NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 11, 2026 describes the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, built from nearly 100 holes melted near the South Pole and filled with strings of light detectors.
A new episode of ESA's animated series follows the Hera spacecraft and its two CubeSats as they arrive at the Didymos and Dimorphos asteroid system after a two-year journey.
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot is back on Earth after 237 days aboard the International Space Station, the longest mission by a European astronaut so far, the agency says.
A sharp mosaic from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, centered on the lunar far side, features in NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day for October 10, 2026. The rougher terrain contrasts with the near side's dark maria.
NASA issued a final Request for Proposals for commercial space stations to succeed the International Space Station, with proposals due Dec. 8 and contract awards expected in spring 2027.
NASA reported that ground controllers used the Canadarm2 robotic arm to detach Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo spacecraft from the International Space Station's Unity module, with release planned and reentry set for Sunday, Oct. 11.
NASA released a James Webb Space Telescope image on Sept. 29, 2026, showing the galaxy cluster MACS J0454.1-0300, where gravitational lensing bends and magnifies light from galaxies far behind the cluster.
Stickney Crater is more than 9 kilometers across, nearly half the diameter of Phobos, and the enhanced-color view was captured by the HiRISE camera in March 2008.
Astronauts on the International Space Station started decommissioning ESA's Fluid Science Laboratory on 9 October 2026, closing out more than 18 years of microgravity research inside the Columbus laboratory.
A prototype of Europe's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover travelled 220 metres across Spain's Tabernas desert during an eight-day test, part of preparations for a planned Mars landing in 2030.
NASA's SpaceX Crew-12 returned to Earth on Oct. 8, 2026, splashing down in the Pacific Ocean off California aboard the Crew Dragon Freedom spacecraft after nearly eight months on the International Space Station.
NASA's SPHEREx space telescope has spotted thousands of brown dwarfs while mapping the sky, and a new study of 37 of them finds chemically rich atmospheres containing water, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and methane.
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