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Solar flaring is complex behaviour triggered by reconnection, when magnetic field lines break and then snap back to the Sun's surface. The flaring is complex behaviour, and its details are difficult to observe. Resea...

On Oct. 21, 2008, the Indian Space Research Organization launched its first mission to the moon. Here's why it mattered.

NASA tested RS-25 engine No. 10001 on Oct. 21 on the Fred Haise Test Stand at NASAs Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Test teams fired the developmental engine for almost eight-and-a-half minutes (500...

Stellar-mass black holes should be in our neighbourhood within about 50 light years of the Solar System. But they're likely isolated, without much to feed on, making them difficult to find. Gaia found some candidates...

Interstellar probes. Lunar drones. Helicopters on Mars. When a group of Caltech graduate students and enthusiasts began conducting rocket-propulsion tests in Pasadenas Arroyo Seco on Oct. 31, 1936, they had no idea that ...

'Maybe Paradise isnt always Paradise.'

Stellar-mass black holes should be in our neighbourhood within about 50 light years of the Solar System. But they're likely isolated, without much to feed on, making them difficult to find. Gaia found some candidates...

Figuring out how the Milky Way's thin and thick disks formed is a tough question in astronomy. It relies on determining individual stellar ages accurately. Gaia was pretty good at that, and new research based on its ...

In the early Universe, neutrinos interacted strongly with other matter before some of them "decoupled." The heaviest of these decoupled neutrinos may be the solution to the matter-antimatter cosmic mystery.

Using a planets atmosphere to secure a satellites place in orbit, a process known as aerocapture, has been the dream of flight engineers for decades. The only problem? Its really hard to actually do. It requires control ...

Using a planets atmosphere to secure a satellites place in orbit, a process known as aerocapture, has been the dream of flight engineers for decades. The only problem? Its really hard to actually do. It requires control ...

Written by Vandi Verma, Chief Engineer for Robotic Operations at NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory Oct. 12, 2026 Since the last blog update, Perseverance has achieved a major milestone on Mars. On Sol 2006 (Oct. 11, 2026),...

There has been a torrent of solar physics data lately, largely thanks to new spacecraft that have begun actively observing the Sun. One of those spacecraft, Solar Orbiter, happened to have a serendipitous encounter with ...

On Earth, water ice is simply water ice. But under extreme pressure, it takes on an unusual asymmetric form. It stops being molecular and its atoms are forced into a strange asymmetry.

NASA astronaut and Expedition 75 flight engineer Jessica Watkins works inside the Kibo laboratory modules Life Science Glovebox on Oct. 9, 2026, safely mixing living cell samples with a bioink and then filling a special ...

Paris, France | October 2026 - Global satellite services revenues are forecast to grow 44% to reach $145 billion by 2035, according to the 33rd edition of Novaspaces Satellite Connectivity [] The post Global Satcom Servi...

The Viltrox AF 16mm f/1.8 FE is an impressive ultra-wide-angle prime lens offering great handling, build quality and image quality for an affordable price.

LOS ALAMOS, N.M. - October 21, 2026 - Space Nuclear Power Corporation (SpaceNukes) announced today that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company an Other Transaction [] The post Space...

A team of researchers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) has developed a new instrument designed to eliminate blind spots between lines of lidar data on Earth's surface. Built with support from NASA'...

NASA astronaut Luke Delaney conducts botany experiments on the ISS.

An international team of researchers, including members from the University of Michigan, has revealed surprising results that could rewrite our understanding of a key transition in the early universe.

NASA has updated the timeline for its Artemis III mission and mapped out the expected progress for SpaceX and Blue Origin's respective moon landers.