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Moon Phase Today – September 18, 2026: First Quarter Moon at Apogee

On September 18, 2026, the First Quarter Moon rises at midday with roughly 46% of its disc illuminated, coinciding with lunar apogee — the moon’s farthest orbital point this month. The result

September 18, 2026

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Full Harvest Moon rising in September 2026 photographed by Mike Linnihan

Moon Phase Today – September 16, 2026: Waxing Crescent at 29%, Harvest Moon in 10 Days

The moon phase today, September 16, 2026, is a Waxing Crescent at approximately 29 percent illumination, five days into the lunar cycle following the September 11 New Moon. The First Quarter arrives in two days, with the Harvest Moon and

September 16, 2026

by Kiranpreet Kaur

Russia’s Progress MS-35 Reaches Orbit After Soyuz Defect Forced Seven-Day Delay

Russia's Progress MS-35 lifted off from Baikonur on September 16, ending a seven-day hold after Roscosmos

Waning Crescent moon at 1% illumination on September 10, 2026, as imaged by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter

Moon Phase Today – September 10, 2026: Waning Crescent at 1% as New Moon Arrives Tonight

The moon phase today, September 10, 2026, is a Waning Crescent at 1% illumination — the

Earth setting behind the Moon captured by Artemis II astronauts on iPhone

Artemis II Stuns the World as Viral ‘Earthset’ Video Captured on iPhone Redefines Space Photography

In a moment that feels almost engineered for the age of virality, NASA’s Artemis II mission has delivered a piece of footage so surreal it borders on fiction: Earth, luminous and fragile,

April 20, 2026

Astronomy·Science

Blue Origin New Glenn rocket on launch pad after reused booster hot-fire test ahead of NG-3 mission

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Enters New Era as Reused Booster Passes Critical Hot-Fire Test Ahead of Weekend Launch

Blue Origin has reached a pivotal engineering threshold after successfully conducting a hot-fire test on a previously flown New Glenn booster, a development that sharpens the competitive contours of the global launch

April 18, 2026

Astronomy·Science

Jeremy Hansen viewing Earth and the Moon from Orion spacecraft during Artemis II mission deep space flyby

Jeremy Hansen Describes the Far Side of the Moon in Artemis II: Inside Humanity’s Return to Deep Space

From the Orion spacecraft cutting through translunar space at more than 400,000 kilometers from Earth, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen delivered one of the most vivid human accounts yet of the Artemis II

April 18, 2026

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Voyager 1 spacecraft drifting in interstellar space far beyond the solar system representing NASA deep space mission endurance

NASA Begins Controlled Shutdown of Voyager 1 Instrument to Stretch Humanity’s Farthest Mission

At the farthest operational edge of human engineering, NASA has begun another deliberate reduction in Voyager 1’s scientific systems, shutting down one of its instruments to conserve shrinking power reserves and prolong

April 18, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

Orion spacecraft during Artemis II reentry glowing with plasma heat shield over Earth

Artemis II astronauts break silence on Orion landing: “From intense reentry to pure elation” after historic Moon flyby

In the sterile cadence of mission control updates and the heavily choreographed choreography of postflight briefings, what Artemis II astronauts have now disclosed cuts through institutional language with unusual clarity. The Orion

April 18, 2026

Astronomy·Science

Artemis II view of Moon during solar eclipse as astronauts witness meteorite impacts

Artemis II astronauts witness meteorite strikes on the Moon in historic deep-space spectacle

In the cold vacuum beyond Earth’s orbit, where silence reigns and time stretches thin, four astronauts aboard NASA’s Orion spacecraft witnessed something both fleeting and profound: the Moon being struck—six times—by meteorites

April 9, 2026

News·Science

Artemis II Orion spacecraft captures Earthrise during historic moon flyby

Artemis II Astronauts Shatter Apollo Record in Historic Moon Flyby That Redefines Human Spaceflight

The record stood for more than half a century, untouched, almost mythic in its permanence. Then, on April 6, 2026, it collapsed. NASA’s Artemis II mission has carried four astronauts farther from

April 7, 2026

Astronomy·News·Science

Scientists find a “smart” huge planet made of “cotton candy”

Belgian astronomers have discovered an exoplanet with a very low density, comparable to the density of cotton candy. Its description was published in the scientific journal Nature Astronomy (NatAstro). Object WASP-193b was

May 14, 2024

Astronomy·News·Technology

NASA seeks to launch the first manned flight of the Starliner space capsule in mid-May

The US Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) said on Tuesday that it had postponed the target date for the next attempt to launch the “Starliner” space capsule produced by Boeing Company to

May 7, 2024

Astronomy·News·Technology

NASA delays manned Moon flights to address safety and development challenges

Washington DC, USA: NASA has revised the timeline for its manned lunar missions, announcing a delay in the Artemis 2 orbital mission to September 2025 and the Artemis 3 crewed lunar landing

January 10, 2024

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Moon Phase Today – September 18, 2026: First Quarter Moon at Apogee

Moon Phase Today – September 16, 2026: Waxing Crescent at 29%, Harvest Moon in 10 Days

Russia’s Progress MS-35 Reaches Orbit After Soyuz Defect Forced Seven-Day Delay

Moon Phase Today – September 10, 2026: Waning Crescent at 1% as New Moon Arrives Tonight

Artemis II Stuns the World as Viral ‘Earthset’ Video Captured on iPhone Redefines Space Photography

Blue Origin’s New Glenn Enters New Era as Reused Booster Passes Critical Hot-Fire Test Ahead of Weekend Launch

Jeremy Hansen Describes the Far Side of the Moon in Artemis II: Inside Humanity’s Return to Deep Space

NASA Begins Controlled Shutdown of Voyager 1 Instrument to Stretch Humanity’s Farthest Mission

Artemis II astronauts break silence on Orion landing: “From intense reentry to pure elation” after historic Moon flyby

Artemis II astronauts witness meteorite strikes on the Moon in historic deep-space spectacle

Artemis II Astronauts Shatter Apollo Record in Historic Moon Flyby That Redefines Human Spaceflight

Scientists find a “smart” huge planet made of “cotton candy”

NASA seeks to launch the first manned flight of the Starliner space capsule in mid-May

NASA delays manned Moon flights to address safety and development challenges

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