APOD: 2026 November 5 – Enceladus in Silhouette
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 November 5 –… 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. Enceladus in Silhouette […]
Cyprus: Island of Snakes, Cats, and Ophiolites
The third-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea exposes an ancient piece of the ocean floor and hosts a clowder of cats.
Former NASA Chief Economist is New Head of Canadian Space Agency
Alexander MacDonald is the new President of the Canadian Space Agency. Canadian-born MacDonald was NASA’s Chief Economist until December 2024. The Canadian Government announced MacDonald’s selection this evening. He succeeds […]
Two giant black holes at the heart of one galaxy may circle each other every 121 to 146 days and could merge in as little as 100 years
A hidden jet in Markarian 501 hints at a black hole pair that could merge within a century, but the evidence is still debated. The post Two giant black holes at the heart of one galaxy may circle each other every 121 to 146 days and could merge in as little as 100 years appeared first on Space Daily.
NASA Announces X-70 Experimental Aircraft to Advance Flight Research
On Wednesday, NASA unveiled its newest experimental aircraft, the X-70 Fractal, during the UP.Summit at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This high-performance, highly adaptable research platform is designed to accelerate the development and testing of advanced aviation technologies. The crewed X-70 features advanced, rapidly reconfigurable flight-control technology that will allow NASA to explore […]
Farewell Swift
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reentered this morning, bringing the 22-year-old mission to an end. NASA contracted with Katalyst Space in September 2025 to revamp an existing system to try […]
Trump Issues “American Declaration of Freedom in Space”
President Trump issued a space proclamation yesterday. “The American Declaration of Freedom in Space” pledges that the United States will lead the exploration, development, use, and settlement of new frontiers […]
Elon Musk moved SpaceX to red Texas. Now it's blue. What happens next?
"Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now."
NASA Shares Plans to Accelerate Artemis, Return to Moon
In an update on Oct. 23, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and other agency leaders shared the agency’s path to returning Americans to the lunar surface in 2028. Agency leadership provided updates on the previously announced acceleration plans for the Artemis program, advancing toward the agency’s Artemis III test flight in 2027 and Artemis IV Moon […]
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory reenters over Western Indonesia
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory plummeted back into Earth’s atmosphere Wednesday over western Indonesia, ending nearly 22 years in orbit for the gamma-ray burst hunter after a failed attempt to rescue it.