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August 9, 2026
Boston College scientists have determined that a newly discovered meteorite from Mars is 1.27 billion years old and derived from a previously unsampled, pristine source on the Red Planet. The study…
On Aug. 9, 1976, the Soviet space program launched its last moon mission. Luna 24 was a robotic sample return mission and the third of its kind.
Air-breathing electric propulsion could help satellites explore a new frontier, one that lies quite close to our planet.
On August 8, Ambassador Mario Cospito was appointed extraordinary commissioner of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), by decree of the Minister of Enterprises and Made in Italy, Adolfo Urso. The…
A naked-eye view of the sun's outer atmosphere is the reason eclipse chasers travel the world. Here's what it may look like on Aug. 12.
The Inouye Solar Telescope has captured the highest-resolution images of the sun's surface yet. They show instabilities that may help explain the hot surface. The post Highest-resolution images of…
What shape is an asteroid? For (44) Nysa, the honest answer until now has been that nobody knew. It is one of the brightest and largest E-type asteroids in the main belt, a class with a surface rich…
New ultra-high-resolution images of asteroid (44) Nysa reveal a possible three-lobed structure, the first ever observed. A small satellite discovered by chance…
Aviación Digital, Sp.- A 52-meter upper stage, designed to return from space in a vertical position, has become an unusual maritime cargo. Satellite images show…
 Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) set up the schedule for MICHIBIKI No. 7, Quasi-Ze
In 2026, look for Venus after sunset! It's high in the August evening sky for all to see. It'll be brightest in the evening sky on September 22. The post Venus greatest distance from the sun August…
More than 50 missions have set off for Mars since 1960. Many failed.…
From first contact to totality and beyond, this is what will happen during each stage of the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse.
August 8, 2026
The first successful test flight of a fully Australian-designed and manufactured advanced solid rocket motor has taken place at the Koonibba Test Range near Ceduna, South Australia. This milestone…
Blue Origin is nearing the end of its investigation into the catastrophic explosion of a… The post Blue Origin working engine resolutions and dual pad future appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities predicted more than thirty years ago appear for the first time in the photosphere and could help explain coronal heating. At 21:38 on…
Comparing the measured spin of hundreds of galaxies with the reconstructed tidal field of the newborn cosmos, astronomers elevate the tidal torque theory, proposed in 1969, from a hint to…
This image from NASA, ESA and CSA's James Webb Space Telescope takes us into a fantastical realm within our home galaxy, where piercing starlight and swirling winds…
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SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit today (Aug. 8) from California's scenic central coast.
Northrop Grumman and the Canadian Space Agency will adapt what they had been working on for NASA’s lunar Gateway into applications for a planned lunar base, albeit with few specifics. The post…
With many fan-favorite Autobots and Decepticons bumped off in the opening act, this was not the big-screen romp '80s kids were expecting.
On Episode 222 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by space writer Rich Edwards to discuss the best ways to repel space invaders.
Here’s a wait-a-minute question: What’s the frequency, Kenneth Arnold? Admittedly, I borrowed and bent that R.E.M. song line. But it came to me in reading the latest outpouring of Unidentified…
<p><abbr tabindex="0" title="European Union Agency for the Space Programme" class="glossify-tooltip-tip" lang="en">EUSPA</abbr>’s main focus in IRIS<sup>2</sup> will be on service delivery aspects…
Watching the Sun disappear in broad daylight is a fascinating sight today. For millennia, however, this phenomenon was seen as a terrible omen. Discoveries…
In France, the solar eclipse of August 12, 2026 will be partial and visible very low on the horizon. Terrain and weather will matter more than a spot's reputation…
For twenty-five years, Futura has been chronicling the major scientific breakthroughs that change our understanding of the world. Among them, a discreet space mission deeply transformed the…
Known stars in the Universe rarely exceed a hundred solar masses. Yet a few hundred million years after the Big Bang, the physical and chemical conditions…
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