Hurricane Simon Lurks Off the Mexican Coast   October 14, 2026 Natural Events   Latest Natural Event Images View the natural events archive Hurricane Simon Lurks Off the Mexican Coast Though it remained offshore, the storm lashed coastal areas with high winds and flooding—and produced remarkable rippling patterns in the upper atmosphere.     NASA Earth Observatory Where every day is Earth day Visit science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory ...Continue Reading

NASA News   MEDIA ADVISORY M26-081 OCT. 14, 2026 MISSIONS NASA to Discuss Artemis Acceleration, Status of Upcoming Moon Missions As the Artemis II crew members came close to passing behind the Moon and experiencing a planned loss of signal, they captured this image of a crescent Earth setting on the Moon’s limb on April 6, 2026. The edge of the visible surface of the Moon is called the “lunar limb." Credit: NASA ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Oct 14 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 287 Issued at 0030Z on 14 Oct 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 13 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 13/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4548 S13W66 189 0030 Hsx 01 01 Alpha 4549 N09W95 218 0180 Dao 10 08 Beta 4551 S15E21 ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-088 OCT. 13, 2026 NASA Names Astronaut Christina Koch Acting Deputy Chief Engineer NASA astronaut Christina Koch stands inside Kennedy Space Center’s Vehicle Assembly Building on July 14, 2021, in front of the agency’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket that ultimately powered the Orion spacecraft on the Artemis I mission. Koch later served as a crew member on the Artemis II mission in 2026, and on Oct. ...Continue Reading

Discover the latest from NASA Earth Science   October 13, 2026 Weekly News   Latest Images of the Day View the Image of the Day archive An Impact Structure With Legs If the thought of extraterrestrial objects crashing into Earth weren’t creepy enough, behold Australia’s Spider Crater. Antarctic Sea Ice Grows to Its 2026 Maximum The ice reached its third-lowest maximum extent since satellite observations began. ...Continue Reading

NASA News   RELEASE 26-087 OCT. 13, 2026 MISSIONS NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 35th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon spacecraft launched on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026, from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida as part of the company’s 35th Commercial Resupply Services mission to the International Space Station for NASA. Credit: NASA NAS ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Oct 13 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 286 Issued at 0030Z on 13 Oct 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 12 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 12/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4548 S13W53 189 0030 Hsx 02 02 Alpha 4549 N09W81 217 0180 Dao 10 08 Beta 4551 S15E34 ...Continue Reading

Official Space Weather Advisory issued by NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center Boulder, Colorado, USA SPACE WEATHER ADVISORY OUTLOOK #26-39 2026 October 11 at 9:56 p.m. MDT (2026 October 12 0356 UTC) **** SPACE WEATHER OUTLOOK **** Summary For October 5-11 R1 (Minor) solar radiation storms were observed on 05, 06, 09, and 10 Oct. R2 (Moderate) solar radiation storms were observed on 08 and 10 Oct. G1 (Minor) geomagnetic storms were observed on 05 and 10 Oct G2 (Moderate) geomagnetic storms were observ ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Oct 12 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 285 Issued at 0030Z on 12 Oct 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 11 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 11/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4545 N16W73 222 0020 Bxo 06 08 Beta 4548 S13W39 188 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 4549 N09W67 ...Continue Reading

:Product: Solar Region Summary :Issued: 2026 Oct 11 0030 UTC # Prepared jointly by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, # Space Weather Prediction Center and the U.S. Air Force. # Joint USAF/NOAA Solar Region Summary SRS Number 284 Issued at 0030Z on 11 Oct 2026 Report compiled from data received at SWO on 10 Oct I. Regions with Sunspots. Locations Valid at 10/2400Z Nmbr Location Lo Area Z LL NN Mag Type 4545 N17W60 222 0020 Cao 06 05 Beta 4548 S13W26 188 0040 Hsx 02 01 Alpha 4549 N09W54 ...Continue Reading