Varda raises $250 million at $1.6 billion valuation to scale orbital drug manufacturing In-space manufacturing startup Varda Space has raised $250 million in a Series D round at a $1.6 billion ...

The physical process likely behind this cloud's formation has never been observed in a planetary atmosphere before. NASA's Curiosity rover captured the soft morning light illuminating the Martian ...

Oct. 8, 2026 NASA is preparing for humanity’s first Moon base with three investigations that will hunt for underground shelters, uncover hidden ice, and track dangerous conditions on the lunar surface ...

Oct. 2, 2026 NASA’s Roman Space Telescope has demonstrated remarkable pointing stability and given its powerful planet-imaging coronagraph its first look at the cosmos. The telescope can already stay ...

On Thursday (Oct. 1), SpaceX's four-person Crew-13 mission launched toward the International Space Station. Here's a striking IR view of the liftoff. As SpaceX's Crew-13 mission heads for the ...

A Jupiter-sized world just 7.5 light-years away is cloudy, chemically complex and, it turns out, more like home than anyone expected. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, Brittany Miles, assistant ...

NASA has taken the next step in the process of developing a new all-glass telescope for the LISA (Laser Interferometer Space Antenna) mission, a space observatory designed to detect ripples in ...

New simulations by 2 astrophysicists suggest that supermassive black holes could have planets orbiting them, much like planets orbit stars. The Hera mission will hit the brakes Thursday as it slows ...

Space may be the next frontier for investors who want their portfolios to keep accelerating upward. And it isn't just about astronauts and moon missions anymore: From satellite internet and navigation ...

On Oct. 6, 1992, the United States and Russia signed an agreement to share astronauts and cosmonauts on human spaceflight missions. Here's why it mattered. On this day in space! Oct. 5, 1962: The ...

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October 8, 2026 • Four people — two NASA astronauts, one from the European Space Agency and a Russian cosmonaut — spent nearly eight months at the space station, conducting spacewalks, science ...