Satellite News

Here’s a sneak peek at author Justina Ireland’s new “The High Republic” junior novel.

The Orionid meteor shower peaks tonight into tomorrow morning (Oct. 20-21), and the moon will be dim enough that skygazers might be able to see one or several of these shooting stars.

Today, NASA will attempt to grab tiny pieces of an asteroid called Bennu — and to mark the occasion, the agency has created a 360-degree video that will take you along for the ride.

The Orionid meteor shower is peaks in the early morning of Tuesday, Oct. 22, but a bright moon will disrupt viewing until shortly before dawn.

Black holes are perhaps the most mysterious objects in nature.

We won’t know if NASA’s OSIRIS-REX spacecraft succeeded at its asteroid-sampling maneuver until 10 days after the attempt.

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On Oct. 20, 1970, the Soviet Union launched the Zond 8 spacecraft on a mission to the moon. See how it happened in our “On This Day In Space” series!