Planets and Moons

Good morning Mars! New image shows crisp view of morning light over distant Martian mountains. This is what it would be … BBC Sky at Night Magazine11:03Mars NASA Space Exploration

NASA’s Curiosity rover catches morning light on the wind carved cliffs of Mars TechEBlog18:48Mars NASA Space Exploration

Mars' odd 1,100 mile long cloud forms in mysterious ways — a new model may reveal how Discover Magazine23:23Mars Space Exploration Jupiter

Mars’ oddest cloud may be even odder than we thought Astrobiology Web17:31Mars Space Exploration Jupiter

Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90 MailOnline21:32The Moon NASA Deaths

Margaret Hamilton, Apollo program pioneer and Midwest native, dies at 90 FOX 2 Detroit20:32The Moon NASA Deaths

Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is a Moon landing truther, prompting response from NASA Futurism19:57Drake Maye NASA New England Patriots

NASA administrator fires back at patriots’ Drake Maye over moon landing comments Heavy.com17:44Drake Maye NASA New England Patriots

NASA shares Artemis II astronauts’ handwritten mission notes Popular Science19:42Artemis II The Moon NASA

Artemis II images boost NASA’s moon base plans Scientific American16:48Artemis II The Moon NASA

A quake on Mars may have set these rocks rolling Science News Online16:01Mars Space Exploration Geology

Hanington: Japan is going to Mars Elko Daily Free Press18:18Mars Space Exploration Geology

NASA’s Artemis II findings, AI for Mars missions and Japan deal to feature on day 3 of global… Anadolu Agency05:11Artemis II Antalya NASA

Artemis II results to headline day two of space congress in Türkiye Yeni Şafak09:26Artemis II Antalya NASA

Lunar resource management, permanent human presence expected in coming years: UAE deputy space… Anadolu Agency11:22The Moon Rare Earths UAE

Antalya hosts IAC 2026: What to know about the global space gathering TRT World20:27The Moon Rare Earths UAE

Aberystwyth technology in Mars rover desert trials Cambrian News12:07Mars Science Laboratory Mars Wales

Welsh technology put to the test ahead of mission to Mars Wales 24706:06Mars Science Laboratory Mars Wales

A dying star may have birthed a planet right before it croaked Mashable10:11Astronomy NASA Nature

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Mars' Odd 1,100 Mile Long Cloud Forms in Mysterious Ways — a New Model May Reveal How Discover Magazine23:23 8-Oct-26

In the last 2 hours

Curating a 'hard science fiction' interactive journey to the moon Hong Kong Standard23:08 8-Oct-26

NASA Briefing to Highlight Contributions to Martian Moons Mission NASA (Press Release)22:46 8-Oct-26

Trump, Facing Sinking Approval on Earth, Sets Sights on Colonizing the Moon Truthout22:26 8-Oct-26

In the last 4 hours

Margaret Hamilton, who led a software team for NASA's Apollo program, dies at 90 MailOnline21:32 8-Oct-26

Moon Rovers in the Fast Lane ESA20:55 8-Oct-26

Margaret Hamilton, Apollo program pioneer and Midwest native, dies at 90 FOX 2 Detroit20:32 8-Oct-26

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Nigerian-American Chinyere Ukeje Wins $300,000 NASA Mars Food System Prize Channels Television20:06 8-Oct-26

Margaret Hamilton, a Pioneering Software Engineer Who Made the First Human Moon Landing… Smithsonian Magazine20:03 8-Oct-26

Patriots Quarterback Drake Maye Is a Moon Landing Truther, Prompting Response From NASA Futurism19:57 8-Oct-26

NASA shares Artemis II astronauts’ handwritten mission notes Popular Science19:42 8-Oct-26

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Morning Light on the Wind Carved Cliffs of Mars TechEBlog18:48 8-Oct-26

In the last 8 hours

NASA Administrator Fires Back at Patriots’ Drake Maye Over Moon Landing Comments Heavy.com17:44 8-Oct-26

Mars’ Oddest Cloud May Be Even Odder Than We Thought Astrobiology Web17:31 8-Oct-26

