Manhattan-Sized Iceberg Breaks Off Greenland’s Petermann Glacier
A 29-square-mile tabular iceberg roughly the size of Manhattan broke free from Greenland’s Petermann Glacier on August 4, 2026.
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Deimos’s Smooth Surface and Polar Crater Caused by Single Asteroid Impact
Mars’s outer moon Deimos owes both its massive 10-kilometre south-polar depression and its strangely smooth, dust-covered terrain to a single 320-metre asteroid impact, according…
2025 PN7 Asteroid Found Shadowing Earth for Decades
An asteroid first detected in 2025 has been orbiting Earth for at least 60 years, according to orbital calculations, with archival images confirming its presence since the 1960s.
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An asteroid named 2025 PN7 has been orbiting the Sun in a quasi-satellite state with Earth since the 1960s, according to recent astronomical research.
Gaia BH1 Confirmed as Closest Known Black Hole to Earth
Astronomers have discovered Gaia BH1, the closest known black hole to Earth, located just 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Ophiuchus. Announced in late 2022 by … Read more
NASA and ESA Astronauts Remove Faulty ISS Antenna Amid Spacewalk Hurdles
NASA astronaut Anil Menon and European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot successfully removed a malfunctioning Space-to-Ground antenna from the International Space Station on August 18, 2026. … Read more
Mars Moon Deimos Reshaped by Single Asteroid Impact, Study Finds
A single 320-meter asteroid impact at a 45-degree angle created the southern depression and global dust blanket on Mars’s moon Deimos, according to a study published … Read more
The Milky Way devoured a smaller galaxy about 11.8 billion years ago
Scientists have discovered that the Milky Way devoured a massive dwarf galaxy approximately 11.8 billion years ago, representing the earliest-known galactic merger in our home galaxy’s … Read more
French Astronaut Sophie Adenot Completes Historic First Spacewalk
Sophie Adenot, a European Space Agency astronaut, conducted her first spacewalk on August 18, 2026, to replace a critical communication antenna on the International Space Station … Read more
Exoplanet Spin Measurements Skewed by Atmospheric Super-Rotation Winds
Astronomers warn that measuring the rotation of distant exoplanets is frequently skewed by atmospheric super-rotation, threatening climate model accuracy. As the European Space Agency’s PLATO mission … Read more
Solar Eclipse 2026: Millions in Europe and UK Witness Rare Celestial Event
Millions of people across Europe and the United Kingdom witnessed a rare celestial event on August 12, 2026, as a solar eclipse traced a path across … Read more
Watch Today’s Solar Eclipse Live Online with NASA & ESA
On August 12, 2026, a solar eclipse will be visible across parts of Europe, North America, and Greenland, with millions able to watch the event online … Read more