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On this day in space! Oct. 15, 1997: NASA launches Cassini-Hugyens probe on 7-year voyage to Saturn

Windblown yardangs on Mars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 15, 2026

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On this day in space! Oct. 14, 1947: Test pilot Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell X-1, the first X-plane

Cosmic 'jellyfish' wows skywatchers after SpaceX launch | Space photo of the day for Oct. 14, 2026

Voyager 1 is nearly one light-day from Earth. What’s out there?

On this day in space! Oct. 13, 1773: Astronomer Charles Messier discovers the Whirlpool Galaxy before we ever knew it was a galaxy

Two Slices Of Deli Meat A Day Linked To 44% Higher Dementia Risk

Astronaut captures mesmerizing auroras with iPhone from ISS | Space photo of the day for Oct. 13, 2026

On this day in space! Oct. 12, 1964: The Soviet Union launches Voskhod 1, the 1st multi-person cosmonaut crew, into space

Namibian salt flats look like an alien planet | Space photo of the day for Oct. 12, 2026

Loma Linda University research suggests a handful of walnuts a day may make your diet less inflammatory

On this day in space! Oct. 10, 1967: The Outer Space Treaty is ratified to lay out how countries can use outer space

Just 1,000 More Steps a Day Linked to Better Mental Health in Teens

On this day in space! Oct. 9, 1992: Peekskill meteorite hits car in New York after streaking through the atmosphere

The Milky Way glows over telescopes in the Atacama Desert | Space photo of the day for Oct. 9, 2026

On this day in space! Oct. 8, 1992: NASA's Pioneer Venus probe burns up in Venusian atmosphere after 14 years orbiting the planet

Dawn breaks on Mars | Space photo of the day for Oct. 8, 2026

1,000-mile-long cloud that forms and vanishes on Mars every day obeys 'exotic physics' never seen on Earth

On this day in space! Oct. 7, 2002: NASA launches space shuttle Atlantis to deliver backbone of the ISS on STS-112 mission