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APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 16 –… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. To view this […]
Posted October 16, 2026
Earth Observatory
Extreme Weather Events
Goddard Space Flight Center
Landsat 9
NOAA-20 (JPSS-1)
High-definition images of nighttime lights show where the hurricane knocked out power along the Florida Panhandle and how quickly the lights came back.
Posted October 16, 2026
Mars
Mars Exploration Program
Mars Moons
Martian Moon Exploration (MMX)
Phobos
Planetary Science Division
Science Mission Directorate
NASA is playing an important role in JAXA’s (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) MMX (Martian Moons eXploration) mission, to advance our understanding of Mars’ moons and build on the agency’s long history of exploring the Red Planet. The mission aims to characterize and determine the origin of Mars’ moons Phobos and Deimos and deliver a sample […]
Posted October 15, 2026
Earth
El Niño - Southern Oscillation
Goddard Space Flight Center
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Oceans
PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem)
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich Satellite
A phenomenon rarer than a solar eclipse and more powerful than any single storm system is unfolding this fall, and NASA is tracking it closely. El Niño is a natural climate pattern that emerges roughly every two to seven years marked by warmer-than-normal water temperatures in parts of the equatorial Pacific. NASA scientists are keeping […]
Posted October 15, 2026
ISS Research
General
International Space Station (ISS)
From the International Space Station’s unique position 250 miles above Earth, the Sun is a vital source of energy. Solar power supports the station’s life support systems, daily activities, and hundreds of research investigations that improve life on Earth and prepare humans for deep space exploration.
Posted October 15, 2026
Astrophysics Division
Open Science
Planetary Science Division
Science Mission Directorate
The Universe
Registration is open for the 2026 NASA Space Apps Challenge, a two-day global event on Saturday, Nov. 14 and Sunday, Nov. 15, where teams work to create solutions inspired by NASA’s most ambitious exploration goals and making use of the agency’s free and open data. The annual challenge, often called a hackathon, is an intensive, […]
Posted October 15, 2026
Learning Resources
For Colleges & Universities
MUREP
NASA has selected 12 U.S. institutions to receive $12 million to accelerate academic research and technology development in support of the agency’s priorities for exploring the Moon, Mars, and deep space.
Posted October 15, 2026
Artemis 2
Ames Research Center
Artemis
Exploration Systems Development Mission Directorate
Kennedy Space Center
Marshall Space Flight Center
Missions
Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle
Space Launch System (SLS)
NASA’s Artemis II mission sent four astronauts around the Moon and brought them safely back to Earth, laying a foundation for crewed flights to the Moon’s surface.
Posted October 15, 2026
A formation of radio waves looks remarkably like a treble clef in this Oct. 14, 2026, image from NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Researchers used Chandra to find that the Treble Clef is likely caused by an outburst from a supermassive black hole, followed by a collision of two galaxy clusters. Read more about this discovery. […]
Posted October 15, 2026
APOD
APOD Science APOD APOD: 2026 October 15 – The… Today’s APOD Archive Submissions Index Search Calendar RSS Education About Discuss   APOD Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
Posted October 15, 2026
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