Artemis II images boost NASA’s moon base plans Scientific American16:48 8-Oct-26

Yesterday

A Giant Cloud Appears on Mars Every Morning. Scientists Finally Think They Know Why. ZME Science16:03 8-Oct-26

Türkiye’s Metu plans ambitious homegrown lunar micro-rover launch in 2030 Anadolu Agency15:52 8-Oct-26

NASA responds to Drake Maye after he peddled conspiracy theory MailOnline15:32 8-Oct-26

Hera mission hits the brakes to arrive at asteroid EarthSky15:18 8-Oct-26

What will it take to build a moon base? SpaceNews15:01 8-Oct-26

NASA's Curiosity Rover Captures A Crisp Martian Dawn From The Side Of Mount Sharp IFLScience14:30 8-Oct-26

Margaret Hamilton, scientist who helped astronauts reach the moon, dies at 90 7News Denver14:07 8-Oct-26

A 1,100-Mile-Long Cloud on Mars is Defying Physics—This Unexpected Discovery May Reveal Why The Debrief13:44 8-Oct-26

US plans going to Moon 'to stay': Jeff Bezos Anadolu Agency13:30 8-Oct-26

NASA releases Artemis 2 science data SpaceNews13:12 8-Oct-26

Man originally from Wembley to spend Thanksgiving in Mars simulator EverythingGP13:11 8-Oct-26

Margaret Hamilton, who helped put Apollo on moon, dies at 90 Daily Sabah13:10 8-Oct-26

Türkiye's METU plans to send homegrown lunar rover to Moon in 2030 TRT World12:49 8-Oct-26

NASA Releases Artemis II Crew’s Handwritten Notes of Moon Meteors PetaPixel12:41 8-Oct-26

This Tiny Microbe Can Withstand Extreme Radiation That Would Obliterate Humans. Here’s How It Might Protect Astronauts… ZME Science12:36 8-Oct-26

Explainer - What will Türkiye’s first spacecraft to the Moon actually do? Anadolu Agency11:52 8-Oct-26

Lunar resource management, permanent human presence expected in coming years: UAE deputy space… Anadolu Agency11:22 8-Oct-26

Good morning Mars! New image shows crisp view of morning light over distant Martian mountains. This is what it would be … BBC Sky at Night Magazine11:03 8-Oct-26

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo astronauts on the Moon, dies Saudi Gazette10:01 8-Oct-26

Programmer who ensured the landing of the "Apollo 11" mission on the Moon has died UNN.ua09:02 8-Oct-26

🚀 A look back at Apollo 11 in the pages of the Jg-TC Journal Gazette Times-Courier, Illinois08:27 8-Oct-26

Margaret Hamilton, NASA Apollo computing pioneer, dies at 90 The Sun Daily07:51 8-Oct-26

How a scientist used Britpop to reach Mars BBC06:49 8-Oct-26

From Earth orbit to deep space People's Daily06:47 8-Oct-26

Question mark hangs over Thurrock’s accounts five years on The Bureau of Investigative Journalism06:14 8-Oct-26

Margaret Hamilton, whose software helped land Apollo 11 on the Moon, dies at 90 BBC06:04 8-Oct-26

Drake Maye casts doubt on moon landing Awful Announcing (Weblog)02:03 8-Oct-26

Giant Martian Cloud May Form Through Physics Never Before Seen in Planetary Atmosphere Sci.News01:05 8-Oct-26

In the last 7 days

Spiral solar tower promises near-continuous power for Moon bases New Atlas23:58 7-Oct-26

NASA releases trove of Moon data from historic Artemis II flight Nature.com23:34 7-Oct-26

An Odd Hole on the Moon's Surface May Lead to an Underground Cave That Could Shelter Future Astronauts Discover Magazine23:19 7-Oct-26

Drake Maye questions credibility of 1969 moon landing: ‘I’m a little bit skeptical’ WHDH-TV, Massachusetts22:03 7-Oct-26

NASA chief has hilarious response to NFL player doubting moon landing The Independent21:46 7-Oct-26

