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Sunday, October 18, 20263 stories

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'Let's all choose to make tomorrow better', Artemis II astronauts honored with Stephen Hawking Medal at Starmus

Sözcü4 h ago

Rare Atmospheric Properties Explored in White Dwarfs 65 Light-Years Away

Universe Today10 h ago

New Research Reveals How Long Stays in Space Affects the Human Genome

Saturday, October 17, 202612 stories

Space.com19 h ago

On this day in space! Oct. 17, 2016: Private Antares rocket returns to flight after catastrophic launch explosion

Space.com19 h ago

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 232 — The Lunar Dump

Space.com19 h ago

6 scientifically accurate star projectors to turn any room into a home planetarium

Phys.org20 h ago

Lone, starless cloud may be a 'dark' galaxy

Astronomy20 h ago

Oct. 17, 1956: Birth of Mae Jemison

Space.com21 h ago

'Lanterns' shocking finale left us with a lot of unanswered questions for a potential season 2

Space.com23 h ago

The Orionid meteor shower peaks next week! Here's what to expect

Astronomy1 d ago

The Sky Today on Saturday, October 17: Watch Wild Ducks

Universe Today1 d ago

Enigmatic Mercury Will Remain A Puzzle Until Someone Sends A Lander

Phys.org1 d ago

Astronomer leads global team on NASA mission to create unprecedented view of the early universe

Phys.org1 d ago

New 3D model reveals how shadows reshape chemistry in stellar nurseries

Space.com1 d ago

'It really does change you': SpaceX Crew-12 commander wishes we could all see our fragile Earth from space

Friday, October 16, 202635 stories

NASA1 d ago

NASA Names Stephen Cash Marshall Space Flight Center Director

Space.com1 d ago

When not to watch a meteor shower — why I'm not staying up for the Orionids

Universe Today1 d ago

In the Search for Exoplanets, Some Failures Are A Success

Astronomy1 d ago

Japan prepares to launch sample return mission to Phobos

Sky & Telescope1 d ago

Chile’s Light-Pollution Standard Takes Full Effect

Space.com1 d ago

How to see the Orionid meteor shower 2026 peak this week — and when to look

Space.com1 d ago

Scientists find 'gemstones' in atmosphere of bizarre, scorching-hot 'marshmallow' exoplanet

Space.com1 d ago

SpaceX thrusters just made a Tesla Roadster 'fly' (and Elon Musk's car is still out there in space)

Space.com1 d ago

On this day in space! Oct. 16, 1975: NASA launches the 1st-ever GOES weather satellite to watch Earth from space

NASA Science1 d ago

Crew Unpacks Dragon and Begins Activating New Science Experiments

Space.com1 d ago

'Dark Matter's' Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Connelly talk S2's marital disintegration and the humility of hanging on wires (interview)

NASA1 d ago

Artemis II Heat Shield After Splashdown

AAS Nova1 d ago

Astronomers Get a Better Look at a Rare White Dwarf–Brown Dwarf Pair

AAS Nova1 d ago

A Point-Spread Function for the Extreme Ultraviolet High-Resolution Imager on Board Solar Orbiter

Universe Today1 d ago

The Flavor of Neutrinos Could Determine How a Large Star Dies

Space.com1 d ago

'Mission: 60s' event promises passport back to the Space Age

Space.com1 d ago

Why can you see the moon during the day? This week is the perfect time to find out

Universe Today1 d ago

A Radio Phoenix Beyond the Zone of Avoidance

Space.com1 d ago

7 best places to see the northern lights, according to an aurora chaser

Space.com1 d ago

Beyond pointing your phone at the night sky, this is how to use stargazing apps effectively

NASA1 d ago

I Am Artemis: Allison Mjoen

Universe Today+11 d ago

A Distant Supercluster of Galaxies Points To Self-Interacting Dark Matter

Space.com1 d ago

Supermassive black hole blasts out a neon 'treble clef' | Space photo of the day for Oct. 16, 2026

Space.com1 d ago

'We are getting a lot of pressure from the administrator himself': How NASA is racing to obey Trump's 'Super Intelligence' order

Astronomy1 d ago

2026 Full Moon calendar: When to see the Full Moon and phases

Phys.org1 d ago

Shredded star reveals a massive black hole wandering far from its galaxy's center

