Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed the host galaxy of the most distant fast radio burst yet seen, a small dwarf galaxy whose youthful stars hint that magnetars, not neutron-star mergers, may produce these flashes.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 returned to Earth on Thursday, Oct. 8, 2026, splashing down off Los Angeles after 237 days aboard the International Space Station.
NASA has moved forward on an all-glass telescope for the LISA gravitational-wave mission, with L3Harris Technologies set to design, assemble and integrate an Engineering Test Unit as a final step before flight hardware production.
The Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts completed its deorbit burn as expected, NASA said. Parachute deployment and splashdown were set to follow.
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover captured a panoramic view of Gale Crater after reaching 1 kilometer of elevation above the crater floor, a mission milestone it set on Aug. 26, 2026, its 4,996th sol.
NASA published an annotated tablet screenshot showing where Artemis II astronauts spotted faint light bursts on the Moon, alongside the full lunar science dataset from their April 2026 journey.
The hatch between the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft and the International Space Station closed at 6:05 a.m. EDT, NASA said on Oct. 7, 2026, beginning Crew-12 return operations ahead of a planned undocking.
A miniature camera on the Trisat-S nanosatellite recorded the Sun as a bright ring with a dark centre, an expected sensor effect the mission team uses as a visual reference for spacecraft orientation and orbit determination.
The Assessment and Comparison Tool, funded by ESA and developed by a consortium led by the EPFL Space Center, lets engineers factor environmental impact into spacecraft and rocket design from its earliest stages. A spinoff, EcoDeltaV, now markets and maintains the software.
Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo craft, which delivered over 11,000 pounds of supplies and experiments to the space station, was scheduled to depart Oct. 9 and re-enter Earth's atmosphere Oct. 12, NASA said.
NASA's Lunar Grounding Challenge offers up to $150,000 in prizes for designs that safely neutralize electric charge on spacesuits during Moon walks near the lunar South Pole, where astronauts risk electrostatic discharge on returning to the lander. Submissions close January 15, 2027.
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured a new view of the stellar nursery NGC 7129, about 3,300 light-years away, showing stars and protostars that were previously hidden by dust.
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