On Feb. 17, 2026, an annular solar eclipse will be visible from a remote part of Antarctica, forming a “ring of fire” for up to 2 minutes, 20 seconds as 96% of the sun’s center is eclipsed by the moon.
Few will witness that moment, but observers in the rest of Antarctica — including those on cruise ships on late-season tours — will see a partial solar eclipse, as will people…
This new NASA astronaut candidate has already been to space
September 24, 2025
One of NASA’s newly announced astronaut candidates already has a spaceflight under her belt.
On Monday (Sept. 22), the space agency announced the 10 members of its newest astronaut class — five men and five women who will train for potential missions to commercial…
'If it's possible, it must be done': Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck has his eyes on missions to Mars and Venus
September 23, 2025
Rocket Lab wants to bring NASA’s Perseverance rover samples back from Mars.
As interest in Mars Sample Return (MSR) resurfaces, Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck says his company already has experience with the spacecraft and hardware needed to get the…
Could new comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) become visible to the naked eye in October? Here's what we know
September 23, 2025
A newly discovered comet will soon be gracing our evening sky.
On Sept. 10, Vladimir Bezugly of Dnipro, Ukraine was examining online images of a low-resolution public website showing images obtained during Sept. 5-9 with the Solar Wind Anisotropies (SWAN) camera on the Solar and Heliospheric Observer (SOHO) spacecraft. That’s when he discovered a moving object, resembling a bright blob…
See the sun transform into a fiery crescent in breathtaking photos of the September 2025 partial solar eclipse
September 23, 2025
A partial solar eclipse swept across the face of the sun on Sept. 21, mesmerizing stargazers with a dramatic display of orbital mechanics that saw the curved silhouette of the lunar disk turn the incandescent orb of our parent star into a fiery crescent over the Pacific…
Zoom through the Milky Way's stellar nurseries in this super-detailed 3D map (video)
September 22, 2025
Astronomers have unveiled the most detailed 3D map ever made of stellar nurseries in our Milky Way galaxy.
Using data from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Gaia space telescope, astronomers constructed the first-ever 3D view of star-forming regions that are otherwise…
'God of Chaos' asteroid Apophis will fly by Earth in April 2029 — and these 3 space probes will be watching
September 22, 2025
A trio of missions are on track to intercept and study the near-Earth asteroid Apophis during its close encounter with our planet in 2029.
The 1,100-foot-wide (340 meters) asteroid Apophis is set for a close but non-threatening brush with Earth on Friday, April 13, 2029, and agencies across the world are looking to make the most of this unique opportunity.
Ramses (short for “Rapid Apophis…
Astronomers discover rare 'runaway' dwarf galaxy hiding a violent past
September 22, 2025
Astronomers have discovered a tiny, ghostly galaxy in a remote corner of the universe, likely a cosmic castaway flung from its original galactic group billions of years ago and left to wander in near-total isolation.
The discovery provides rare observational evidence that…
Northrop Grumman's biggest-ever cargo spacecraft arrives at ISS on its debut mission
September 19, 2025
The debut mission of Northrop Grumman’s new jumbo cargo spacecraft is going well.
The Virginia-based company’s first “Cygnus XL” freighter arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early this morning (Sept. 18), after a one-day delay.
The key…
Thames and Kosmos planetarium star projector review
September 19, 2025
Thames and Kosmos makes it very clear that their Planetarium Projector is aimed at children. This star projector is marketed as a STEM toy, giving it both educational and fun properties, and it delivers on that. Technically two projectors in one, it’s capable of projecting wide-reaching constellations and smaller, clearer celestial objects and space-related objects.
The projections…