Astronomy1 d ago

Oct. 16, 1975: The first GOES satellite launches

NASA+11 d ago

NASA’s Hubble Spies Spiral’s Edge

Space.com1 d ago

Rocket Lab pushes 1st launch of next-gen Neutron rocket to 2027

Space.com1 d ago

It's time to reassess the size of our solar system, scientists say

Sky & Telescope2 d ago

This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 16 – 25

Astronomy2 d ago

The Sky Today on Friday, October 16: Tethys and its shadow transit

Astronomy2 d ago

The Sky This Week from October 16 to 23: The Orionid meteor shower peaks

NASA2 d ago

Isaias Dims the Gulf Coast

Universe Today2 d ago

Scientists Detect Rare Type of Wood Alcohol in Space

Thursday, October 15, 202616 stories

NASA2 d ago

NASA to Help Unlock Mysteries of Mars’ Moons in Upcoming Mission

Sky & Telescope2 d ago

A Cloud Forms Spontaneously Over a Mountain on Mars — Here’s Why

NASA2 d ago

NASA Satellites Observe Historic 2026 El Niño

NASA2 d ago

Power Up: Roll Out Solar Arrays Boost Space Station Power Supply

Universe Today2 d ago

Host Stars Shape Their Planetary Systems Into Two Families

NASA2 d ago

NASA to Conduct Low-Altitude Flights Over Texas Farmland

Phys.org2 d ago

Chandra breaks down 'Treble Clef's' galaxy cluster collision

AAS Nova2 d ago

Inferring Globular Cluster Initial Mass Function from Stellar Streams

Universe Today2 d ago

Orionid, Taurid Meteors Haunt October Skies

Universe Today2 d ago

SPHEREx Just Took the Fingerprints of Failed Stars Across Our Cosmic Neighborhood

Astronomy2 d ago

Oct. 15, 1997: Cassini-Huygens launches

AA2 d ago

NASA Astronaut Deniz Burnham Prepares for Next Year's Space Mission

CERN2 d ago

CERN and Mistral join forces to accelerate AI for science

Astronomy3 d ago

The Sky Today on Thursday, October 15: Double crater Messier

Sözcü3 d ago

James Webb Space Telescope Detects Mysterious Repeat Signal from Empty Space

Phys.org3 d ago

Green, pink and purple: Astronomers reveal the surprising true colors of white dwarf stars

Wednesday, October 14, 202620 stories

Universe Today3 d ago

The Perseverance Rover Reaches Another Milestone

Universe Today3 d ago

Astronomers Observe The Limb Darkening Effect On Nearby Stars

AAS Nova3 d ago

Electromagnetic Flares from Compact-Object Mergers in Active Galactic Nucleus Disks: Signatures and Predictions

AAS Nova3 d ago

Catching the Culprit Behind Globular Clusters’ Disappearing Binaries

Universe Today3 d ago

Astronomers Uncover More Intriguing Detail in an Ancient Supernova Remnant

Sky & Telescope3 d ago

Rise Early on October 22nd for the Orionid Meteor Shower

Universe Today3 d ago

Chandrasekhar Placed A Limit On White Dwarfs, But A New Study Finds This Limit Is Not Absolute

Universe Today3 d ago

Curiosity Greets a Spectacular Dawn Sky on Mars

CERN3 d ago

Studying beautiful flavour transitions

Phys.org3 d ago

New evidence points to two feeding black holes just 175 parsecs apart lurking in the early universe

Astronomy3 d ago

Oct. 14, 1947: Flying faster than sound

CERN3 d ago

Continuous Improvement gains momentum at CERN

Phys.org3 d ago

Astronomical nanosatellite VERTECS completes initial operations and begins scientific observations

Universe Today3 d ago

A Trip to Mars Could Break Your Heart - Literally

CERN3 d ago

The public consultation for the Future Circular Collider (FCC) project generates extensive dialogue with the local communities

CERN3 d ago

Exhibition | Imagining the future of physics

CERN3 d ago

Computer Security: 2FA to the TechNet

CERN4 d ago

CERN Service Desk: Let’s improve the quality of our calls together

Universe Today4 d ago

New Data from the Juno Spacecraft Reveals that Jupiter's Has a Rippling, Wavy Magnetodisk

Universe Today4 d ago

Hypernovae May Be All Hype, No Nova

Tuesday, October 13, 202616 stories

NOIRLab4 d ago

Organization Release: NSF Kitt Peak National Observatory Welcomes Local Community to Tohono O’odham Nation Open Night

Universe Today4 d ago

A Red Dwarf is Taking its Time Eating a Brown Dwarf

AAS Nova4 d ago

The Properties of Globular Clusters and Elqui Associated with the Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy

