NASA Seeks US Industry Plans for Commercial Space Stations
NASA is advancing American leadership in space by taking the next step toward a future where commercial space stations lead the way in low Earth orbit.…
October 9, 2026Space news
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The Most Distant FRB Tells The Story Of Its Origin
Astronomers use the Webb to study a distant fast radio burst and reveal clues as to the origin of these mysterious events.
October 9, 2026Born from fire
A NASA spacecraft bakes in a furnace, a planet possibly forms from its dying star, and a cloud arises by a Mars volcano.
October 9, 2026Week in images: 05-09 October 2026
Week in images: 05-09 October 2026 Discover our week through the lens
October 9, 2026Earth from Space: Namibia’s biggest salt pan
Image: This image from Copernicus Sentinel-2, acquired on 5 April 2026, shows the Etosha National Park in northern Namibia.
October 9, 2026A Student Finds Three Galaxies and Possibly Solves a Mystery
It's not too often that a high school student-turned undergraduate gets three galaxies named after him, especially ones that are breaking the rules of star formation.…
October 9, 2026Webb Observes “Extreme Debris Disks,” Providing a Window into the Early Solar System
In the early history of our solar system, scientists theorize that a Mars-sized object called Theia smashed into the infant Earth, creating the Earth-Moon system. Using…
October 9, 2026NASA Briefing to Highlight Contributions to Martian Moons Mission
Media are invited to join NASA for a media teleconference at 4 p.m. EDT, Thursday, Oct. 15, to preview the agency’s contributions to JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace…
October 8, 2026NASA Announces Bold Science Initiatives for America’s Golden Age Summit
Editor’s note: This release was updated Oct. 8, 2026 with the formal name of the summit. NASA is launching two new science and technology initiatives to…
October 8, 2026Splashdown confirmed for Sophie Adenot
ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot returned to Earth with Crew-12 after her nearly eight-month εpsilon mission to the International Space Station, splashing down off the coast of…
October 8, 2026