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August 23, 2026
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…
Taking measurements of the same CME from different vantage points in the solar system revealed the true extent of a solar eruption.
On Aug. 23, 1961, NASA launched the Ranger 1 robotic spacecraft on a precursor mission to test new technologies for later moon missions.
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…
What phase is the Moon in today, August 23, 2026? Check it out and see the full monthly calendar. The post first appeared on Olhar Digital.
The Mega-Earth is an exoplanet 2.5 times larger than Earth and up to 23 times more massive. Researchers at the Wisconsin Center for Origins Research... The post 170-million-year-old Mega-Earth…
As NASA plans to land astronauts on the moon with the Artemis IV mission in 2028, it's fun to see this 1st photo of Earth taken from the moon. The post 1st photo of Earth from the moon 60 years ago…
The zodiacal constellation Sagittarius the Archer contains the center of the Milky Way and a famous asterism known as the Teapot. The post Sagittarius the Archer is home to deep-sky wonders first…
Chile's ambassador to Israel, Gabriel Zaliasnik, made a working visit to ImageSat International (ISI), a company specializing in satellite technology and geospatial solutions…
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The launch of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled for launch Sunday morning, August 30, from the Kennedy Space Center. More here. The post Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launches…
Hundreds of thousands of ants with no leader, no plan, and no individual awareness of the bigger picture somehow move and hunt as a single, purposeful organism. The post A single army-ant colony can…
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. August 22: Titan northwest of Saturn Let’s check out a lovely binary star in Corona Borealis the Northern Crown. Still…
The launch of China's Chang'e 7 lunar mission, planned no earlier than August 24 from the Wenchang Space Launch Site, has been postponed. According to information released on August 23 by the […]…
By Allison Dries-Padilla, Missions Operations Specialist at Malin Space Science Systems Earth planning date: Friday, Aug. 14, 2026 This week of Curiosity Mars rover operations takes us back to our…
The clouds of the planet Venus rotate around the planet about 60 times faster than the planet itself rotates. Every so often new research arrives…
On 10 August, China suffered the rare failure of a Long March 7A rocket. It is a relatively new model, introduced in 2020. Its maiden flight did not conclude…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- Full reusability of an orbital system remains one of the hardest problems in aerospace engineering. In an interview on The Joe Rogan…
Inouye resolved the photosphere at about 19 kilometres and exposed Kelvin-Helmholtz vortices at magnetic boundaries, but their contribution to coronal heating remains to be measured. The post The…
Japan's space agency JAXA has announced that the MMX mission (Martian Moon Explorer) is set to launch on 20 October 2026 at 04:41 (local time) – that is 19 October 2026 at 21:41…
Webb's 2023 H3+ spectrum measured Neptune's upper atmosphere at 358 plus or minus 8 kelvin, far below Voyager 2's 1989 estimate, but two snapshots cannot yet explain what drove the change. The post…
The post APOD: 2026 August 23 – Cassini Approaches Saturn appeared first on NASA Science .
MOXIE's first hour on Mars yielded only 5.4 grams of oxygen, but it crossed a larger threshold: another planet had become the source of a useful consumable. The post A microwave-oven-sized…
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