Universe Today4 d ago

ESA's Hera Mission Targets Binary Asteroid Pair in November

Phys.org4 d ago

Structure in the unstructured: New phenomenon discovered in the solar wind

Sky & Telescope4 d ago

NASA Initiative to Study the Moon's Environment

Phys.org4 d ago

Webb spots possible early-universe supernova just days after it happened

Phys.org4 d ago

Planetary systems reveal two distinct families tied to their host stars

JPL4 d ago

NASA JPL Testing Readies Voyager Technologies Lander for Moon Mission

Universe Today4 d ago

Tiny Gold Nanogaps Could Crack the Chirality Puzzle

Phys.org4 d ago

NASA's SpaceX CRS-35 mission to launch health research

ESA4 d ago

Mars moon lander set to launch on 19 October

Phys.org4 d ago

Vera Rubin Observatory spots the largest ultra-fast spinning asteroid yet

CERN4 d ago

The CERN Pension Fund launches MyPension, its new online portal

CERN4 d ago

Registration of bank details

CERN4 d ago

LS3 Safety Spotlight: coordinating activities at CERN: monitoring activities – a key step

Monday, October 12, 202612 stories

Phys.org5 d ago

Primordial helium further confirms our understanding of the Big Bang

JPL5 d ago

NASA’s Perseverance Sets Off-World Record for Total Distance Driven

Universe Today5 d ago

Hubble Spots a Suspected Second-Generation Planet

Phys.org5 d ago

Alternative gravity theory offers possible explanation for dark energy changing over time

Phys.org5 d ago

Physics Nobel highlights Antarctica's role in exploring the cosmos

Sky & Telescope5 d ago

The Sun Has a New Life Expectancy, and It’s a Billion Times Shorter

AAS Nova5 d ago

The Invisible Architecture Between the Stars

AAS Nova5 d ago

Gelato: A Mission Concept for Comet Surface Sample Return

Phys.org5 d ago

ALMA catches a dying star mid-transformation, with a ring from its last outburst

TUA6 d ago

IAC 2026 Completed with Record Attendance in Antalya: The Future of Space Meets in Turkey

TUA6 d ago

Antalya Declaration for Peace in Space: Joint Call from 21 Countries

NTV6 d ago

Hubble caught it. Smiling galaxy

Sunday, October 11, 20261 stories

SözcüOctober 11, 2026

Webb Telescope finds source of farthest radio burst

Saturday, October 10, 20261 stories

TRT HaberOctober 10, 2026

Minister Kacır: IAC 2026 has become the largest and most magnificent international space congress to date

Friday, October 9, 202610 stories

Phys.orgOctober 9, 2026

NASA advances LISA mission contributions with new test telescope

Phys.orgOctober 9, 2026

Discovery marks the first detection of variable water clouds outside of the solar system

AAS NovaOctober 9, 2026

A Pulsar in a Rare Triple System

AAS NovaOctober 9, 2026

Testing Warm Dark Matter with Kinematics of the Smallest Galaxies

Sky & TelescopeOctober 9, 2026

This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 9 – 18

TRT HaberOctober 9, 2026

Turkey's third space traveler Erdem: I believe there will be very rapid progress

TÜBİTAKOctober 9, 2026

Sky in October 2026

Sky & TelescopeOctober 9, 2026

Meet the Star Cluster That Defies Conventions

TRT HaberOctober 9, 2026

International Space Congress opens its doors to the public on its last day

TRT HaberOctober 9, 2026

Minister Kacır invites to Space Congress in Antalya: Anyone interested in space is welcome

Thursday, October 8, 20268 stories

ESA/WebbOctober 8, 2026

Science Release: Webb measures distance to farthest fast radio burst, suggesting origin

Sky & TelescopeOctober 8, 2026

Fast Radio Burst Shatters Distance Record

JPLOctober 8, 2026

NASA’s SPHEREx Telescope Sees Menagerie of Brown Dwarfs

AAS NovaOctober 8, 2026

EP250827b/SN 2025wkm: An X-Ray Flash-Supernova Powered by a Central Engine and Circumstellar Interaction

ESAOctober 8, 2026

Solar Orbiter tracks origin of mysterious magnetic switchbacks

TRT HaberOctober 8, 2026

METU's Lunar Vehicle Cheri to be launched in 2030

TRT HaberOctober 8, 2026

For the first time in the history of the Space Congress, a special area for young people was established

TRT HaberOctober 8, 2026

Astronauts meet students in Antalya

Wednesday, October 7, 20265 stories

AAS NovaOctober 7, 2026

Tilting WASP-12b Doesn’t Solve the Mystery of Its Inspiral

TRT HaberOctober 7, 2026

Nasa shares preliminary findings of Artemis II mission

AAS NovaOctober 7, 2026

Star Formation at the Periphery of a Molecular Superbubble: The Case of G12.79+0.43

ESAOctober 7, 2026

Mars’s oddest cloud may be even odder than we thought

Sky & TelescopeOctober 7, 2026

Neutrino Hunter Francis Halzen Wins Nobel Prize in Physics

Tuesday, October 6, 202611 stories

TRT HaberOctober 6, 2026

Turkish Space Agency signs two agreements at IAC 2026

JPLOctober 6, 2026

NASA’s SunRISE Mission Targets No Earlier Than Mid-2027 Launch

AAS NovaOctober 6, 2026

Can We Distinguish the Source Region Location of Filament/Prominence Eruptions from the Sun-as-a-Star Hα Spectrum?

