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August 26, 2026
Several comets regularly pass through the inner Solar System, within Jupiter's orbit, but go unnoticed by amateurs without a telescope or…
NIRSpec found a water-shaped transit signal at GJ 486 b, but two MIRI eclipses measured a nearly bare-rock dayside, making cool stellar patches the stronger explanation. The post JWST detected the…
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded contracts on Wednesday to Muon Space, Orbital Micro Systems doing business as (DBA) Weather Stream, and Spire Global to develop new…
A geomagnetic storm could hit Earth this week, pushing the northern lights farther south than usual. The post Solar storm could push the aurora borealis farther south…
The ESA's Sentinel satellites captured a 76 sq. km. chunk of ice breaking off from Greenland's Petermann Glacier. They watched the cracks and deformations happen in real time leading up to the…
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover reached the pinnacle — so far — of its 14-year-old mission on Aug. 26, 2026, when it marked an elevation gain of 1 kilometer in its journey from Gale Crater on Mars up…
During the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse over Europe, scientists aimed to study a long-standing mystery: why the Sun’s outer atmosphere, the corona, is far hotter than its visible surface. Capturing…
Our minds are expert at manufacturing catastrophes that never arrive, yet we pay the emotional price as if they were real. The post Thought of the day from philosopher Michel de Montaigne: “There…
NASA’s Planetary Exploration Science Technology Office (PESTO) was created by the Planetary Science Division to recommend non-mission specific, non-nuclear investments in planetary technology; to…
Saturn's moon Enceladus sports a thick shell of ice surrounding a liquid water ocean. As though scraped by an enormous claw, four parallel cracks slash across its south pole. Each about 500 meters…
Retroreflectors left on the Moon by the Apollo missions and Soviet probes allow the distance to our satellite to be measured with precision…
<p><span style="background-color: #2b00fe; color: white;">And photographs a solar eclipse just one day after the one that occurred on Earth. The rover Perseverance has photographed from Mars an…
What drove these massive deep-diving whales to nurture a disabled stranger when their own species abandoned it—and what did they gain in return? The post Off the coast of Portugal, a pod of sperm…
I journeyed to the path of totality in Spain to watch the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse with a group of passionate citizen scientists. Here's my story.
NASA Small Business Supplier Development Program How to Apply Applying to the NASA Small Business Supplier Development Program is a collaborative process that begins with identifying both the mentor…
The Expedition 75 crew members spent Wednesday cleaning up and relaxing the day after a spacewalk to install a high-speed antenna outside the International Space Station. The orbital residents are…
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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…
NASA launches the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope this Sunday (30), set to revolutionize the study of the Universe – watch live with Olhar Digital. The post NASA launches the Nancy Grace…
NASA Small Business Supplier Development Program 10X Credit Pilot Program For new Mentor‑Protégé Agreements beginning on or after October 1, 2026, NASA is launching its 10X Credit Pilot Program to…
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…
NASA Small Business Supplier Development Program Revitalization Initiative As part of our revitalization initiative, we transformed the Mentor‑Protégé Agreement (MPA) application process into a…
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…
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