Moon Crater Discovered, Webb Captures Stellar Jets, and Sentinel-3C Returns Views

This week, NASA’s Moon Orbiter spotted a new, “once-in-century” Moon crater, with LRO discovering a large new lunar crater and an interesting thermal emission phenomenon. NASA and IBM also launched an AI Foundation Model for Lunar Science. NASA’s Webb captured commotion from a nebula’s stellar jets, while astronomers used Hubble data to solve a cosmic cold case. ESA’s Sentinel-3C returned its first views of Earth, and ESA, CAS released the first images from SMILE, officially beginning science operations. SpaceX is preparing another launch attempt for 21 data satellites for the Space Development Agency. A CME was observed on October 6, 2026, followed by a GST signal on October 10, 2026.