On this day in space! Oct. 26, 2004: Cassini spacecraft takes 1st-ever closeup photos of Saturn moon Titan
On Oct. 26, 2004, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft took the first close-up images of Saturn’s largest moon Titan. The Cassini spacecraft would later drop off a probe on Titan named Huygens,…
NASA SEES Interns Tackle Real-World Challenges in Lunar Exploration
Explore This Section Science Science Activation NASA SEES Interns Tackle… Overview Resources Opportunities Citizen Science Highlights About Science Activation 4 min read NASA SEES Interns Tackle Real-World Challenges in Lunar…
Darth Vader wields the Infinity Gauntlet in the first-ever official ‘Star Wars’ & ‘Marvel’ crossover
Yeah, yeah, yeah, it’s non-canon, but come on; Darth Vader wielding the gleaming Infinity Gauntlet is just an excellent visual. This nerd-baiting image comes to us via the main cover…
NASA ends Swift space telescope mission after failed rescue attempt
NASA has officially ended the mission of its Swift space telescope, after a private satellite failed in its bold bid to rescue the aging spacecraft. That rescue mission was led…
A Huge and Powerful New Simulation Helps Explain the Universe’s Reionization
Cosmologists have another powerful simulation to work with. Lumina is the one of the largest and most detailed cosmological simulations yet and runs on the Frontier supercomputer. It’s larger and…
Scientists Can Now Spot Hidden Sunspots on the Solar Far Side
Unlike the Moon, the Sun is constantly rotating from our perspective – but we still only see half of it at any given time. Since it takes 27 days to…
‘Donnie Darko’ at 25: How a giant rabbit, time loops, and teen angst became a sci-fi cult classic
“Have you ever seen a portal?” The term “cult classic” has been loosely bandied about in cinematic circles until its definition has diluted into nothingness, but never has it been…
Parker Solar Probe Spots Twisted Magnetic Braids Growing in the Solar Wind
The magnetic environment around the Sun is a jumbled mess of chaotic fields and streams of charged particles. Recently we’ve been getting at least slightly better at mapping out its…
Astranis Upgrades Falcon 9 Launch Contract to Dedicated Mission for Entire Block 4 Production Run of Satellites
SAN FRANCISCO —October 26, 2026—Today, Astranis announced it has upgraded its 4th launch to a dedicated mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket set to launch in 2028, allowing it…
On this day in space! Oct. 25, 1671: Astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, Saturn’s ‘yin-yang’ moon
On Oct. 25, 1671, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered a new moon at Saturn! Iapetus was the second moon anyone had ever found orbiting Saturn, and it was the…