World Space Week Oct 4, 2024

Today, we"re blasting off to explore the cosmos. World Space Week is a celebration of all the science and technology that go into exploring and researching our universe, and how it benefits us back on Earth. As well as helping us to understand the universe we live in, space exploration has played an important role in helping scientists develop new medicines, create new power sources and even improve farming techniques. This year"s theme is Space and Climate Change—events will be held in 83 countries to celebrate the vital role that space technology plays in understanding and monitoring how Earth"s climate is changing.

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Oct 4, 2025ISS main solar arrays seen from SpaceX Crew Dragon Endeavour

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Jul 15, 2025Great Basin National Park, Nevada, United States
Feb 5, 2025Scottish Blackface sheep, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Jul 2, 2025Spine-cheeked anemonefish
Oct 4, 2023Tarantula Nebula
Feb 28, 2024Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
Feb 17, 2025Coll dAres, Catalan Pyrenees
Mar 23, 2025Lightning and storm clouds at sunset near Bowman, Nebraska, United States
Sep 18, 2023Milky Way over Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park, Portugal
Mar 16, 2025A kingfisher perched on a branch
Feb 8, 2024Mount Hood, Oregon, USA
Jul 22, 2025Badlands National Park, South Dakota, United States
Aug 26, 2024Palmyra Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Aug 9, 2024Inca ruin of Sacsayhuamán near Cusco, Peru
Jan 7, 2024Devils Marbles Conservation Reserve, Australia
Jan 18, 2024Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France
Feb 21, 2024Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
Mar 16, 2024Eurasian blue tit, United Kingdom
Nov 18, 2024Porthcawl lighthouse, Wales
Sep 9, 2024Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
Nov 15, 2023Rapa Valley in Sarek National Park, Sweden
Jul 10, 2024Collared aracari
Jul 6, 2025Mesquite Flat Sand Dunes in Death Valley National Park, United States
Jul 17, 2025Lavender fields in Plateau de Valensole, France
Feb 9, 2025Alstrom Point, Lake Powell, United States
Dec 19, 2023Cachoeira da Fumacinha, Bahia, Brazil
Sep 4, 2024Dusky eagle-owls, Pakistan
Apr 17, 2025Andean cocks-of-the-rock, Ecuador
Mar 9, 2025St Marks Clock Tower, Venice, Italy
May 2, 2024Craters of the Moon National Monument, Idaho, USA
Nov 9, 2024Aït Benhaddou, Morocco