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On this day in space! Oct. 31, 2015: Creepy skull-shaped Halloween asteroid flies by Earth, NASA names it the 'Great Pumpkin'

On this day in space! Oct. 30, 1964: NASA's weird Lunar Landing Research Vehicle takes 1st test flight to help Apollo astronauts land on the moon

Ghostly Cat's Head Nebula haunts the cosmos | Space photo of the day for Oct. 30, 2026

November’s Night Sky Notes: Light-Day Away

Record-breaking retraction: scholarly publisher pulls 1,400 conference papers on one day

On this day in space! Oct. 29, 1991: NASA's Galileo spacecraft flies by asteroid Gaspra and snaps amazing photos while flying at 18,000 mph

The universe in the eye of a telescope | Space photo of the day for Oct. 29, 2026

On this day in space! Oct. 28, 1971: Britain launches its 1st satellite Prospero into space on a Black Arrow rocket

Even dead tree branches move during the day

Satellites watch an escaping Antarctic iceberg | Space photo of the day for Oct. 28, 2026

Anthropic Says It Will Revolutionize Biology—Some Day

NASA's Swift observatory is losing more than 3 km of height a day and is predicted to re-enter on 2 November

Scientists Discover That Eating Peanuts Every Day May Help Protect the Aging Brain

Mars rover tracks from a historic drive | Space photo of the day for Oct. 27, 2026

On this day in space! Oct. 27, 1961: NASA launches Saturn I rocket on 1st test flight from Florida to set stage for the mighty Saturn V moon rocket

UT San Antonio School of Dentistry now prepping students from Day 1 with a complete digital workflow for teaching, performing dental restorations

On this day in space! Oct. 26, 2004: Cassini spacecraft takes 1st-ever closeup photos of Saturn moon Titan

Glowing 'cauldron' of new stars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 26, 2026

On this day in space! Oct. 25, 1671: Astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovers Iapetus, Saturn's 'yin-yang' moon

Just two drinks a day may be far riskier than you think