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Archive: 2026
302 stories published in 2026
One bright dot or a line of many? A 5-step method to tell the ISS apart from a Starlink train — and from planes and meteors too.
Jupiter is a late-night naked-eye target this autumn. Six steps to find the giant planet tonight using the twinkle test and a free sky app.
The James Webb Space Telescope's s MIRI and NIRCam instruments have captured an amazing view of spiral galaxy NGC 2090. The galaxy is about 37 million light years away in the Columbia constellation. Also, see a view of NGC 2090 from the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: Space.com | ESA/Webb, ESA/Hubbl
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James Webb Space Telescope Delivers 4K Amazing View Of Spiral Galaxy
Rogue Black Hole 5000 Light Years Away - Hubble Finds Evidence
SpaceX Starship Single Engine Test Fire Simulates Flight 7 In-Space Burn
Slow Motion Footage Of SpaceX Starship Launching 'Shockwaves'
James Webb Space Telescope: 4K Mind-Boggling View Of 'Exploded Star'
'Violent' Galactic Merger Captured By ESO Telescopes
Incredible Views Of SpaceX Starship Reentering Earth's Atmosphere
From Animation to Reality: See Starship Deploy Satellites in Orbit
James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Oldest Known Galaxy
Webb Telescope's Cosmic 'Technicolor Dreamscape'
Amazing Galactic Imagery via James Webb Space Telescope
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 18 –… 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 writte
The Hubble Space Telescope has found evidence of a "wandering" black hole about 5000 light years away in the Milky Way galaxy. Astronomers estimate that there could be 100 million black holes wandering around our galaxy. Credit: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Watch how a single engine on the flight 7 SpaceX Starship was test fired to simulate an in-space burn. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: SpaceX | edited by Steve Spaleta
The incredible power of SpaceX Starship is on display in slow motion footage that show shockwaves propagating from the launch. Also, see slow motion footage of the atmospheric re-entry of Starship. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: SpaceX | edited by Steve Spaleta
Explore one of the most famous supernova remnants in our galaxy, Cassiopeia A, as seen through the powerful eyes of the James Webb Space Telescope. The detailed NIRCam image uncovers the beautiful and chaotic web of gas and dust left behind by a cosmic cataclysm. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy
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APOD-Wissenschaft APOD APOD: 17. Oktober 2026… Das heutige APOD-Archiv Einsendungen Index Suche Kalender RSS Bildung Über APOD-Astronomie Bild des Tages Entdecken Sie den Kosmos! Jeden Tag wird ein anderes Bild oder Foto unseres faszinierenden Universums gezeigt, zusammen mit einer kurzen Erklärung
Dieses Bild des Hubble-Weltraumteleskops der NASA zeigt die intermediäre Spiralgalaxie NGC 1827 von der Kante, die sich etwa 37 Millionen Lichtjahre entfernt im Sternbild Columba, der Taube, befindet.
APOD-Wissenschaft APOD APOD: 16. Oktober 2026 –… Das heutige APOD-Archiv Einsendungen Index Suche Kalender RSS Bildung Über Diskutieren APOD Astronomie Bild des Tages Entdecken Sie den Kosmos! Jeden Tag wird ein anderes Bild oder Foto unseres faszinierenden Universums gezeigt, zusammen mit einer kurzen schriftlichen Erklärung
The Very Large Telescope (VLT) and the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) has captured a "violent cosmic collision in which one galaxy pierces another with intense radiation," according to the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Credit: ESO Directed by: Angelos Tsaousis and Martin
Incredible Views Of SpaceX Starship Re-Entering Earth's Atmosphere. Credit: SpaceX
Die NASA spielt eine wichtige Rolle in der MMX-Mission (Martian Moons eXploration) der JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), um unser Verständnis der Marsmonde zu verbessern und auf der langen Geschichte der Agentur bei der Erforschung des Roten Planeten aufzubauen. Ziel der Mission ist es, den Ursprung des Mars zu charakterisieren und zu bestimmen.
What was once just an animation is now a breathtaking reality. This epic video shows SpaceX's Starship successfully deploying V3 Starlink satellites, a major milestone in the company's quest for rapid and reusable space access.
Die Artemis-II-Mission der NASA schickte vier Astronauten um den Mond und brachte sie sicher zurück zur Erde und legte damit den Grundstein für bemannte Flüge zur Mondoberfläche. Eine zusätzliche technische Datenanalyse des Hitzeschilds der Raumsonde Orion bestätigte erste Daten, die zeigen, dass der Hitzeschild wie z
Die NASA hat 12 US-Institutionen ausgewählt, die 12 Millionen US-Dollar erhalten, um die akademische Forschung und Technologieentwicklung zu beschleunigen und so die Prioritäten der Agentur bei der Erforschung des Mondes, des Mars und des Weltraums zu unterstützen. Durch das Minority University Research and Education Project (MUREP) Space Technology Arte der NASA
James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Oldest Known Galaxy
A formation of radio waves looks remarkably like a treble clef in this Oct. 14, 2026, image from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Researchers used Chandra to find that the Treble Clef is likely caused by an outburst from a supermassive black hole, followed by a collision of two galaxy clusters. Rea
Fly through the cosmos to the star-forming region NGC 7129. This video showcases the incredible power of the James Webb Space Telescope to see through dust and gas, unveiling the intricate and colorful details of where stars are born.
APOD-Wissenschaft APOD APOD: 15. Oktober 2026 – Die… Das heutige APOD-Archiv Einsendungen Index Suche Kalender RSS Bildung Über Diskutieren APOD Astronomie Bild des Tages Entdecken Sie den Kosmos! Jeden Tag wird ein anderes Bild oder Foto unseres faszinierenden Universums gezeigt, zusammen mit einer kurzen Erklärung
The James Webb Space Telescope's Near-Infrared and Mid-Infrared instruments (NIRCam & MIRI) have delivered imagery of interacting galaxies IC 1623, located 270 million light-years from Earth. Credit: Space.com | footage courtesy: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, L. Armus & A. Evans, N. Bartmann | edited by Ste