SpaceX scores three more crewed ISS flights as cargo mission 35 looms
NASA has handed SpaceX three additional crewed missions to the International Space Station under a contract amendment, while a 35th cargo fl…
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Two Galaxies, Two Hidden Faces of the Local Universe
A spiral galaxy whose core spins at a right angle to its own disk, and a nearby neighbor still actively forging new stars: on the same Septe…
Webb's IC 348 Panorama Pushes Brown Dwarf Mass Limits
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has released one of its largest images to date, capturing the star-forming region IC 348 — and uncovering …
Webb Maps Star Formation in IC 348, Finds Tiny Brown Dwarfs
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has released one of its largest images yet: a sweeping view of the star-forming region IC 348, where astro…
Vega-C Delivers FLEX and Sentinel-3C to Orbit
On the night of 14–15 September, a Vega-C rocket lifted off from French Guiana carrying two European Earth observation satellites with compl…
NASA's Satellite Imaging Tools Are Now Uncovering Lost Civilizations
Originally developed to sharpen satellite imagery of Earth's surface, a NASA image-processing algorithm is now being turned on the ancient p…
FLEX and Sentinel-3C Ready to Lift Off on Vega-C
With encapsulation complete at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, ESA's FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C are preparing for a joint Vega-C l…
BepiColombo Begins Its Long-Awaited Orbital Capture at Mercury
On 3 September 2026, the BepiColombo mission took its first decisive steps toward entering orbit around Mercury, capping an eight-year journ…
Hubble Captures the Turbulent Superbubble N44 in Breathtaking Detail
NASA and ESA have released a striking Hubble Space Telescope image of N44, a colossal superbubble nebula in the Large Magellanic Cloud. The …
Isar Aerospace Sets Sights on Spectrum's Second Flight
Isar Aerospace is gearing up for its second Spectrum launch attempt, with maritime safety notices confirming a window running from September…
Europe's Launch Race: HyImpulse and PLD Space Raise Over €150 Million
Germany's HyImpulse and Spain's PLD Space disclosed major funding rounds within a day of each other in early September 2026. The back-to-bac…
Hubble Spots a Ten-Sided Atmospheric Giant Circling Saturn's South Pole
NASA and ESA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured a colossal ten-sided atmospheric wave wrapped around Saturn's south pole — a phenomenon n…
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