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August 22, 2026
Acclaimed literary critic and Senior Editor at The Atlantic Adam Kirsch explores humanity's insatiable drive to wonder at unidentified phenomena in the skies.
A new study suggests Earth's natural protective limit may be a statistical illusion rather than a real physical phenomenon…
On Episode 224 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and guest co-host Rick Jenet are joined by Dr. David Kring to discuss the where, whys, and hows of the Artemis Program's lunar exploration plans.
These Japanese crows have turned traffic lights into a reliable tool—and researchers spent two decades watching them perfect the strategy. The post Researchers in Japan documented carrion crows…
On Aug. 20, 1977, Voyager 2 launched from Cape Canaveral and began its epic journey to the outer planets – and beyond. Twelve years later, the spacecraft photographed Neptune as it approached the…
Scientists warn that a massive volcanic eruption is coming that will cause chaos. Here's what we know: in 1815 the Indonesian volcano Tambora erupted…
SpaceX launched 27 Starlink satellites from California early this morning (Aug. 22), on the 100th mission of the year for the company's Falcon rocket family.
And more: a Japanese mission to the moons of Mars, solar storms and the mystery of dark energy…
Science seems like a straightforward endeavor. You come up with a hypothesis, collect data to prove or disprove it, and analyze that data to see whether the hypothesis is right. But anyone who…
Feed a birch seedling air laced with a rare form of carbon, wait nine days, and some of that carbon turns up inside a fir tree standing a few metres away. That result came out of a British Columbia…
A century of better nutrition, healthcare, and living standards has literally reshaped the human body—Spanish women today tower over their great-great-grandmothers by a full hand's width. The post…
What Moon phase is it today, 22 August 2026? Check the full lunar calendar for the month. The post first appeared on Olhar Digital.
Two volcanic domes about 80 km in diameter were identified on the Moon's near side, possibly fed by shallow magma reservoirs. Original illustration from the outlet, produced…
The European Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has captured a dramatic change at the Petermann Glacier in northwestern Greenland, where on 4 August 2026 a 76 km² section of the…
A NASA-led model found shaded lunar south-pole niches where Earth microbes could remain viable for days. Aspergillus niger led on ultraviolet tolerance, but survival did not mean growth. The post A…
Here's where the 96% partial lunar eclipse will be visible from on Earth.
NASA has released a series of important updates regarding the construction of Moon Base, the first lunar base. NASA is making progress on... The article NASA releases an…
Ship 41 performed two static fires of its engines. The first was a single-engine test. In the meantime, a static fire of all 6 engines was also carried out for 60 seconds…
The French space agency CNES is looking for an industrial partner to develop and qualify a compact optical telescope for future satellite constellations. The agency says the design must be suitable…
The European Space Agency (ESA) confirmed it no longer intends to proceed with development of the Block 3 version of the Ariane 6 launcher, pausing temporarily at the current…
The five-minute Venus Life Finder probe has an instrument and heat shield, but no confirmed launch date. Its fluorescence test could find organics, not prove life. The post Rocket Lab and MIT are…
The discovery reveals the future of the Sun, which will lose its outer layers and return matter for the transformation of the Milky Way…
A rodent infestation at most temples would trigger an extermination campaign—here, thousands of rats are honored as divine ancestors and fed ritual offerings by devoted pilgrims. The post In…
A failed attempt to film a whale hunting a mythical creature became the key to finally finding one of the ocean's most unknowable animals. The post In 1997, scientists sent cameras down with sperm…
When a language dies, entire universes of meaning—humor, intimacy, ecological knowledge—vanish with it, leaving no translation possible. The post Roughly one human language disappears every few…
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. August 21: Titan nears Saturn as Dione skims past Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, was near the planet yesterday and remains…
Roman's 288-megapixel camera will repeatedly watch 100 million bulge stars, with simulations forecasting around 100,000 transiting planets plus a distinct microlensing census. The post NASA is set…
The US State Department has approved a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Italian Government for the acquisition of the single-variant air-to-air precision weapon system…
For more than a decade, studies of tree rings have shown that our Sun is capable of triggering storms far more violent than those we have…
In a few days, a new space probe will set off for the Moon. It is not yet a crewed mission, but it is a decisive additional step for China, which this time is aiming for the pole…
