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August 24, 2026
Harvard models show that pulsations in the final centuries of a supermassive star's life eject a compact, nitrogen-rich cocoon capable of mimicking the Little Red Dots…
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With 2 million seconds of Chandra data plus James Webb, Hubble, and Spitzer observations, astronomers trace the drains through which the power of superstar cluster R136 escapes —and…
August 23, 2026
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the acquisition and deployment of two next-generation communications satellites, NIGCOMSAT-2A and NIGCOMSAT-2B, according […] The post Nigeria…
On August 21, 2026, mission managers from NASA and SpaceX completed the formal Flight Readiness Review (FRR) for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The milestone clears the next-generation…
An international team observed a magnetar known as 1E 1547.0–5408 using NASA’s Imaging X-ray Polarimetry Explorer (IXPE), leading to what could be the first detection of vacuum birefringence taking…
With a scheduled launch date of Aug. 30, NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is… The post NASA’s Roman telescope nears launch, reaches final integration and rehearsal milestones appeared first…
Here is SpacePolicyOnline.com’s list of space policy events for the week plus a day of August 23-30, 2026 and any insight we can offer about them. The House and Senate […]
The Chang'e-7 mission was scheduled for this Monday (24); its goal is to send a probe to the Moon's south pole in search of water. The post first appeared…
LandSpace achieved a major milestone for Chinese commercial rocketry this week when the first stage… The post LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 topples following milestone landing appeared first on…
A coronal mass ejection (CME) that erupted from the Sun on December 15, 2024, at 00:48 UT, was tracked by 17 spacecraft distributed across the solar…
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ESA's FLEX satellite, designed to study the health of terrestrial vegetation, was refueled with propellants in recent days and attached to its adapter…
A suitcase-sized satellite could use the Moon’s far side to search for the first direct signal from the universe before stars existed. A satellite no bigger than a small carry-on suitcase could help…
Of Jupiter's four Galilean moons, Callisto is the one that gets the least attention. Io is constantly being resurfaced by volcanoes. Europa has a giant liquid water ocean. And Ganymede has its own…
Three supermassive black holes in a distant and therefore very old galaxy offer a glimpse into how black holes merged and grew in the early universe. Light from the galaxy J0148-4214 has been…
China said on Sunday it was postponing its planned ambitious Chang'e-7 lunar mission, which was set to carry out explorations including searching for water ice on the moon.
"The Chang’e 7 mission does not meet the conditions for launch."
Earth is a dynamic planet: the video shows what the continents looked like in the past and how they will look in the future. Earth's continental masses do not…
The first globular cluster stellar stream found beyond the Milky Way shows that these faint structures can be used to study dark matter in other galaxies. A faint ribbon of stars stretching across a…
On Aug. 23, 1961, NASA launched the Ranger 1 robotic spacecraft on a precursor mission to test new technologies for later moon missions.
Taking measurements of the same CME from different vantage points in the solar system revealed the true extent of a solar eruption.
China has delayed its ambitious ice-hunting Chang'e 7 mission to the moon's south pole due to a brewing storm near the launch site. A new target date has not been announced.
On August 23, 2026, market analysis highlighted how AST SpaceMobile’s sovereign contract strategy is driving revenue growth across defense and national security sectors, even as the operator…
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On August 23, 2026, coinciding with India’s National Space Day, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) announced a structural policy pivot to cease direct manufacturing of commercial launch…
NASA and its commercial partners are making progress on their way to a permanent human presence on the Moon. As part of that, a recent press release and accompanying YouTube video hints they may be…
On Aug. 8 and Aug. 23, 1991, scientists from CalTech and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory turned the 70-meter dish antenna at the Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex on Mercury. The goal was to…
Scientists detected that Pluto's atmosphere is thinning as it moves farther away from the sun in its orbit. Is its atmospheric collapse already happening? The post Pluto’s atmosphere is thinning…
NASA has chosen 18 technology proposals for its Innovative Advanced Concepts awards to help turn some out-of-the-box ideas into out-of-this-world research.
Judging by the sheer volume of recent commentary, the global shortage of interceptor missiles for ballistic missile defense has turned into a full-blown uproar. The concern is understandable…
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