan the universe from Chile’s high desert
On. Oct. 5, 1962, the European Southern Observatory was born! The European Southern Observatory (ESO) is an intergovernmental…
Resource competition intensifies with surge in megaconstellations
Amazon wants more than 5,000 satellites in orbit. Blue Origin has proposed another 5,400. Chinese companies have filed…
Two Bangladeshi students win SpaceXAI challenge at MIT
Two Bangladeshi students have won the SpaceXAI “Make It Legendary” challenge at HackMIT 2026, an international hackathon held…
NASA Testing Aims at Supercooled Large Droplet Aviation Safety
NASA is leveraging its expertise and enhancing its test facilities to help address a rare but persistent aviation…