Auroras over Australia look like sci-fi from space | Space photo of the day for May 15, 2026
An astronaut aboard the ISS captured the brilliant green and pink glow.
Earth photobombs a satellite deploying its giant reflector | Space photo of the day for May 14, 2026
ViaSat's ViaSat-3 F2 satellite has bloomed.
The Whirlpool Galaxy comes alive | Space photo of the day for May 13, 2026
M51, also known as the Whirlpool Galaxy, looks incredible in this new snap by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Uranus and Neptune could be full of rocks, new study suggests
"Rather than 'icy' or 'rocky,' we should simply call them minor giants."
Mesmerizing vortexes swirl near an Antarctic volcano | Space photo of the day for May 12, 2026
The arctic winds have created something truly stunning.
They really launched this tiny spacecraft (Well, sort of.) | Space photo of the day for May 11, 2026
It's the tiniest Mars test we've seen yet.
The charred hull of Artemis 2’s Orion | Space photo of the day for May 8, 2026
NASA's Artemis 2 Orion spacecraft rests after its flight around the moon, charred from the return to Earth.
Scientists found 10,000 possible exoplanets hiding in NASA data
It would appear we now have 10,091 candidate exoplanets to go through and confirm.
Moon joy at Jupiter | Space photo of the day for May 7, 2026
NASA's Juno spacecraft captured a photo of Jupiter's moon Thebe.
Why does NASA’s Curiosity rover have a ‘lucky penny’ on Mars? | Space photo of the day for May 6, 2026
Providing good luck to the first Martian to find it.