Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU
Monday, 27 July 2026
This composite photo released on July 17, 2026, shows the crescent of Mars growing as NASA’s Psyche spacecraft approached the planet for a gravity assist.
Psyche flew by Mars on May 15, 2026, using the planet’s gravity to gain speed and slightly tilt its trajectory. The flyby also gave the team an opportunity to prep for the science they will be conducting when they reach the metal-rich asteroid Psyche in 2029.
Credit: ESA/NASA – S. Adenot
Tuesday, 28 July 2026
This picture was published as part of a set on social media by ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot, with the following caption:
Day 157, orbit 2435 — The Moon has forever inspired, comforted and sparked curiosity. Fifty-seven years ago, the Apollo 11 crew took humanity's first steps on its surface. As we prepare to return and build a sustainable presence on its surface, the Moon is becoming the stepping stone for humanity's next great adventures in space. Go Artemis!
Credit: ESO/N. Schafer
Wednesday, 29 July 2026
This image shows the stunning night sky above three of the Auxiliary Telescopes (ATs) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory, in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Conditions at the site make it one of the best places on Earth for astronomical observations, with the band of the Milky Way, as well as the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, visible to the unaided eye.
Credit: Google/Gordon Osinski
Thursday, 30 July 2026
Amateur astronomer Joël Lapointe was using Google Maps to plan a camping vacation in 2024 when he came across a feature in Quebec's Côte-Nord region that reminded him of an impact crater. He reported the finding, and now field investigations have found geological evidence that this previously unknown feature is indeed a crater from an impact 390 million years ago. The crater's name, Uhackatik, was established in consultation with the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit. This image of the crater was drawn from Google Earth by Dr. Gordon Osinski, one of the researchers who confirmed its origin.
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/SAO; Optical: Brian Brennan and Remi Lacasse; Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/L. Frattare and K. Arcand
Friday, 31 July 2026
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory unveiled this new look at the galaxy NGC 4736, also known as Messier 94, on June 30, 2026. Messier 94 is a spiral galaxy with a bright inner ring, called a starburst ring, where new stars are forming, perhaps fueled by gas driven into the unique oval-shaped structure seen here.
In this image, X-rays from different Chandra wavelengths (red, orange, and blue) are layered with a visible-light image from astrophotographers using their telescopes on the ground (red, green, and blue).
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