Mysterious NASA Mars photo fuels wild claim of a lost civilization on the Red Planet MailOnline21:14 7-Oct-26

Artemis II Moon Flyby: Lunar Science Results Highlighted Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)21:02 7-Oct-26

Drake Maye admits he’s ‘a little bit skeptical’ about Moon landing The Comeback20:56 7-Oct-26

NASA's Curiosity rover takes striking image of dawn on Mars CBC.ca20:31 7-Oct-26

Tap space-tech start-ups’ capabilities for major projects of Indian space programme: G. Madhavan Nair The Hindu18:55 7-Oct-26

NASA’s Curiosity Looks Back After Reaching Elevation Milestone NASA (Press Release)18:38 7-Oct-26

NASA’s Curiosity Captures Dawn Breaking on Wind-Carved Cliffs NASA (Press Release)18:08 7-Oct-26

Oxidation Of Photochemical Organic Hazes: A Prebiotic Source of Oxygen-Bearing Organics in Titan’s Atmosphere And Early … Astrobiology Web17:38 7-Oct-26

The Most Curious Cloud on Mars Relies on Some Bizarre Physics Nautilus17:34 7-Oct-26

A Journey To The Depths Of Ancient Mars? Astrobiology Web17:18 7-Oct-26

Paleo-heat Flux Estimates Across Enceladus Derived From Flexural Response Of The Ice Shell Astrobiology Web16:57 7-Oct-26

Mars’s strangest cloud is even weirder than we thought, scientists say The Independent16:35 7-Oct-26

ESA at IAC 2026 – Day 3 ESA16:31 7-Oct-26

Mars' weird 1,100-mile cloud runs on physics no one has ever seen before Mashable16:16 7-Oct-26

Mars mystery solved: Scientists reveal the secret behind 'impossible' giant cloud that appears… MailOnline16:12 7-Oct-26

Mars’s oddest cloud may be even odder than we thought ESA16:03 7-Oct-26

A quake on Mars may have set these rocks rolling Science News Online16:01 7-Oct-26

Artemis II Crew: Details of Impact Flashes Viewed on the Far Side of the Moon Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)15:58 7-Oct-26

Rocket Lab Stock Pulls Back: What's Happening? Benzinga15:55 7-Oct-26

New England Patriots Star Drake Maye Raises Eyebrows Admitting He’s ‘Skeptical’ About The Moon Landing BroBible15:17 7-Oct-26

Did you know Uranus has rings? The story of how scientists made a huge discovery by accident – and triggered an… BBC Sky at Night Magazine15:13 7-Oct-26

Moon Heritage: What Does It Take to Preserve Celestial Historical Landmarks? Leonard David's Inside Outer Space (Weblog)13:36 7-Oct-26

Mission Control to supply Rashid Rover 2 communications on the Moon SpaceQ12:53 7-Oct-26

Planet Mars or ice cream? Five times the Red Planet looked absolutely delicious (and the science behind what's really… BBC Sky at Night Magazine11:46 7-Oct-26

Nasa rover captures Mars sunrise near Mount Sharp in striking new image The Telegraph, Calcutta10:51 7-Oct-26

Adana-born NASA astronaut readies for 2027 space mission Hurriyet Daily News10:26 7-Oct-26

NASA rover takes striking image of dawn’s early light on Mars Internazionale.it10:20 7-Oct-26

Five moons, one image. Photographer captures view of this week's crescent Moon and Jupiter. Look closer to see how good … BBC Sky at Night Magazine09:47 7-Oct-26

Europa installs 600 kWp rooftop solar system at Dartford warehouse Handling and Storage Solutions08:23 7-Oct-26

Moonshot: lunar rover gets ready for launch The North West Star05:54 7-Oct-26

NASA’s Artemis II findings, AI for Mars missions and Japan deal to feature on day 3 of global… Anadolu Agency05:11 7-Oct-26

Out of this world: A selection of pictures from Carlisle Cathedral's moon The Carlisle News & Star05:07 7-Oct-26

Artemis Pilot Victor Glover Visits Heartland Hub Supplying The Space Ecosystem PR Newswire (Press Release)22:08 6-Oct-26

