Don't Look Up! We got you!
Saturday, October 24, 2026 (UTC)
Missions & Science
with Dana Whitfield

National Academies picks four Moon sites beyond the south pole for future astronauts

Bhabha Crater, Mons Hadley, Orientale Basin and Aristarchus top a NASA-requested report on where crews should go next.

Researchers release radial velocity measurements for 70 Oph AB star systemDana WhitfieldWorld's timekeepers vote to end the leap second from May 2027Dana WhitfieldX-ray telescopes confirm the 'Treble Clef' sits in a hidden galaxy clusterMarcus AdeyemiPerseverance breaks Opportunity's record for distance driven on another worldIngrid SolbergWebb watches water clouds shift on a nearby cold world and images a stellar nurseryIngrid SolbergNASA picks science payloads for its Moon Base as plans for a south-pole outpost take shapeHenrik VassMars round-up: NASA eases contamination rules, Curiosity returns to science and China plans a full mapIngrid SolbergMargaret Hamilton, Apollo lunar software lead, dies at 90Yara CastellanosMars's giant Arsia Mons cloud may form by a process never seen in a planetary atmosphereNASA SPHEREx telescope publishes brown dwarf atmosphere observationsIngrid SolbergJames Webb locates host galaxy for fast radio burst FRB 20240304BRhea CastellanosHubble data indicates white dwarf HS 0209+0832 may host second-generation planetDana Whitfield