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October 6, 2026NobelPrize.org

2026 Nobel Prize in Physics Goes to Francis Halzen for IceCube

September 23, 2026NASA

NASA Advances PRIMA, a Far-Infrared Telescope in a New Probe Class

SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket lifting off from Launch Complex 39A with NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope on 30 August 2026

August 30, 2026NASA

NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Launches on a Falcon Heavy

Dense star field imaged by the NSF-DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory

June 30, 2026NSF NOIRLab

Rubin Observatory Begins LSST, Its 10-Year Survey of the Southern Sky

Parachutes deploying above NASA's Orion spacecraft before splashdown in the Pacific Ocean at the end of Artemis II

April 10, 2026NASA

Artemis II Crew Returns From the First Crewed Lunar Flyby in 50+ Years