APOD: 2026 October 24 – Rosetta’s Selfie
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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 24 –… 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 univer...
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- On: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 04:05 +0000
Celebration of Space - Ocotober 23, 2026
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On Monday, October 26, 2026, at 12:13 am, the Moon will arrive on the opposite side of Earth than the Sun, this is the full lunar phase, which will bring the full Moon to the entire nighttime period. On the night of October 25th, the Moon will rise with th...
- By: Scott MacNeill
- On: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:22:22 EDT
White Dwarfs Are Actually…Yellow, Green, Pink, and Purple?
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The universe hosts a myriad of star types, including supergiants, giants, main sequence, red dwarfs, brown dwarfs, white dwarfs, and neutron stars. What makes these stars stand out are just their sizes, but their colors, as each one hosts a distinct color ...
- By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/laurencetognetti)
- On: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:32 +0000
NASA, Partners Accelerate Lander Development for 2028 Moon Missions
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As NASA returns humans to the lunar surface and establishes a long-term presence on our closest celestial neighbor, the agency and commercial human landing system providers Blue Origin and SpaceX have streamlined the designs and changed both concepts of op...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:39 +0000
NASA’s Artemis III Mission to Test Future Moon Lander Operations
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Before astronauts return to the lunar surface, NASA will first conduct one of the most ambitious and complex test missions in the agency’s history. Launching in 2027, Artemis III will send NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik, Frank Rubio, Andre Dougl...
- By: NASA
- On: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:37 +0000
27 Exoplanet Targets for the World's First Private Space Telescope
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Get ready for the age of private space telescopes. The Lazuli Space Telescope will launch in a few years and part of its mission is to observe exoplanets. New research presents a list of 27 exoplanet targets, some of which are very well-known and will cert...
- By: Evan Gough (https://www.universetoday.com/authors/ion23drive)
- On: Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:33 +0000