Halley’s Comet dazzles from afar in spectacular astrophoto of Orionid meteor shower
Tim McCollum captured a stunning view of Orionid meteors in the early hours of Oct. 21. (Image credit: Tim McCollum) Astrophotographer Tim McCollum captured a spectacular view of Orionid meteors…
NASA, Virginia Launch Power Partnership for Energy Security
3 min read Preparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) NASA is helping to foster long-term energy security in Virginia. NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, is partnering…
Magnetic Field Reversals and Extinctions: The Correlation Won’t Go Away.
Scientists have wondered about a connection between Earth’s geomagnetic reversals, or pole flips, and mass extinctions. They’ve found correlations, but nothing convincing enough to remove healthy doubts. But new research…
Never finishing the fight: Where did Xbox go wrong with Halo?
Halo: Campaign Evolved was Xbox’s second attempt at refreshing the 2001 sci-fi FPS classic, and it is perfectly fine. A cromulent remake, if ever there was one, but it’s hardly…
Advancing Astronomy at MIT with X-ray Reverberation Mapping
Professor Erin Kara of MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research is helping advance our understanding of the most extreme objects in the Universe by analyzing X-ray reverberations and…
Europe’s Space Rider vehicle comes crashing down during drop test
Europe has dropped the ball on the prototype for its first reusable spacecraft. Or, rather, the prototype itself was dropped — on purpose — but the outcome of its fall…
NASA Invites Media to 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium
Members of the media are invited to join NASA at the 2026 von Braun Space Exploration Symposium from Monday, Oct. 26, to Wednesday, Oct. 28, at the University of Alabama…
Spiral’s Edge
NASA, ESA, Michael Jones (California Institute of Technology); Image Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America) This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image released on Oct. 16, 2026, features the edge-on,…
On this day in space! Oct. 22, 1992: Ashes of ‘Star Trek’ creator Gene Roddenberry launch into space on NASA shuttle
On Oct. 22, 1992, the space shuttle Columbia launched into space with the ashes of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of “Star Trek,” aboard. During mission STS-52, NASA astronaut and shuttle…
Even the Rubin’s Test Camera Produces Stunning Images
The Vera Rubin Observatory’s Commissioning Camera operated for about 7 weeks in 2024, before the observatory released its well-known first look images. It’s an engineering camera, and its job was…