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August 17, 2026
Data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope combine to reveal a vibrant view of 30 Doradus, or the Tarantula Nebula, in this Aug…
Our first look at 'Star Wars: Ahsoka' season 2 promises huge space battles, Clone Wars flashbacks, and a lot more Anakin Skywalker.
On August 17, 2026, direct-to-device (D2D) satellite operators Lynk Global and Omnispace announced the formal completion of their corporate merger, launching a combined operational entity rebranded…
Webb found magnesium-rich phyllosilicates on Larissa, Galatea and Neptune’s rings, pointing to altered rock excavated from much larger ancient icy bodies. The post JWST found water-altered clay…
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NASA’s Starling mission has marked another milestone in spacecraft autonomy by using a new system that determines a satellite’s position in orbit by referencing other objects in space, instead of…
This week, in Astrobitácora E34, we talk about a supermassive black hole discovered far from the central region of its galaxy. Also, on YouTube, the discovery of what could…
Astronomers have discovered the first confirmed dual active galactic nucleus in a Green Pea galaxy, revealing two supermassive black holes growing at the same time inside a compact, intensely…
As NASA prepares to establish the Moon Base, advancing surface mobility will be key to helping crews and robotic systems travel farther across the lunar surface. To help advance that capability, the…
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In a bilateral space effort, the U.S. Space Force successfully launched a Space Domain Awareness payload aboard Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite 7.
To study galaxies, their birth and evolution, astrophysicists have relied for more than half a century on a hypothesis about the birth of stars in stellar nurseries…
She is only the second French woman to have gone to space. Sophie Adenot is preparing to take a new step by venturing outside the International Space Station…
On August 17, 2026, the UK-based Space Energy Initiative (SEI) published a whitepaper titled “The Case for Space Based Solar Power,” urging the United Kingdom government to co-fund a first […]
2026 I-Corps Webinar On August 13, 2026, the NASA SBIR/STTR program hosted a webinar to introduce selected firms to the I-Corps program for 2026. The post 2026 I-Corps Webinar appeared first on NASA…
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On May 29, 2026, Blue Origin experienced firsthand the problems of having only one launch pad for a rocket. That […] The post The second launch pad for…
<p>Based on the User Consultation 2025 outcomes, explore how EU Space market segments are evolving and how these insights can support the further development of the EU Space Programme services and…
The Expedition 75 crew has completed preparations and mission managers are go for a spacewalk to swap out a high-speed antenna outside the International Space Station on Tuesday. Meanwhile, there…
Statistics enthusiasts call them “poles of inaccessibility,” the geographic points farthest from any other landmass or coastline. Here is… The post Point Nemo: the…
By: Hispaviación Editorial Staff The joint announcement from the Space Development Agency (SDA) and the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) marks a turning point in the strategy of…
Viasat has chosen Rocket Lab to build one of the new geostationary satellites for the U.S. Space Force's Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) programme. The satellite will be used…
17-08-2026 The US Space Force has taken a decisive step in managing space debris by contracting private companies to remove defunct objects in…
One kilogram of beef takes roughly 15,000 litres of water to produce. One medium-length chatbot reply takes about a mouthful. Both figures come from published research, and only one of them has ever…
Intuitive Machines announced on August 13 that it had won a contract to work on a new multi-satellite communications programme. The customer has not been made public, and several […]…
MoM-BH*-1 is a compact source at redshift 7.7569 whose extreme spectrum fits a black hole buried in dense gas, although the Solar System scale and luminosity are modelled. The post JWST spotted an…
From all-in-one to compatible sets, these are the eight Lego Star Wars Smart Play sets you won't want to miss.
If a satellite’s velocity increases as it approaches a planet during a slingshot maneuver, why does it not decrease by the same amount when it leaves the planet? How can it experience a net gain in…
On this day in space, Aug. 17, 1877: American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Mars's moon Phobos.
The wildfires ripping across North America have created massive plumes of smoke.
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