Curiosity Rover Celebrates Its 5,000th Day on Mars With Panorama of Sandy Ridge PetaPixel21:30 6-Oct-26

Intuitive Machines Stock Moves Higher: What's Going On? Benzinga20:04 6-Oct-26

How to Watch October's Full Moon, Meteor Showers, and Halloween Fireballs Light Up the Night Sky Discover Magazine19:09 6-Oct-26

Curiosity Marks Five Thousand Martian Days With a Postcard From Chocolatal TechEBlog18:49 6-Oct-26

No cities on the Moon — there isn’t enough water, scientists say Harvard Center for Astrophysics18:33 6-Oct-26

Hanington: Japan is going to Mars Elko Daily Free Press18:18 6-Oct-26

Analysis: Why NASA wants to build nuclear reactor on the moon The Hindu18:04 6-Oct-26

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Catches Stunning Martian Dawn NASA (Press Release)17:44 6-Oct-26

NASA Eyes Bulk Rocket Buy for Moon Base Amid SpaceX Phaseout Bloomberg Law17:36 6-Oct-26

Temporal Variability of Titan’s Middle-Atmospheric Zonal Winds from Southern Fall to Late Winter (2016-2023) Astrobiology Web17:34 6-Oct-26

Planet Labs Down 51% in 6 Months: Is This a Buying Opportunity? Zacks17:26 6-Oct-26

Curiosity Rover Catches A Stunning Martian Dawn Astrobiology Web17:14 6-Oct-26

Nokia and NASA Team Up to Bring 4G to the Moon and Our Astronauts Good News Network16:39 6-Oct-26

Rocket Lab Stock Pops Tuesday: What's Going On? Benzinga16:08 6-Oct-26

NYFF Review: Carlos Reygadas’ Heil Jupiter! Breaks Into a New Realm of Creativity The Film Stage16:05 6-Oct-26

NASA targets mysterious hole on the moon in hunt for vast underground cave MailOnline16:03 6-Oct-26

Mysterious cave spotted on surface of moon could provide safe haven for human base Metro.co.uk15:52 6-Oct-26

Nasa developing humanoid robots to work alongside astronauts on moon and Mars Metro.co.uk15:22 6-Oct-26

Hideo Kojima would use a trip to space to make a game, because he doesn't "have any other skills" Gamesradar15:14 6-Oct-26

Moon's next borders: Why Türkiye must help write the rules Daily Sabah14:44 6-Oct-26

Moon Trivia Quiz: Test Your Lunar Knowledge How It Works14:04 6-Oct-26

Yank Technologies Awarded Multiple NASA Contracts to Advance Wireless Power Systems for Moon… PR Newswire (Press Release)14:02 6-Oct-26

Next phase of Roo-ver lunar rover broadcast to the public Space Connect13:28 6-Oct-26

From Microgravity to Nutella, Dr. Maggie Answers 10 Questions About Space Vice (US)12:31 6-Oct-26

Enceladus ice grains reveal how its hidden ocean reaches space Knowridge Science Report11:50 6-Oct-26

Did Buzz Aldrin say, 'The moon is not what you think'? Snopes.com11:07 6-Oct-26

European rover trains for Mars in the desert ESA10:30 6-Oct-26

A dying star may have birthed a planet right before it croaked Mashable10:11 6-Oct-26

Space companies want to send humans to Mars. But how realistic is it? These are the fiercest dangers we face making a… BBC Sky at Night Magazine10:00 6-Oct-26

NASA’s Venus descent probe passes furnace heat tests Aerospace Testing International09:35 6-Oct-26

Artemis II results to headline day two of space congress in Türkiye Yeni Şafak09:26 6-Oct-26

Venus, Saturn and a meteor shower Stratford Herald05:34 6-Oct-26

Astrologer Kirsty Gallagher says Libra’s new moon means it’s time to burn away what you no longer want Tyla04:52 6-Oct-26

Bronny James Happy Ziaire Williams Has Opportunity To Showcase Skills On Bigger Stage Lakers Nation22:17 5-Oct-26

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