A Cassini spacecraft image from November 1, 2009, presented as NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for November 5, 2026, shows Saturn's moon Enceladus backlit by the Sun, revealing plumes streaming from its south pole.
NASA selected Astranis, Global Enterprise Solutions and Viasat to develop Ka-band space relay concepts compatible with existing spacecraft, as the agency moves toward retiring its Tracking and Data Relay Satellite fleet.
NASA says its SPLICE navigation payload flew simulated lunar descent and landing maneuvers aboard a drone, testing terrain mapping and hazard avoidance intended for future Moon and Mars missions.
NASA released a Hubble image of NGC 4449, a dwarf irregular galaxy that is one of 37 nearby dwarf galaxies studied in research on missing oxygen.
A free exhibition at the Hong Kong Science Museum introduces the 2026 Shaw Prize laureates in life science and medicine, astronomy and mathematical sciences, and runs until January 6, 2027.
A new Astronomy Picture of the Day looks through the dust of the Milky Way to a bright spiral galaxy about 10 million light years away, credited to Artem Mironov.
A wide-angle image taken from the International Space Station on October 18, 2026, shows nighttime lights across the eastern United States, with Chicago and Detroit among the brightest features, NASA Earth Observatory reports.
NASA published an image of CSA astronaut Joshua Kutryk taken during an Oct. 29, 2026, spacewalk, with the International Space Station flying 267 miles above the South Atlantic Ocean.
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for November 3, 2026 shows Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) with a colorful meteor streak in the foreground, captured from Hautacam, France, in April.
The four-member CHAPEA crew finished its simulated Mars journey on Oct. 31, 2026, after more than a year testing systems, maintaining crops and managing limited resources and communication delays.
Researchers using the Hubble Space Telescope studied 37 nearby dwarf galaxies and found that much of the oxygen their stars produced is missing, apparently driven out by galactic winds from supernovae.
An Astronomy Picture of the Day entry describes the Arsia Mons Elongated Cloud on Mars, first recorded in 1977 and imaged in more detail by ESA's Mars Express.
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