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NASA

• APOD: 2026 October 7 – Supernova Remnant Pa 30
  October 7, 2026
  APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 7 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. Supernova Remnant Pa […]
• Arctic Sea Ice Shrinks to Its 2026 Minimum
  October 7, 2026
  Satellite records show Arctic sea ice covering less of the ocean in both winter and summer.
• NASA to Cover Northrop Grumman CRS-24 Spacecraft Departure
  October 6, 2026 by Jessica Taveau
  After delivering more than 11,000 pounds of supplies, science experiments, and other cargo to the International Space Station for NASA, Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft is scheduled to depart Friday, Oct. 9, as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services-24 mission, or Northrop Grumman CRS-24. Watch NASA’s live coverage of undocking and departure beginning at 12:30 […]
• October 2026 Satellite Puzzler
  October 6, 2026
  Your challenge is to tell us the location of the satellite image and why it is interesting.
• Lunar Grounding Challenge
  October 6, 2026 by Bailey Light
  As an astronaut traverses the lunar South Pole, tribocharging from walking on the lunar surface and plasma charging from the ambient plasma generate electric charge on the spacesuit. This problem is severely compounded when entering lunar shadows and Permanently Shadowed Regions (PSRs). In these dark zones, the spacesuit can buildup a substantial negative potential due […]

SpaceNews

• Announcing the finalists for the 2026 SpaceNews Icon Awards
  October 7, 2026
• Deposition Sciences, Inc. Expands Sunshade® Tape Offering with New 12″ × 30″ Format
  October 6, 2026
• Resource competition intensifies with surge in megaconstellations
  October 5, 2026
• Agile Space Industries Strengthens Board and Corporate Development to Support Continued Growth
  October 5, 2026
• World Space Week 2026 Celebrates the “Rocket Revolution” 
  October 1, 2026

ArsTechnica

• If you're looking, here's a "good deal" for NASA and the European Space Agency
  by Stephen Clark
• It looks like the Atlantic storm season may finally produce a hurricane
  by Eric Berger
• Neutrino physicist wins 2026 Nobel Physics Prize
  by Jennifer Ouellette
• Controlling the brain with light earns a physiology Nobel
  by John Timmer
• New forensic evidence supports Egyptian "retainer sacrifice"
  by Jennifer Ouellette