AAS NovaOctober 6, 2026

Featured Image: Echoes of Giant Pulses

NOIRLabOctober 6, 2026

Photo Release: Gemini North Reveals Pearl-Like Knots in the Remnant of a Supernova Witnessed in the Year 1181

JPLOctober 6, 2026

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn

ESA+1October 6, 2026

Webb captures commotion from nebula’s stellar jets

TRT HaberOctober 6, 2026

77th International Space Congress opens to the public on 9 October

SözcüOctober 6, 2026

Rare 11-year event: Jupiter suddenly swallowed by Moon

TRT HaberOctober 6, 2026

HÜRSAT to take office in 2027

TRT HaberOctober 6, 2026

Space, technology and the future of the next generation will be addressed at IAC 2026

Monday, October 5, 20266 stories

TRT HaberOctober 5, 2026

TUSAŞ and ROKETSAN sign for HÜRSAT

AAS NovaOctober 5, 2026

Predictions of Transiting Exoplanet Confirmations from Rubin LSST Surveys

AAS NovaOctober 5, 2026

SPHEREx: The Niftiest Space Telescope You May Not Have Heard Of

ESA/HubbleOctober 5, 2026

Science Release: Suspected second-generation planet solves Hubble cold case

HürriyetOctober 5, 2026

Turkey could help build our lunar base, Nasa says

TRT HaberOctober 5, 2026

TRT Haber viewed the first satellite of the GÖKBAĞI project

Sunday, October 4, 20261 stories

TRT HaberOctober 4, 2026

The production process at TÜRKSAT 7A will start before the end of the year

Saturday, October 3, 20262 stories

SözcüOctober 3, 2026

Nasa's new observatory captures first light

TRT HaberOctober 3, 2026

The world turned its eyes to Antalya: 77. International Space Congress begins

Friday, October 2, 20262 stories

AAS NovaOctober 2, 2026

Supernova, Kilonova, or Both? Another Look at SN 2025ulz

AAS NovaOctober 2, 2026

MSA-3D: Connecting the Chemical and Kinematic Structures of Galaxies at z ∼ 1

Thursday, October 1, 20262 stories

ESA/WebbOctober 1, 2026

Science Release: Webb provides crash course on planet-shattering collisions

TRT HaberOctober 1, 2026

Nasa is set to set a new record in space travel

Wednesday, September 30, 20263 stories

JPLSeptember 30, 2026

NASA’s Roman Team Snaps Test Coronagraph Image

ESASeptember 30, 2026

Science begins for Smile

ESASeptember 30, 2026

Happy New Year on Mars

Tuesday, September 29, 20261 stories

ESASeptember 29, 2026

Galaxies in a cosmic house of mirrors

Thursday, September 24, 20263 stories

JPLSeptember 24, 2026

US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption

SözcüSeptember 24, 2026

UK decides to build space fleet

JPLSeptember 24, 2026

NASA Selects Far-Infrared Telescope as First in New Mission Class

Monday, September 21, 20261 stories

JPLSeptember 21, 2026

NASA Discovery Reveals Complex Water Systems on Early Mars

Friday, September 18, 20261 stories

ESASeptember 18, 2026

A galaxy spinning out of sync

Wednesday, September 16, 20262 stories

JPLSeptember 16, 2026

NASA Watches Earth’s Weight, Finds Center of Mass

TUASeptember 16, 2026

Countdown to Turkey's Moon Journey Begins

Tuesday, September 15, 20261 stories

ESA/WebbSeptember 15, 2026

Photo Release: Webb reveals stunning panorama of star formation

Thursday, September 10, 20261 stories

TUASeptember 10, 2026

TUA Astro Hackathon Turkey Final Held in Ankara

Wednesday, September 9, 20261 stories

JPLSeptember 9, 2026

How 2 US, European Satellites Are Studying Hurricanes During El Niño

Tuesday, September 8, 20261 stories

NOIRLabSeptember 8, 2026

Science Release: Extremely Massive Galaxy Proto-Supercluster Smashes Distance Records

Thursday, September 3, 20261 stories

ESASeptember 3, 2026