PROTECT YOUR DNA WITH QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY
Orgo-Life the new way to the future Advertising by AdpathwayIn September, outer space stunned us with views of a decagon on Saturn’s south pole, a new crater on the Moon, and the surreal pink and pearl-white tones of Martian frost. Check them out below, along with our other favorite space images from the past month:
Saturn's decagon Saturn, as seen by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, with a 10-sided shape forming in the clouds around its south pole.Image: NASA, ESA, STScI, A. Sánchez-Lavega (University of the Basque Country), A. Simon (NASA-GSFC), M. Wong (UC Berkeley); Image Processing: A. Pagan (STScI)
South pole of Mars in pink and red A view of Mars near the planet's south pole, complete with glaciers (lower left), craters filled with ice, (center), frosted dunes (lower right), and darker areas spread with volcanic rock (far right). Image taken by ESA's Mars Express orbiter.Image: ESA / DLR / FU Berlin
McGetchin Crater A side-on image of the newly-formed McGetchin Crater on the Moon, as imaged by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. The crater formed sometime in April or May of 2024, and is about as wide across as the two football fields placed end-to-end. The asteroid or comet that carved it was roughly the size of a small apartment building.Image: NASA / LRO
ISS over Mt. Baker A long exposure of the International Space Station over Mt. Baker, in Washington state, taken by Planetary Society member Vahid Jazayeri.Image: Vahid Jazayeri
5000 days of Curiosity A composite of two images taken by NASA's Curiosity rover on Mars, which were taken on the mission's 5,000th and 5,003rd Martian days (Aug. 30 and Sept. 2, 2026). Color has been added for artistic interpretation. The rover is at the foothills of Mount Sharp.Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech
Juice Earth flyby 2026 Earth as seen by ESA's Juice spacecraft shortly after a flyby of our planet.Image: ESA/Juice/JMC
IC 348, with tiny brown dwarfs Star-forming region IC 348, as imaged in the near-infrared by the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope. The observations shown here were used to identify the least massive brown dwarfs known to date, roughly just twice the mass of Jupiter.Image: ESA / Webb, NASA, CSA, K. Luhman, C. Alves De Oliveira, M. Zamani (ESA/Webb)
Turquoise bay on Mars A panorama of Turquoise Bay, a region on Mars, as made up of over 800 images taken by NASA's Perseverance rover on Mars between Oct. 5 and Oct. 6, 2023.Image: NASA / JPL-Caltech / MSSSBecome A Member
When you become a member, you join our mission to increase discoveries in our Solar System and beyond, elevate the search for life outside our planet, and decrease the risk of Earth being hit by an asteroid.
Your role in space exploration starts now.
Get More Space
In Your Inbox
Sign up for updates, weekly tools, and exclusive opportunities to support space exploration.
Empowering the world's citizens to advance space science and exploration.
Account Center • Contact Us • Privacy Policy
Give with confidence. The Planetary Society is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
© 2026 The Planetary Society. All rights reserved.
Cookie Declaration
English (US) · 
French (CA) ·