On this day in space! Sept. 7, 1995: NASA launches its 100th astronaut flight on space shuttle Endeavour’s STS-69 mission
On Sept. 7, 1995, the space shuttle Endeavour launched on mission STS-69. This was the 100th successful crew…
Galaxies tangled in science and spirit photo of the day for Sept. 7, 2026
Nā ‘Uhane Māhoe Huki Pū i ke Ola is the Hawaiian name given to this image of NGC…
Traversing the Galactic Centre in space and time
The organizers of the Galactic Center workshop 2026 (IAU Symposium 405) thank the Grant Agency of the Czech…
Labor Day in space: NASA astronauts get the holiday off
Like most of their compatriots here on terra firma, the three Americans living off Earth will get to…
Trump’s Financial Disclosure Reveals a Personal Stake in Musk’s SpaceX (SPCX)
Reuters reported that President Donald Trump bought between $15,001 and $50,000 in Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) shares…
A Bright Spot at Mount Michael
Winter near the Antarctic Circle brings months of frozen darkness, when sea ice chokes ocean waters and many…
APOD: 2026 September 7 – The Pelican Nebula in Gas, Dust, and Stars
Explanation: The Pelican Nebula is slowly being transformed. IC 5070 (an official designation) is divided from the larger North…
Starwatch: Waning crescent moon gets close to brilliant beacon of Jupiter | Astronomy
Those already out and about at 5am this week will be rewarded with a beautiful waning crescent moon…
Saturn’s South Pole Is Apparently Decagon-Shaped
Saturn’s north pole captured by Cassini in 2013. (Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI/CICLOPS/Kevin M. Gill) Although some would argue that the…
Imminent Earth Impactor: CERNQ52
Image credit: European Space Agency’s Planetary Defense Office/Near-Earth Objects Coordination Center The European Space Agency’s Planetary Defense Office/Near-Earth…
Musk Moves Up SpaceX (SPCX)’s Orbital Data Center Timeline, Again
Bloomberg reported that Elon Musk said Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) first AI satellites, powered exclusively by NVIDIA…
Astronomers Hear the Faint Whispers of Cosmic Hydrogen from the Distant Past.
The MeerKAT radio telescope, composed of 64 dish antennas located in South Africa’s Northern Cape province, was built…