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The first breathtaking photos of totality for the total solar eclipse 2026 are pouring in, revealing incredible views of the sun's atmosphere radiating out from behind the moon's colossal silhouette.
Aug 12, 2026
The first breathtaking photos of totality for the total solar eclipse 2026 are pouring in, revealing incredible views of the sun's atmosphere radiating out from behind the moon's colossal silhouette.
A radiation-shielding vest aced its Artemis I lunar test in 2022, suggesting that it could protect astronauts on long-duration missions to the moon or Mars.
A distant black hole star is providing strong evidence that these objects lie at the hearts of the mysterious little red dots found shortly after the Big Bang by the James Webb Space Telescope.
A shot so spectacular it will leave other astrophotographers green with envy.
On Aug. 12, 2005, NASA launched its Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) mission.
Don't miss the peak of the Perseid meteor shower tonight. Here's when, where and how to see it.
SpaceX launched 24 more of its Starlink global internet satellite constellation to orbit from California on Aug. 11, wrapping the second Starlink launch of the day.
The wait is over. Today's total solar eclipse will sweep across Greenland, Iceland and Spain. Here's where to find timings, livestreams, safety advice and live coverage.
SpaceX started out as a launch company, but it has been transitioning into an artificial intelligence outfit —one that's poised to make huge profits in the coming years, Elon Musk says.
Astronomers have nearly doubled the number of known cosmic X-ray sources.
"I think the producers had more time to prepare for season 4 and every episode felt incredible on the page"
Scientists found a Martian meteorite on Earth that is finally filling in a nearly 2-billion-year-old geology-history gap on the Red Planet.
SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast today (Aug. 11).
"Scientists can study the sun's corona in a way we can't from anywhere else in the solar system."
Without property rights in space, one of the most important economic incentives for the commercial development — and ultimately the settlement — of celestial bodies is missing.
