APOD: 2026 September 19 – A Zodiacal Night
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September 2026
NASA Invites Media to Albania Artemis Accords Signing Ceremony
Credit: NASA The Republic of Albania will sign the Artemis Accords during a ceremony at 12 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. 21, at NASA Headquarters in Washington, becoming the 73rd…
The Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket is here and chunkier than ever
It’s almost time! The official Fat Bear Week 2026 bracket has landed, and this year’s competition will see 16 adult brown bears (Ursus arctos) in Alaska go head-to-head in the…
Autonomous airplane completes first cross-country flight
A single-engine prop Cessna Caravan has reportedly become the first airplane to autonomously complete a cross-continental flight across the United States. Overseen by the aeronautics company Joby, the retrofitted aircraft…
NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy
3 min read NASA’s Hubble Spots an Out-of-Sync Galaxy The spiral galaxy NGC 4698 shines in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. ESA/Hubble & NASA, D. Thilker, the…
Help name the Bronx River’s first otter in 100 years
A North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) was recently spotted along New York City’s Bronx River for the first time in roughly 100 years. Now, the Bronx River Alliance and…
In 1924, the Montreal Canadiens left the Stanley Cup on the side of the road
The Stanley Cup—hockey’s biggest prize—has survived champagne showers, championship parades, accidental drops, and even a trip to the bottom of a canal. But one of its strangest adventures happened before…
APOD: 2026 September 18 – Messier 33: The Triangulum Galaxy
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NASA Awards Launch Services for StarBurst Gamma-Ray Detector
Credit: NASA NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray…
NASA Unveils Enterprise, the First Space Shuttle
The rollout ceremony for NASA’s first space shuttle, OV-101, coincided with Constitution Day of the nation’s bicentennial on Sept.17, 1976. Although the orbiter was originally planned to be named Constitution,…