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August 26, 2026
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SpaceX will invest $100 billion in a gigantic space complex in Louisiana. This Starbase is meant to host thousands of Starship launches and support the ambition of…
Smallsat builder GomSpace: Increased revenue, EBITDA in Q2; how to value unpaying customer’s shares?
TUPPER LAKE, NY — Small-satellite manufacturer GomSpace reported increased revenue and EBITDA for the three months… The post Smallsat builder GomSpace: Increased revenue, EBITDA in Q2; how to value…
A proposed Titan rain-splash mechanism uses two organic-coated interfaces to close a hydrocarbon droplet into a bilayer compartment, but every critical step remains testable. The post Rainstorms on…
Keith’s note: According to this settlement META just settled a $17 billion lawsuit with some online rules for younger users. This was inevitable. As NASA expands its use of social […] The post How…
LAFAYETTE, Colo. (August 26, 2026) — Small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider Blue Canyon Technologies, part of RTX’s (NYSE: RTX) Raytheon business, has unveiled its latest…
A nutritional miracle that fed millions concealed a devastating deficiency, one that took centuries and countless deaths to understand. The post When corn arrived in Europe after 1492, it was hailed…
Xona Space Systems is having a busy month. The positional satellite company, based in Burlingame, Calif., was the subject of two big announcements in early August: one announcing FCC approval for…
Sun-reflecting space mirrors proposed by U.S. startup Reflect Orbital will have an even more devastating effect on the night sky around the world than previously thought, a study has found.
On August 26, 2026, Danish small satellite manufacturer GomSpace Group AB published its interim report for the second quarter and first half of 2026. The company achieved a 30 percent […]
Addressing expanding constellation manifests and civil exploration timelines, space organizations globally are encountering severe labor shortages and retention bottlenecks. Industry data highlights…
Show | Grades 6-12+ | This audio resource features a fascinating conversation with Dr. Carolus J. (Karel) Schrijver from the Space Weather Living History project. The post Space Weather Living…
Stanford researchers have offered an explanation for why some sizzling, lava-covered worlds nestled tightly around their stars can retain their atmospheres. At such close quarters, intense stellar…
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Gwynne Shotwell joined Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry on Tuesday to announce a high-cadence launch site for future Starship operations. The post SpaceX Announces New Starbase, Louisiana Spaceport…
Eutelsat Communications filed its consolidated financial statements for the financial year ended 30 June 2026 on 6 August 2026, and […] The post Eutelsat’s Africa Revenue Fell 32% in FY2025-26, Even…
This week there's a partial lunar eclipse "that looks total" – and you can follow the phenomenon live with Olhar Digital…
The appearance of a deep-sea creature that should have died in the pressure change raises a troubling question: what catastrophic force could bring something from the abyss back to the sun? The post…
Chance gaze at old Hubble Telescope image leads to discovery that could reveal dark matter's secrets
On a morning train commute, this former scientist found a stellar surprise in an old Hubble image.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 blooms into a twilight “space jellyfish” over southern New Jersey.
The linguist's famous defense of free speech for those we despise came with a test case so extreme it vanished from the mug-worthy quote. The post Quote by Noam Chomsky: “If we don’t believe in…
With 31 hours of NIRSpec exposure, James Webb measured for the first time the initial mass function in galaxies that died 6.5 billion years ago and found an excess of red dwarfs that reopens…
Altair, centerpiece of Aqulia, the Eagle, is the twelfth-brightest star in the night sky and one of the closest stars to Earth. The post Meet Altair, the Eagle’s Eye appeared first on Sky &…
Let's discover IC 1101, a galaxy located about 1 billion light-years away in the constellation Virgo, an imposing member of the group of... The post Dimensions beyond any…
A 2026 proton-irradiation experiment adds laboratory support to the idea that the active young Sun helped warm early Earth while driving nitrogen chemistry relevant to life's origins. The post Four…
In this episode, SpaceNews’ Mike Gruss interviews FrontGrade CTO Lorne Graves. They discuss how processing power on spacecraft is adapting to the rise of megaconstellations, what benefits satellite…
The red supergiant Betelgeuse has often been in the spotlight in recent years, as there were fears that it might explode as a supernova within just a few hundred…
It has been a busy month for astronomy. In the midst of an eclipse season bookended by the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12 and the deep partial lunar eclipse coming up this week on Aug. 28, an…
NASA will provide coverage as two astronauts step outside the International Space Station on Tuesday, Sept. 1, to replace a spacecraft navigational aid and complete several maintenance tasks in…
"We're living in this world of scarcity with the Moon."
This little satellite is doomed.
On Aug. 26, 1978, cosmonaut and pilot Sigmund Jähn became the first German to fly in space. Here's why it mattered.
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