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August 17, 2026
Nearly 50 years after launch, NASA has found a clever way to stretch Voyager 2’s fading power supply and buy its science mission at least another year. Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
Byline: Infoespacial Baker McKenzie lawyers, new interlocutors with Airbus unionsIn parallel, the group has hired the law firm Baker McKenzie to have a team of lawyers lead…
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry states that the frigate suffered damage in an October 2022 attack and was later affected again during operations against Novorossiysk. The…
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If an alien civilization could see Earth only as a single pale blue dot, what could they learn? We start with transit spectroscopy, the biosignature cocktail of oxygen, methane, ozone, and water…
The mammoth's final hours may still be written in its cells, frozen in time before decay could erase the molecular record of what killed him. The post RNA is supposed to fall apart within hours, yet…
The Pentagon's recent spate of UFO releases represent a big shift and are of great benefit to the country, according to disclosure advocate Mike Gold.
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As Blue Origin continues to repair its New Glenn launch pad following the rocket's explosion in May, the company has announced plans to build a second pad at the same complex to support the bigger…
The Perseverance rover discovered traces of corundum, the mineral of rubies and sapphires, in three Martian rocks: an unexpected find that reopens the… The post NASA’s rover…
HELSINKI — China launched a new batch of Guowang megaconstellation satellites over the weekend, following up with a separate launch of a developmental satellite for the UAE. The launch of […] The…
A shark's final days revealed an unexpected predator—and raised urgent questions about what hunts the ocean's apex carnivores. The post A pop-up tag on a pregnant porbeagle shark kept reporting for…
MoM-BH*-1 may be a young massive black hole inside a dense, nearly dust-free gas cocoon that turns accretion power into a star-like spectrum. The post James Webb spotted a bizarre object just 660…
Wolves have long been portrayed as apex hunters of land and sea, but this is the first evidence of one deliberately harvesting human fishing gear—suggesting these predators are far more adaptable…
On this date in 1877, astronomer Asaph Hall discovered a moon for Mars: Phobos, the larger of 2 moons. He discovered the other moon, Deimos, later that year. The post A moon for Mars! Asaph Hall…
Looking for a sky event this week? Check out our full Sky This Week column. August 16: The Moon hangs with Venus Mars has been making its way eastward through the constellation Gemini, pulling away…
Written by Karolina Sarna Why do some Earth Observation applications become thriving commercial markets while others never move beyond pilots? In this edition of Inside EO, Karolina Sarna introduces…
Date: August 17, 2026 - August 21, 2026 Location: Liege, Belgium The post IAUS 408: Unraveling the joint lives of Stars and Exoplanets appeared first on NASA Science .
Aviación Digital, Sp.- In the early hours of August 16, 2026 (Spanish peninsular time), SpaceX's launch cadence reached a new milestone: the company launched two Falcon 9 rockets with…
The competition-winning Chrysalis concept treats a generation ship as a closed society, combining fusion propulsion, rotating habitats, reproduction policy and government. The post A…
Earlier this year, the UK National PNT Digital Twin Environment (UPDATE) project, funded under the European Space Agency’s NAVISP programme, reached a key milestone in helping the United Kingdom…
ESA launched seven CubeSat missions aboard SpaceX’s Transporter-16 to test laser communications, inter-satellite networks and in-orbit artificial intelligence, aiming for a… The post…
AST SpaceMobile has secured temporary FCC authority (Special Temporary Authority) to test 800 MHz satellite connectivity on up to 100 commercial devices.
A U.S. Space Domain Awareness payload hosted on Japan's Quasi-Zenith Satellite 7 successfully launched aboard Japan's H3 launch vehicle on August 10, 2026. The mission marked the H3 vehicle's second…
Follow ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot as she ventures into the vacuum of space on her very first spacewalk, on Tuesday, August 18.
Watch live on Tuesday, August 18, as ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot heads out on her very first spacewalk.
MDA Space has confirmed the first eight Globalstar replenishment satellites reached orbit, launched Saturday 15 August on a Falcon 9 and built in Montréal, now entering in-orbit commissioning.
Watch ESA astronaut Sophie Adenot venture into the vacuum of space for her first-ever spacewalk on Tuesday, 18 August.
Lynk Global has completed its merger with Omnispace and rebranded as Elveo Mobile, adding globally coordinated S-band spectrum to expand direct-to-device satellite services beyond basic messaging…
Eye-lens chemistry and 19th-century weapons embedded in harvested whales reveal a mammal whose lifespan can extend beyond two centuries. The post A bowhead whale living today could have been born…
The post APOD: 2026 August 17 – A Golden Corona Eclipse appeared first on NASA Science .
NASA aircraft are sampling smoke lofted high into the atmosphere by one of the most formidable cloud types in the sky—towering, smoke-infused pyrocumulonimbus. The post Chasing Fire Clouds in Utah…
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